by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Bursary Programs, Education
In 2011 Ziyanda Mwanda volunteered to work at the annual Careers Indaba at Masiphumelele library, which is where she came to hear about Masicorp. At the time she was in the second year of a BSc Biotechnology course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She had...
by admin | Dec 16, 2014 | Education, Library (LRC)
Masicorp’s Mother & Toddler Group (Stay & Play) continues to be held at the Masiphumelele library and has been a big success throughout the year. Each week there are 10-25 toddlers attending (with their mothers). Our Facebook followers will have seen...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Education, English Please
As another school year comes to a close there is particularly good news to report from the English Please programme at Fish Hoek Primary school. Masicorp volunteer, Milli Firth is a specialist English teacher who gives her time to tutor the students from Masiphumelele...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education
Masicorp volunteers and the staff of several pre-school’s in Masiphumelele were recently on hand to help The Santa’s Shoebox Project distribute gifts to the local children. The Santa Shoebox Project originated in Cape Town in 2006 and is an initiative of the Kidz2Kidz...
by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Education, Enterprise
When Masicorp first began working with the community of Masiphumelele there were very few brick buildings in the township. In those early years we were involved in construction projects, such as the Masiphumelele library, and we also helped many families to build...
by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
Thanks to our financial and personal support, the dropout rate for university students in the Masicorp Bursary Scheme is exceptionally low, as we recently reported. We also recently profiled two of our successful university graduates, Lungelwa Mkokeli and Olwethu...
