Our YES4YOUTH tutors impact many young lives inside and outside the classroom. This month we share five unique stories about individuals who care where it was most needed, be that fundraising for school uniforms, , purchasing pencils or digging deep to reach a child in distress. We're proud of our tutors who go the extra...
Jabu Thomo, our Educational Programme Director, is in the spotlight this month. We want to share our fun and fearless staff members who care about mathematics education and youth employment more than anything else! Jabu leads our fabulous team who are dedicated to turning underperforming classrooms into centres of maths and science excellence. Maths marriages [caption id="attachment_14334"...
We are terrifically proud of our tutors, and are thrilled to partner with YES4YOUTH. These partnerships make all the difference, enabling unemployed youth to gain the experience that will help them access employment, return to studies, or commence them, and help to change mathematics outcomes on the ground for the youngest learners struggling to gain...
In February we kicked off the year with a splash, quite literally by jumping into the aquadome at the Emerald Resort! “It’s not every year we throw a party in the first week of term,” said Programme Director, Jabu Thomo, “but with the Omicron wave last December the health of our tutors and staff took...
The JumpStart Foundation provides -- literally and metaphorically -- a jumpstart for unemployed matriculants who have the drive and ambition to make careers for themselves, but who got stuck along the way. The combination of skills training, the chance to return to or initiate tertiary studies and the provision of a stipend that feeds families...
It’s always exciting to see tutors take the next step towards reaching their professional goals. Lwanda Stefaans was a Kingsway Primary School tutor in Zandspruit in 2021 where she worked alongside fellow tutor, Rino Motladi. Now Lwanda is a first year Bachelor of Education student at the North West University. She has chosen to focus...
Nomta Ntola is spearheading JumpStart's exciting move into primary schools in the Eastern Cape. With the support of Old Mutual Education Flagship Project and the Department of Education in the Eastern Cape, she recently commenced the onboarding of 72 educational assistants in the Amathole East and Chris Hani East districts in a new four-year 50-school...
Katlego Mokgosi (25) has big plans for her own career as a programmer and wants to bring other women and girls on board. International Day of Women and Girls in Science is a day we celebrate with our sister entity, JumpCO Software Labs, where Katlego is currently enrolled in a learnership. Equal access and participation...
Andile Radebe (22) is opening the door to mathematical competence for learners at Ndhlenhle Primary School. This school in Ekurhuleni South is a beneficiary of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and one of five new schools that came onto the programme in 2021. Andile shared the philosophical and literary touchstones that will serve him...
Noxolo Myeko, Busisiwe Mngomezulu, Nthabiseng Morajane and Nomusa Ngubane started at Mthimkhulu Primary School in Vosloorus in 2021. The JumpStart programme's expansion in Ekurhuleni South benefitted in May, when INTASOL Tailings came on board as a sponsor, adding yet another school to the programme. Psychology student, Noxolo Myeko, talked about her experiences this year and...
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