Mission To mobilise the private sector, organisations and individuals to support schools. To support the creation and enhancement of a conducive learning and teaching Vision environment in disadvantaged schools. • Implement our model of Whole School Development, which aims to address the Strategic academic, infrastructural, social and security environment in schools by ensuring that the schools have the necessary management and community leadership to objectives support an environment conducive to learning and teaching. • Create opportunities for small stakeholders to get involved in improving schools in need. • Mobilise support from individuals, companies and organisations to sponsor schools in need. • Raise awareness of the dilapidated condition of schools in disadvantaged areas. • Work with communities to improve education. • Maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ADOPT-A-SCHOOL FOUNDATION OVERVIEW 3 CHAIRPERSON’S REVIEW 6 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REVIEW 10 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIELD 16 AWARENESS AND FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS 24 FUNDRAISING EVENTS 27 HOW TO GET INVOLVED 31 ADOPT-A-SCHOOL FOUNDATION GRADUATES 34 ADOPT-A-SCHOOL FOUNDATION ESSAYS 38 SCHOOL PROFILES 49 WAITING LIST SCHOOLS 77 ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS* 83 *PWC only audited the financial statements from page 87 to 115 The audited financial statements are for Adopt-a-School Foundation only and do not include the work for the 413 schools in the Kagiso Shanduka Trust programme. 2 OUR FOOTPRINT SCHOOLS SUPPORTED LEARNERS BENEFITTED Schools adopted 612 734 796 in South Africa Schools adopted in other countries Mozambique 1 Limpopo 16 TEMPORARY JOB SMALL COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESSES Mpumalanga 11 CREATED SUPPORTED Gauteng 50 6 728 1 093 North-West 27 Free State* 418 KwaZulu-Natal 53 Lesotho 4 NEW FACILITIES Northern Cape 8 BUILT Eastern Cape 18 454 Western Cape 6 Feeding scheme kitchens - Administration facilities - Science laboratories - Computer laboratories *In 2013, Adopt-a-School Foundation started working in 413 schools in the Free State as the - Ablution facilities - Sports facilities joint implementing agent of Kagiso Shanduka Trust’s whole school development programme. - Classrooms - Libraries - Grade R facilities - School halls EDUCATORS STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOPED BENEFITTED 1 513 6 267 Literacy - Mathematics Strategic planning - Leadership - Accounting - ITC - Science - Teambuilding programmes OUR IMPACT IN LEARNERS RECEIVED LEARNERS RECEIVED NUMBERS EYESIGHT TESTS SPECTACLES 34 348 2 008 3 Strategic planning, leadership and management: WHOLE SCHOOL Empowering and capacitating School Governing Bodies, School Management Teams, school educators and Learner Representative Councils is one of the most meaningful DEVELOPMENT interventions conducted by Adopt-a-School Foundation. 26 Learner Representative Councils have attended leadership camps and over 300 learners have been directly impacted. 279 Strategic planning retreats have taken place and over 6 000 stakeholders have benefitted. Teambuilding and motivation: The Foundation believes that building cohesive teams will enable the school to functional effectively. Ensuring optimal dynamics within the school means that the school is able to carry out its roles and responsibilities effectively. Over 1 900 individuals have benefitted from teambuilding programmes in our schools. Infrastructure: Meeting basic infrastructure needs means providing schools with access to water, electricity, ablution facilities and safe learning environments. Specialised facilities, enabling excellence in teaching and learning, include fully resourced Grade R facilities, libraries, science and computer laboratories. The Foundation has built 454 facilities. These infrastructure projects have created over 6 700 jobs and supported over 1 000 businesses. These facilities include 32 computer laboratories, 17 science laboratories, 16 libraries and 43 ablution facilities. Educator development: Curriculum development in all subject areas and development programmes in remedial teaching, counselling skills, library management and sports coaching. Over 1 500 educators have been developed in key curriculum areas including mathematics, science, accounting, language and literacy. 65 Grade R practitioners have received support. 4 Social welfare: Vegetable gardens,eyesight and audiology testing, life skills programmes and initiatives to support orphaned and vulnerable school children are implemented to support the wellbeing of the learners and enhance their learning experience. Over 34 300 learners have received eyesight tests with over 2 000 learners receiving spectacles. 19 feeding scheme kitchens have been built. School safety, security and discipline: All schools should have secure perimeters and the necessary physical security to protect their facilities and resources. Learners and educators should be respectful, disciplined and feel safe within their school environment. 11 schools have received fencing to secure their property. Extra-curricular and co-curricular activities: Sports development, environmental clubs, reading clubs and leadership clubs are encouraged and supported by the Foundation, promoting both mental and physical growth and development for the learners. 9 schools have received new sporting facilities and over 4 000 learners have been involved in life skills programmes. Learner development: Support programmes for language, literacy, numeracy and mathematics “Whole School Development is about from Grade R to Grade 12 are critical to ensure learners master the enthusiastic and passionate school fundamentals to succeed. leadership and hardworking pupils Over 6 400 learners have directly benefitted from language and with supportive parents, living in a literacy programmes. Over 7 400 learners have benefitted from community that values its schools.” science programmes and over 13 000 learners have benefitted – Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson, from mathematics programmes. Adopt-a-School Foundation. 5 “When we see it in the faces of our children we know: FROM OUR there will always be, for us, a worthy future.” MESSAGE – National Development Plan 2030 Vision Statement CHAIRPERSON South Africa has achieved significant milestones development in schools across the country and in education since 1994. Today, hundreds of encourage active citizenship. thousands more children have access to decent education. At least 97% of children of school Collaborations between public and private going age are attending school and over 60% of organisations are paving the way for the country’s schools do not charge school fees, sustainable and effective development in providing almost 9 million children with free this sector. A case in point is the unique education. partnership between the Kagiso Shanduka Trust (established in 2013 by Kagiso Trust and However, stark inequalities still exist in our rural Shanduka Foundation) and the Free State and township communities. Many schools in Department of Education. Adopt-a-School these localities are under significant pressure Foundation is one of the joint implementing to provide quality education due to factors such agents for this programme. Together with as insufficient teaching resources, lack of basic government, this partnership, now in its infrastructure, weakened school leadership second year of implementation, has already capacity, and social challenges affecting learners. begun to transform 231 of the 413 schools in the programme. This is a significant milestone The Department of Basic Education has released for the Foundation and it is envisaged that the an updated strategy which takes stock of and learnings from this programme will ultimately plans for key developments in basic education form the basis of a district based model that up to 2030. While many of the priorities remain can be replicated in other provinces. the same, the new plan accounts for the lessons learnt and also accommodates the priorities The magnitude of this programme has also of the National Development Plan. The long- placed strain on the Foundation’s capacity. term vision remains the same – to ensure that As our footprint and team of development every young South African receives a quality specialists grows, so does the need for education. additional anchor funds to cover operational costs. Adopt-a-School Foundation is well placed to support this vision because its primary The Foundation hosted its eighth Back to objectives are to work with government and School Party last year and, in May this year, the private sector to promote sustainable returned to London to host its second 6 international fundraising event. Leveraging I am also very pleased to see the remarkable and school communities whose commitment and from our previous successful fundraising improvement in the quality of the matric results active participation is crucial to the success of our events, Kagiso Shanduka Trust hosted their in our adopted schools, with more and more development programmes. very own Back to School Party in Bloemfontein. matriculants qualifying for bursaries for their These are our flagship fundraising initiatives tertiary education. Four of our matriculants By working together with business, government, which enable us to interact with our supporters received bursaries from the Cyril Ramaphosa communities and individuals we have achieved and raise significant funds to support our Education Trust in 2014 and have all performed meaningful change in hundreds of schools. As we programmes. They also provide the platform