In 2012 we formalised our Education Support programme providing much needed assistance to vulnerable children educationally as well as mentoring them. Our centre is a haven to these children, a place they can go to where they are assisted to become the best they can be despite difficulties they may experience at home.
The Covid lockdown in 2020 had such a damaging effect on children’s education, particularly in disadvantaged communities who had very little to no access to internet learning tools and communication with their teachers. Statistics show that in the years 2020 to 2021, 750 000 children in South Africa, dropped out of school, they did not return.
At Ethembeni’s Education Support Centre we are focused on keeping a child in school. They have access to a team who assists them with their homework and projects. They are given extra lessons in English and Maths and we try to instil the love of reading and comprehension.