Good Work Foundation

Good Work Foundation exists for one reason – to supplement the school curriculum and fill the gaps that the formal schooling system cannot reach. The concept is simple: learners and adult students have an opportunity to leapfrog into the future at state-of-the-art digital campuses in rural villages.

Annually, more than 10 000 grade 4 to 7 learners from rural communities bordering the Greater Kruger National Park and the Sabi Sands Game Reserve complete the academic programmes at five locally managed digital learning campuses. The syllabus ranges from English literacy, numeracy, digital skills training, coding, robotics and IT to yoga, mindfulness, conservation and creative arts.

Good Work Foundation also serves as a bridging post for adult learners of any age. By becoming proficient in English and digital technologies, they can be gainfully employed or further their education at a tertiary institution.

A staggering 75% of learners are women and girls who are key to changing the trajectory of the communities they live in.

For more than 11 years, Good Work Foundation has been reimagining education to ignite hope for the future in communities where the youth unemployment rate typically exceeds 70% and the majority of grade 4 learners cannot read with meaning in any language. The Foundation for a Sustainable Future supports their efforts through grants from corporate donors.