Despite the National Development Plan’s aim to eliminate poverty and inequality through education by 2030, poor results have continued year after year, especially in marginalised, poor, and underserved rural communities across South Africa. Here many classrooms are overcrowded with hungry children, and staff are despondent because of a lack of resources and poor infrastructure. There […]
“If children cannot read, their chances of succeeding at school and afterwards are limited,” says Trevor Arosi, Economic Development Manager at Kouga Wind Farm. Because of their belief in the value of literacy, KWF contracted the Institute of Training and Education for Capacity-building (ITEC) to provide a literacy support programme for the children in the […]
In a bid to bring creative learning and skills development to the community, Kouga Wind Farm partnered with film, television and media training provider iKasi Creative Media. Registered as an MICT (Media, Information and Communication Technologies) SETA, iKasi Creative Media provides film, television, and media training. “We are passionate about training and empowering rural unemployed […]
Adults living in communities around the Kouga Wind Farm who did not matriculate have been given a second chance, thanks to the Kouga Wind Farm Community Development Trust in collaboration with Rehoboth Training Solutions. It entails a programme that started in mid-2019 to enable adults who did not matriculate to obtain an Amended Senior Certificate […]
Since its inception in 2018, our bursary programme and its beneficiaries have blossomed. From helping just seven deserving students to reach their academic dreams in its first year, the programme has grown to accommodate 32 recipients this year. Administered by Masinyusane, the bursary not only covers tuition, books, and accommodation, but laptops and internet access […]
Having seized the opportunity to follow their passions, another group of Kouga Wind Farm bursary holders have successfully completed their studies in various fields and will be entering the working world in 2021. Among them is AFDA graduate Chanelle Jacobs, who completed a Higher Certificate in Film, Television and Entertainment Production. She says, “2020 was […]
Covid-19 has left many schools without enough staff to cope with the daily demands of teaching while also covering classes for teachers who are absent due to illness. To ease the burden, Kouga Wind Farm has supported the employment of 15 temporary teachers to act as assistant teachers at seven local schools. Garth Jacobs, the […]
Over the past three years, the Kouga Wind Farm bursary programme has helped 33 students to study a range of courses at tertiary institutions across South Africa. The programme, administered by Masinyusane, covers everything from tuition and books to transport and accommodation. This year, students who had to return home during lockdown also received laptops […]
Kouga Wind Farm Community Development Trust is working with Rehoboth Training Solutions on a programme to assist adults who did not finish their matric, or who failed and need a few subjects to pass, to obtain an Amended Senior Certificate (ASC). Candidates are tutored mostly by retired teachers from the community and can write three […]
The value of literacy among our children is so important. Kouga Wind Farm has employed two reading coaches at Sandwater Primary School. Their daily task is to sit with groups of Grade 3 learners and help them improve their reading skills. Antonese Nuwenhuis has been at Sandwater for two years and loves working with the […]