Shanduka Foundation

Adopt-A-School-Foundation

The Adopt-a-School Foundation seeks to mobilise the private sector , organizations and individuals to support schools. By supporting the creation and enhancement of a conducive learning and teaching environment in state-funded schools. To date the Foundation has adopted over 130 schools in nine provinces.

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Strategic Objectives

Implement whole school development which aims to improve the academic , infrastructural, social and security environment in schools by ensuring that the schools have the necessary management and management and community leadership to support a conducive environment for teaching and learning.
Identify schools in need.
Raise awareness of the dilapidated condition of schools in disadvantegd areas .
Create Opportunities for small stakeholders to get involved in improving schools in need.
Mobilize support from individuals , companies and organizations to sponsor schools in need .
Encourage a time bound , caring relationship between the school and the funder .
Work with communities to improve education.
Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.

According to the Schools Needs Register, South Africa has about 28 000 schools and 21 000 of these have buildings and infrastructural facilities that are in an unsatisfactory condition. 50% of our schools have no electricity over 9 000 schools have no access to telecommunications, 30% have no water and 10% have no sanitation. There is no science laboratory in two thirds of schools and only one school in five has a library. With schools like these how are we goiStrategic Objectivesng to teach our children to compete for themselves and their country in a modern world?

Against this background in 2001 a group of concerned individuals initiated a project aimed at assisting needy schools to improve their infrastructure and facilities. These schools were virtually adopted and from this sprang the establishment of Adopt-a-School Foundation, which in turn has led to a growing family of adopters.

Shanduka Role

The Adopt-a-School Foundation, has benefited enormously from the support of a number of sponsors. One of these, Shanduka, has been the main strategic sponsor of the Foundation's work, providing infrastructural, logistical and inspirational support.

In 2004, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman of Adopt-a-School Foundation launched the Shanduka Foundation with a commitment to a robust Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme. Adopt-a-School has become an integral part of Shanduka's CSI programme and stands to benefit from both the CSI commitment and the 5% shareholding inShanduka, attributed to the Shanduka Foundation.

Shanduka Group and its staff have also adopted the Olifantsvlei Primary School in Gauteng. What is unique and precedent setting about this project is that all Shanduka staff members, in addition to monthly contributions for the funding of projects at this school, do manual work at the school once a year together with the pupils and community members.Shanduka has furthermore committed to matching staff's contributions rand for rand.

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