by admin | Oct 2, 2013 | Education, English Lab, Primary School
Earlier this year we reported on Masicorp’s English Lab project. Led by an American volunteer Jan O’Connor, the project improves the English skills of the teachers at Ukhanyo Primary School who will go on to teach English to pupils as they move away from learning in...
by admin | Sep 30, 2013 | Bursary Programs, Education
For the past ten years Masicorp has been running a student bursary program that has allowed over fifty students from Masiphumelele to access tertiary education in Cape Town. In South Africa, tertiary education is partially State funded through a student loan scheme...
by admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Education, Primary School, Wordworks
Some time ago Masicorp were approached by Ann Salmon, an experienced reading teacher from the UK who lives in South Africa for six months of the year. Ann wanted to spend her time in South Africa productively and began tutoring small groups of struggling readers at...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education
This was another big week for the Ekhaya Lothando pre-school in Masiphumelele. After receiving the required permission from the city building inspectors the foundations of the new buildings were scheduled to be laid on Monday. Since we last reported on progress there...
by admin | Sep 3, 2013 | FACE Project (ECD), Fundraising News
A group of FACE founders emptied their cellars for the early morning ‘joy’ of turning long discarded items into money at the Greenfields Boot Fair near Upnor, Kent. A total of six car loads disgorged their contents thanks to Stena and Steve, Jacqui and...
