I arrived on a Monday evening, May 8th, the sun was warming up the day on the long drive through the flat bush area from Johannesburg to Mafikeng. We have been driving for hours along sight a straight road. Our
Kindergarten project in Magogoe
After Covid-19, children are less competent to read and write
In the last two days the financial team was busy with the financial report of 2022/23. Here in South Africa the finance year ends in March. This report is a huge task because on it depends if we get a
Workshop for the After School Program
As usual, we have started the year 2023 with a workshop with those who teach in our After School Programs. We went to HaPhororo, a youth retreat centre which we have visited in the past. It’s in the mountains and
The benefits of Montessori education
In one of our preschools, in Lomanyane , we have a group of children who have been in the preschool since January who really benefitted from the Montessori approach. There is one boy , Kesaobaka, who knows all letters of
Summer and winter
Wolfgang and I are in Hermannsburg at the moment and are enjoying the warm weather together with the green trees, neither of which exist in South Africa presently. We are approaching winter, which is expected to be early and cold
First impressions
On January 21, I started my adventure. It was the start of the journey to Mafikeng, South Africa, to do an internship at Tsibogang Christian Action Group. More specifically, the internship will take place in the Montessori Kindergarten and an
Evaluation in our After School Centres
Slowly our old Venture hops along the poorly maintained dust road between Welbedacht and Khunotswane. Is is very hot. Inside the car there are two childcare workers from Welbedacht and myself. I have a headache and muscle pain. But despite
Learning to read and write
The public school opened on 15th February, one month later than planned due to COVID 19. On that day our Afterschool programs as well as our two preschools opened. Due to the declining numbers of COVID 19 infections this was
Lea’s internship
Hello! My name is Lea Mueller. I am 18 years old and I graduated from high school last year and then I decided to do an internship in South Africa to broaden my horizons and moreover this internship should help
A day of hope
On 25.05.2019 Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president of South Africa for another five-year period. Many people in South Africa have the hope that his new cabinet will be less corrupt and more efficient to rekindle the economy of