to reach
in our high-needs schools
by 2028
Our Vision
To be a leader in the movement of changing systemic education inequity by developing tomorrow’s leaders, enabling learners from high-needs schools throughout South Africa, to achieve their full potential and simultaneously empowering school teachers.
Our Mission
To enhance leadership and skills development through STEM-educated youth leaders and high-needs school teachers, in collaboration with national and international partners, development projects and educational programmes, in all 9 provinces in South Africa.
Global Leadership
Our goal through global leadership is to recruit and develop at least 1500 Teacher-Leaders through our coaching and 2-year leadership/fellowship programme.
Education Equity
Each of our teacher- leaders impacts 40 learners in their classrooms, resulting in high impactful for our learners. Our aim is to influence at least 60 000 learners by 2028 throughout South Africa.
Community Impact
We have witnessed many significant community impact stories through our Teacher-Leaders, as a direct result of our coaching model and leadership programme.
Community impact through our Teacher-Leaders
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Loquitor Maka teaches grade 8 Natural Science and grade 10 Agricultural Science at Soneike High School. She is a highly valued facilitator at the Young African Leaders initiative. She has transferred her leadership capacity into the school by being the pioneer of developing a Greenhouse at Soneike. The greenhouse teaches learners to grow food in low light areas such as informal settlements. They harvest tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beans, peas, pumpkins, cucumber, etc. which is sold at the school and also distributed in the Kuilsriver community and amongst learners.
Impacting female-learners through new initiatives from our Teacher-Leaders
- One of our teacher-leaders, Annalicia Winnaar is a teacher at Kraaifontein High School. She initiated and is currently running a girl’s empowerment program called GLOW Club (Girls Leading Others Wisely) at Kraaifontein High School. The aim of the club is to educate and empower female learners in various aspects of life such as their academic, social, communal and personal lives. By providing discussion sessions and workshops, she is equipping learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to be productive, innovative, independent and confident young women. Our programme has expanded her skill-set to equip her to influence her learners and community through this initiative.
