by admin | May 28, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education
After several days of hard work, in which the City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management used 30 trucks to remove the rubble and debris from last week’s fire in Masiphumelele, the scale of the tragedy has become even clearer. With the burnt remains removed and the...
by admin | May 25, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education, Fundraising News
Last Friday tragedy struck when a large fire broke out in the wetlands area of Masiphumelele. Over 200 shacks were completely engulfed by flames with a huge smoke plume visible across the region. Fortunately there were no casualties but many residents have lost all of...
by admin | May 6, 2014 | Education, Primary School, School Uniforms
With the weather starting to get noticeably colder in Masiphumelele we were delighted to be able to distribute more tracksuits to the children on Ukhnayo Primary School this week. Back in March we began to hand out track suits thanks to a donation from Will Bennett,...
by admin | Apr 29, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
After leaving Masiphumelele High School the students on Masicorp’s bursary programme start a whole new life. Their new learning experience involves being away from the family home and living independently on or near campus in Cape Town. As well as having to adjust to...
by admin | Feb 28, 2014 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD), Education, FACE Project (ECD), Fundraising News
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 pre-school was...
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...
