(PWC only audited the financial statements from page 41 – 51). ii To mobilise the private sector, To support the creation and organisations and individuals enhancement of a conducive to support schools. learning and teaching environment in disadvantaged schools. 139 schools are under the Foundation adoption programme. Number of learners that benefited in 2012: 195 614 • • • 3 new schools built Leadership programme at Wits 1 397 Grade 1 - 3 learners and 46 Implement Whole School Development, which aims to improve the • 3 566 temporary jobs created University educators in primary schools have academic, infrastructural, social and security environment in schools by • 240 SMMEs benefited financially • 121 educators, 15 s chool benefited from Breakthrough to ensuring that the schools have the necessary management and • R 87.8 million invested in the management teams and 18 school Literacy school-based support. community leadership to support an environment conducive to learning development of schools governing bodies trained on leadership • 1 251 scientific calculators and books • 219 basic facilities built (including skills, governance and strategic for 23 libraries donated. and teaching • • classrooms, kitchens, ablution blocks planning 280 learners and 2 educators involved Identify schools in need and administration blocks) • 509 sports kits, 2 goal post sets and 2 in a Youth Press Team programme • Raise awareness of the dilapidated condition of schools in • 45 educational facilities built (including chess boards donated to various • 1 616 learners benefited from life disadvantaged areas libraries, science laboratories and schools skills programmes, career guidance and • • Create opportunities for small stakeholders to get involved in improving computer laboratories) 11 schools trained on the setting up of leadership skills • 35 schools renovated environmental clubs • 62 educators received basic schools in need • • • 9 Grade R structures built (with 9 parents, 1 admin clerk and 36 counselling skills training, first aid Mobilise support from individuals, companies and organisations to bathrooms, classrooms and kitchens) educators have been trained as training and attended team building sponsor schools in need • 5 sports facilities built librarians workshops • Encourage a time bound, caring relationship between the school and • 7 security fences erected • 85 high school educators trained in • 4 526 primary school learners received the funder • 2 boreholes drilled science, mathematics and accounting eye testing and screening • • • • Work with communities to improve education 2 primary schools received play/water 33 primary school educators trained on 719 learners received donations of • pumps and now have access to clean new techniques of teaching natural spectacles Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders drinking water science, technology and numeracy • Thousands of orphaned and • 100 educators received computer • 39 high school educators trained in vulnerable learners benefited from 4 training language and literacy donations of blankets, uniforms, 1 • 11 school principals and 1 circuit • 9 Grade R practitioners were trained in school shoes and food parcels 5 manager trained on the Executive Grade R learning programmes 7 1 2012 9 195 614 2011 CHILDREN 29 161 941 7 CHILDREN 2010 2009 100 000 14 2008 CHILDREN 31 000 45 271 CHILDREN CHILDREN 2006 2007 15 100 15 200 2 2 CHILDREN CHILDREN 3 3 39 2011/12 Schools R27 MILLION adopted 2010/11 R18.5 MILLION 5 Schools 2008/09 R9.2 5 MILLION 3 assisted 1 Our journey for a better education uch has been said about individuals and families, while enabling strengthen and we are in discussion on the tumultuous education our nation as a whole to grow and a number of partnership opportunities, Mlandscape in South Africa. A prosper. including assisting with the eradication recent study of the country’s literacy of mud schools by building three data reports that 20% of South Africans, The Adopt-a-School Foundation schools in Kwazulu-Natal. We partnered including 4.9 million children, are provides a long-term, sustainable with the DBE on its 94+ Projects in functionally illiterate. South Africa is solution through our Whole School honour of Nelson Mandela’s 94th ranked 137 out of 139 countries for Development model. With this small birthday on 18 July. Playing a support quality in mathematics and science commitment, we are increasingly being role, many of the Foundation staff were education, and 125 out of 139 countries recognised as one of the organisations deployed to schools across the country for the quality of primary school that can make a contribution to finding where we spent time celebrating with education. While much has been real solutions to the education crisis in learners and providing time to attend done by government to address these South Africa. to the needs of the selected schools. inadequacies, there are still substantial In total, some 125 000 school children gaps in education. The Whole School Development model participated in the various projects. is a product of our 10 year journey The challenges faced by marginalised to help improve education. This We are growing at a rapid rate, more schools and communities have moved model has enabled us to develop a schools are being adopted and our from the periphery to the centre of sustainable plan of action. Our tireless footprint has grown substantially. As national awareness. As we debate these efforts to ensure the right mechanisms our profile grows, we need to increase challenges, we need to find sustainable are in place in our schools have been funding for our operations. solutions. rewarded by numerous stories of improvement, from increased pass A number of successful initiatives and Benjamin Franklin said: ‘An investment rates to communities that have taken events have enabled us not only to in knowledge pays the best interest.’ ownership of new schools and facilities. grow our strengths, but to harness This is true both on a microeconomic the challenges we face and to adapt and macroeconomic scale – investment We are delighted to report that our accordingly. 2012 has been a very in education and community relationship with the Department of successful and promising year for the development creates value for Basic Education (DBE) continues to Foundation. 2 on its strategic decision-making website performance, it will feature an 16 corporates Back to School for a Day process and marketing and fundraising innovative donation platform that will went back to Every year, the staff of Shanduka Group initiatives. The Corporate Board will enable individuals and organisations to goes back to the company’s adopted meet annually. donate to the Foundation. 51 schools throughout school, Olifantsvlei Primary School. www.adoptaschool.org.za SA and impacted The day is about volunteering skills, We are grateful to those who attended on the lives of spending time and generally enjoying the first Corporate Board meeting, Kagiso Trust a very positive experience with the whose fruitful discussions have led to One of the most exciting developments over 25 000 learners learners. It was from this that the idea some promising initiatives. We look of this year has been the partnership of the Back to School for a Day initiative forward to reporting on these in next between Kagiso Trust and the Shanduka was born. Announced at our Back to year’s report. Foundation. This partnership will see School Party 2011, the Back to School both organisations each making R100 for a Day initiative was a great success, Back to School Party million available for a collaboration as it allowed many volunteers to GO We continue to receive tremendous between Adopt-a-School and the BACK TO SCHOOL and spend time with support for our Back to School Party. Not Beyers Naude School Development learners in some of South Africa’s most only is it a fantastic evening but we have Programme to implement a programme disadvantaged schools. It also allowed raised substantial funds for a number to improve learner performance in many employees to see the schools that of school projects. Individual and public schools in a selected district. their companies had adopted. The day corporate pledges made at the 2011 Government will be expected to match focused on literacy, and participating Back to School Party funded a number the funding. companies offered career guidance of projects. These included strategic in many different fields. Next year we planning at Cowan High School in The aim of this partnership is to integrate hope that many more companies Port Elizabeth, eyesight testing and and develop the organisations’ respective and volunteers decide to go Back to spectacles for eight schools in Limpopo, models across a single school district, School for a Day, and that they not only and science educator development creating a holistic model that can be remember what it was like to be at at Mamvuka Secondary School in duplicated throughout South Africa. school, but also share their knowledge Limpopo. Other funds from the event with eager minds. have gone to building ablution blocks, As a result of their experiences, both building and stocking libraries and organisations have developed whole Corporate Board science laboratories, training librarians, school development approaches. As the Foundation has grown we felt it and building classrooms in a number of We believe that this collaboration to was necessary to draw on the collective our schools throughout South Africa. We integrate our methodologies will allow wisdom of many of our long term are proud to report on the success of us to make a significant impact on donors and partners. Thus the Adopt-a- these interventions, which were made education. Along with the Department School Foundation Corporate Board was possible by every single person who of Basic Education, we look forward to created. attended our 2011 Back to School Party. nurturing this important relationship and developing an improved model for This is an innovative concept that is new Website whole school development.