Projects

Siyafunda Education Project

Siyafunda means “We write”, and is a new and exciting development which has grown out of the three existing Alexandra Township projects, Leratong, Sigiya Sonke and Ratang Bana. The view of these projects is that education has emerged as the single most effective way of bringing about change in South Africa.

Although all children have access to schooling in South Africa, the quality of education available to township children can be much lower than that available to children in more affluent areas. Access to quality education is a means of closing the poverty gap.

Siyafunda will identify individuals who meet a defined criteria and provide them with bursaries for school fees, school uniforms and supplies, and transport to schools outside of the township. 

The project seeks to develop the potential of individuals in the hope that those who benefit can later in life use their skills and personal resources to be agents for change in their own communities.

The Gumboots Foundation has been fortunate enough to secure sufficient funding from a generous donor to run a pilot project. The pilot project is scheduled to start with the 2012 school year.