The ‘Home of Love’ (Ekhaya Lothando) School got the final finishing touches to building work when 18 of the FACE team descended on Masiphumele for a week in February 2014. It was the climax of more than a year of … Continue reading →
Earlier this week Masicorp was pleased to host Will Bennett, James Williams, and Chris Norqual – three of the five founding members of American clothing company, SOMB, (SHIRT OFF MY BACK). The four letter word, SOMB, is an abbreviation for … Continue reading →
Every year in March the Cape Peninsula hosts the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour. The 109 kilometre cycle race from the CBD around the peninsula and back into the city via Chapmans Peak features 35 000 cyclists and … Continue reading →
A group of 23 teachers and parents from West Lodge Primary School in Pinner, Middlesex, ran the Reading Half Marathon and raised more than £4000 for the FACE project. Over the past year the school has organised a number of … Continue reading →
Back in August 2013 we reported on the building work that began at Ekhaya Lothando pre-school in Masiphumelele. Known locally as the Home of Love the pre-school refurbishment was one of Masicorp’s biggest projects last year. Last Friday the completed … Continue reading →
Masicorp volunteers from across all of our projects and many of the partners we work with in Masiphumelele gathered in the library yesterday for a well-earned ‘thank-you’ session. For several weeks now Masicorp’s founders John and Carol Thompson have been … Continue reading →
We have been privileged to host the FACE group from the UK last week as they put the finishing touches to Ekhaya Lotando pre-school in Masiphumelele. After many months of fund raising in the UK the group arrived in Cape … Continue reading →
Last weekend we had the chance to meet up with the new and existing bursary students and find out how their first few weeks of study at university was progressing. The first social event of the new academic year was … Continue reading →
Masicorp was delighted to be contacted recently by Kathy Bergh. Although Kathy now lives in the UK she is originally from South Africa and returns home once a year to visit her family in Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula. Her … Continue reading →
Immediately after leaving Ukhanyo Primary School our recent visitors from the UK, Viv Daubenspeck from Torquay Rotary Club and her partner Brian Gunn, were on their way to Masi Educare. The City of Cape Town has given Masicorp the remit … Continue reading →