Page 10 - Adopt-a-School Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Report

the tRue meAning of life is to plAnt tRees, undeR whose
shAde you do not expect to sit – nelson hendeRson

In 15 years, Adopt-a-School Foundation contributions that have resulted in this our processes and then mobilising others
can enumerate the classrooms and libraries impact, we are continuously focused on to support us. This past year, we piloted
built, the science experiments conducted, improving our operations and broadening our first auditory and speech programme
and the teachers developed. We can attest our reach. Our mission to provide all children in a school in Mpumalanga and one in the
to the millions invested in collaboration with the opportunity to access quality Northern Cape and we extended our Health,
with private individuals and companies and education, regardless of their birthplace, Sanitation and Sexual Awareness programme
we can celebrate the individuals whose remains as critical as ever. which has intensified its impact to reach 4
lives have been changed as a result of their 190 learners in 14 schools in seven provinces
quality of schooling. A challenging economic climate has resulted this past year.
While we celebrate these achievements in Adopt-a-School reviewing its fundraising
and acknowledge the partnerships and strategy to diversify funding streams and Together with our long-term corporate
harness new opportunities. Our partner, the Industrial Development
key fundraising strategy is to build Corporation, we have piloted ICT education
a reserve fund that will ensure programmes in eight different schools, each
that our services can continue taking a different approach based on their
unaffected in challenging financial location and accessibility.
times.
These programmes are highlighted in this
It is this forward thinking approach annual report.
that will ensure that Adopt-a-
School Foundation continues to In 2017, we launched the Thari Programme
fulfil its mandate of supporting in support of vulnerable women and
our country’s most marginalised children. Funded by Cyril Ramaphosa
schools. Foundation, this programme is being piloted
in the Botshabelo community in Free State
It is becoming increasingly and Diepsloot in Gauteng. The programme
important for Adopt-a-School has taken a multi-sectoral approach and
to be bold and innovative in involves a collaboration of stakeholders
its approach to development. aimed at ensuring a harmonised approach
We believe in identifying the to address social factors that impact the
underlying challenges, piloting new vulnerability of women and children. In
models, learning and reviewing 2017 and 2018, this programme will provide

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