“The children of our world deserve a worthy start in life,
as we have enjoyed in ours.”

Programs

Our programs are designed to be simple yet very effective. Our strategies include:

• Training new and existing teachers to enhance literacy and numeracy thus leading to employment.
• Create environments which promote learning, restoring classrooms, school facilities and the planning of outdoor sport fields.
• Operating new schools and supplying teachers, books, school supplies, food and sport activities.
• Sport is taught and exercised daily. We encourage team sports like soccer and basketball which are inexpensive to play and enjoyed by most students.

Sport on the curriculum

Sports improve social skills, encourage discipline, builds character and a sense of responsibility. Sport For Education has implemented a sport program called “Soccer for Success”. The program, which involves 4000 children and 100 teachers in 5 schools (in KwaXimba) combine reading and writing skills with soccer. The goal is to set up a soccer league including all participating schools.

Teaching teachers

As more children are able to enter the school system, more teachers are needed. Sport For Education recognize this and will therefore promote a very special program called Educational Ambassadors. Educational ambassadors are existing teachers who will train and teach new teachers. This program will stimulate more young people to turn towards the teaching proffession. Without educated teachers our schools can not exist.