Celebrating LEAP Alumni – The little ones will look up to me
Azola Fonjana and her mother share their joy at Azola being the first in her family to matriculate and go to university.
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LEAP at the Shakespeare Schools Festival
On July 31, LEAP learners participated in the Cape Town leg of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. They performed Othello and Twelfth at the Artscape Theatre.
State funding for alternative schools urgently needed to transform education, agree experts.
Education experts from across South Africa and overseas agreed that the time is now to fund alternative models that will meet the needs and aspirations of all young South Africans.
Sipho-sational!
Sipho Mpongo is an ambitious young photographer living in Langa and studying at the prestigious Cape Town School of Photography. Sipho graduated from LEAP in 2012 and we catch up with him to find out how he is finding life in the fast lane.
Sharing the learning
Staffed by a diverse group of tutors from all over Africa, the LEAP Learning Centre is teaching critical skills to a generation of future LEAP students and is also helping them understand more about tolerance and hope.
Fixing a broken system
Johnny Copelyn and HCI are major supporters of LEAP’s work, funding LEAP 2 and its engagement with partner schools Herzlia United and Litha Primary in Gugulethu.
A video introduction to LEAP
Thank you to the Old Mutual Foundation for this video highlighting what makes the LEAP schools different.
State of grace
Ross Hill, Leader of LEAP 4 (Diepsloot), shares his experience of participating in the KIPP Fisher Fellowship.
Valuing education
The inequity in South Africa’s education system should be declared a national emergency because by allowing the situation to continue as it is, we perpetuate the abhorrent impact of apartheid and colonialism.
An interview with Ralph Mupita
In a recent Business Day article Ralph Mupita, CEO of Old Mutual SA and Emerging Markets, shares why he supports LEAP and his passion for quality maths and science education in South Africa.