by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education, FACE Project (ECD)
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 Town ready to grab hold of paint brushes and get...
by admin | Feb 19, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Fundraising News
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 visit home this year will involve a...
by admin | Feb 17, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education
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 to make the pre-school in the...
by admin | Dec 13, 2013 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education
The key to making Masiphumelele’s creches sustainable is to get them registered with the Department of Social Development so that a government subsidy can be received for each child. To date only six of the 27 creches in the township are registered. We have previously...
by admin | Dec 9, 2013 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD)
Financial circumstances dictate that few children in Masiphumelele receive Christmas presents. It is therefore always wonderful to see presents donated to the community from donors elsewhere in the cape Peninsula, South Africa and even overseas. Â Thanks to a group of...
by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD)
At Masicorp we are always touched by the number of volunteers from around the world that want to get involved with our projects in Masiphumelele. Many of our international volunteers are travelling, studying or visiting friends in the Cape Town area. Recently we had...
