Our Work
The five (5) programmes are:
Collectively these programmes give effect to the objectives of the Foundation as depicted below:
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, natural and human-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
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The Emfundiswe Primary School Project
Purpose
Contribute to a conducive learning and teaching environment at Emfundiswe Primary School.
What
1. Assist the school with meeting its infrastructure and education equipment needs. 2. Assist learners at the school with meeting their uniform and stationery needs.
How
1. Identify and prioritise the infrastructure and education equipment needs of the school. A five-year implementation plan with annual milestones will be developed. The Foundation will provide the funding and/or establish the funding partnerships to deliver on annual milestones in the 5-year plan. 2. The SMT and SGB will identify and recommend learners that require assistance with their uniform and stationery needs. The Foundation will provide/pay for the uniforms and stationery required by the identified learners.
Beneficiaries
All learners and educators.
Implementing Partners
Emfundiswe school management team, teacher/parent association, private sector partners.
Bursaries For Secondary School Learners
Purpose
Assist top-performing Grade 7 learners from no-fees primary schools to complete their secondary education up to Grade 12, with a focus on arts and culture schools.
What
Provide secondary school fee bursaries to a minimum of ten (10) top performing learners from identified no fees primary school/s.
How
Each beneficiary will receive a bursary for each year of the five-year secondary education period. Each bursary will include funds for school fees, uniforms, stationary and any other contingency expenses e.g. school excursions
Beneficiaries
Half (50%) of the chosen beneficiaries will be girl learners.
Implementing Partners
Each beneficiary will receive a bursary for each year of the five-year secondary education period. Each bursary will include funds for school fees, uniforms, stationary and any other contingency expenses e.g. school excursions
Bursaries For Tertiary Studies
Purpose
Assist top-performing Grade 12 learners from no-fees secondary schools to access tertiary level studies, with a focus on studies in the arts and culture sectors.
What
Provide tertiary study bursaries to a minimum of ten (10) top performing Grade 12 learners from identified no-fees secondary schools.
How
Each beneficiary will receive a bursary for each year of the five-year secondary education period. Each bursary will include funds for school fees, uniforms, stationary and any other contingency expenses e.g. school excursions.
Beneficiaries
Half (50%) of the chosen beneficiaries will be girl learners. 25% of the chosen beneficiaries will be from rural areas.
Implementing Partners
The Foundation will partner with the School Management Teams (SMTs) and School Governing Bodies (SGB’s) in the secondary schools to identify the learners. Thereafter a bursary contract will be signed each beneficiary which makes the beneficiary the implementing partner.
Work Placement
Purpose
Assist a minimum of 10 unemployed graduates from previously disadvantaged communities to secure permanent jobs within the arts and culture sector.
What
Match graduates and organisations in the arts and culture sector and facilitate the employment of the graduates.
How
Identify graduates with degrees/diplomas related to the arts and culture sector. Identify organisations operating within the sector. Facilitate the employment of the graduate. Assist the receiving company to develop and implement an induction, orientation and career development pathway for the graduate.
Beneficiaries
Half (50%) of the chosen beneficiaries will be women graduates.
Implementing Partners
Identify graduates with degrees/diplomas related to the arts and culture sector. Identify organisations operating within the sector. Facilitate the employment of the graduate. Assist the receiving company to develop and implement an induction, orientation and career development pathway for the graduate.
Sustainable Community Development
Purpose
Support community-based sustainable development projects in previously disadvantaged communities with a focus on early childhood development, women empowerment, people living with disabilities and elderly people.
What
The chosen projects must contribute to improving the social and/or economic conditions for groups of community members. Examples of such projects are self-build homes, provision of water and sanitation, early childhood development centres, etc.
How
The Foundation will partner with community, faith-based, non-government organisations and private sector companies and their CSI programmes to implement this programme.
Beneficiaries
Community members in previously disadvantaged communities.
Implementing Partners
Community, faith-based and non-government organisations. Private sector CSI programmes, donors supporting developmental work.
