Close to 200 people – from students, parents and teachers to community leaders – got together on a Saturday in May to transform the dump of a school into a vibrant centre of learning. They repaired windows, the roof and toilets, painted the woodwork and swept up piles of trash at Molatsane High School. The […]

“This is my mission in life. I enjoy teaching members of the community about road safety and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own safety.” These soothing words are from Bruce Peterson. An educator for the past 20 years, Peterson now teaches Grade 7 at Elridge Primary School in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg. Every morning, […]

Elsie Seletisha, a teacher at Batsogile Primary, loves the food garden at her school. A lot of time is taken up tending to the soil and growing crops. “We decided to allow people to use our school yard for a food-gardening project to try to get people who live around the school to keep an […]