By Dhane Herbst & Chaleen Arendse | Project Coordinators, South Africa
Happy New Year! We hope you and yours have had a great start to 2023.
In South Africa, January marks the start of a new academic year. It's been a joy to spend the past few weeks helping our partners prepare to welcome students back after the holidays. Here's a closer look at two of the schools CHOSA supports with monthly grants and capacity-building services:
Molo Mhlaba School is a low-fee independent private school for girls from under-resourced communities. Over the years, CHOSA has helped Molo Mhlaba establish various connections and resources to provide girls with the very best education and opportunity to choose their own career path.
This year, we are proud to report that Molo Mhlaba has added three more classes of students in 2023! The school's iSTEAM (innovation, science, technology, engineering, arts/design, and math) curriculum empowers students to explore new academic opportunities and take control of their education. We can't wait to see all they accomplish this year!
Hlumelo Educare Centre is a community-based preschool and after-school program. The center has a unique mission of providing an inclusive environment for children with and without disabilities to access early childhood education.
Over the years, the school has been struggling with space and accessibility for the increasing number of children - a challenge, but a great one to have! After reaching out to multiple community entities with CHOSA's networking assistance, they were offered a site on which they could begin developing a structure to turn their dreams of expansion into a reality.
The new structure is spacious and accessible for all, and will open its doors next week! We're eager to watch more young lives change thanks to the accessible, inclusive education that the incredible teachers at Hlumelo provide.
The steady flow of monthly grant funding that CHOSA is able to provide - thanks to you! - has enabled these two schools, and all of our projects, to dream bigger, expand, and reach more students. Every dollar we raise goes toward giving more and more students this life-changing access to quality education within their own communities. We are grateful for your continued partnership!
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