Umckaloabo Foundation: We are helping our “Little Five” get bigger!

The Umckaloabo Foundation has set itself the goal of giving children and young people in southern Africa a future with prospects and a self-determined life through sustainable, successful educational projects. Since it was founded by the Schwabe Group in 2010, the foundation has implemented over 65 aid projects, helping over 50,000 children!

This year the Umckaloabo Foundation is helping five elementary schools in the Eastern Cape to correct some severe structural problems which have developed over the years at the buildings. In addition the foundation wants upgrading the didactic and teaching quality at these school, especially the fundamentals of teaching children how to read and write.

Here’s what needs to be done:
 
👉  Repair the roofs at all of the schools so that all of the classrooms can be used again
👉  Install new water tanks, pipes and pumps to ensure a reliable water supply
👉  Build additional toilets
👉  Set up a school library to get children enthusiastic about reading
👉  Provide continuing education for teachers to assist them in comprehensively teaching literacy

Learn more about the project atand about the Umckaloabo foundation on www.umckaloabo-stiftung.de