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Established in 2002, Education without Borders (EwB) provides educational opportunities for at-risk learners through after-school programs in maths, English and science, and extracurricular activities such as holiday programs, surfing and leadership camps.
The EwB program is delivered to over 300 learners across all school grades by 50 carefully selected university-based tutors, many of whom are EwB graduates. It is based at 7 sites in 3 townships on the Cape Flats outside Cape Town.
Life in the townships in South Africa is brutal. Poverty is pervasive. Unemployment is at a record high. There are few opportunities.
The best chance young people have to break this cycle is through Education
Yet the education system in South Africa and particularly in the townships is in dire straits: overcrowded classes, under-resourced schools, under-skilled teachers.
After-school tutoring is an internationally recognised approach to supporting young people to overcome these obstacles. It offers them a pathway to a better life
This is the space in which Education without Borders operates.
Office, Meeting and Training Hub
Up till now EwB has relied on the infrastructure of the schools for office, storage and meeting space as well as venues for tutor training and its summer and extramural programs. This has many limitations including security and weekend closures.
EwB is desperate for its own central service hub that will provide a permanent home and centre of gravity for its program.
EwB has secured access to a safe community site, shared with other NGOs, that provides the ideal and secure venue for this development. Provisional costing indicates that $150,000 will provide well appointed office space for all its staff, adequate storage, kitchen, and toilet facilities, and a flexible and fully-equipped training and meeting venue.
Please help us raise $150,000 to establish this much needed EwB HUB
We APPEAL to all our friends, sponsors and donors to help us reach these targets by giving generously. We believe that this Central Hub is the next critical step for EwB and an essential foundation for its future development.
The Early Learning & Language Enrichment Program is a high-impact response to children entering school without early development support. By addressing gaps before they widen into lasting reading and academic challenges, the program delivers structured, small-group literacy support in Grades 1–3, demonstrating progress and the transformative power of early intervention.
EwB launched the Learning Lighthouse as part of the EwB Early Learning Program to support Grade 1 children with critical literacy needs. The Learning Lighthouse is essentially a bespoke learning environment created in a shipping container by EwB, and is equipped with fit-for-purpose literacy and play therapy materials. This customised, container-based space enables specifically trained parents and teachers to deliver targeted, one-on-one support in a tranquil, supportive, kind environment.
With your much-appreciated support, EwB plans to expand the initiative to all its partner schools.
“The team of tutors which I work with have been dedicated to this program and seeing them grow with the learners has been amazing to witness. In many ways, EwB has been a beacon of change for the learners, the school, myself, the tutors and the community at large.”
Mickayla Smith, Site Coordinator and Bellville South Primary School
