Tutoring at UCT

Every Saturday the Golden Future Project and SANFAN tutor between 30 and 80 high school kids, maths, economics, physics and biology. SANFAN also feeds ALL the kids every Saturday. This is only possible through the kind donations of Reggie Lawrence. Thank You!
For any more info on the tutoring sessions please email me on nosajhay@yahoo.co.uk or info@sanfan.org

Golden Future Project

From sanfan pics

The first seeds of the Golden future project South Africa were planted three years ago at a Golden Key International Honour Society Conference in the USA, “through the vision of Gary Kalaci, a student of business and law at the University Of Windsor. Recognizing the enormous and prevalent needs of the people in Cape Town, Kalaci collaborated with both the University of Windsor students and students from the University of Cape Town to launch this groundbreaking initiative.” The project then progressed to the initial research phase which involved finding a suitable school that was not already showered with NGO’s or one that already had similar projects running. In the quest for one such school they stumbled across Usasazo Secondary School, situated in the heart of Khayalitsha with a population of approximately 1200 students.


By 2008, the first group of Canadian Volunteers came over for ten days to teach their health and life skills curriculum. Meanwhile Golden Future Project-South Africa was still desperately trying to get all the necessary paper-work, like writing up a constitution, sponsorship letters, creating bank accounts and applying for NGO and UCT-society status. Recruiting new volunteers proved difficult on a non-existent budget and very few platforms to advertise on.



Then by 2009 they'd begun writing a full computer curriculum, according to GFP-SA Chairperson, Jennifer Hsieh, " we started off doing computer literacy because we were told the students didn't have access to learn it unless they took CAT." and by the -second semester, GFP -SA successfully implemented their first module. The project was received warmly both by staff and students with the principal even requesting that GFP run the program for the teachers as well. This year because of multiple robberies at the school, the computer room was no longer open on Saturdays for them to use. They then switched to the career development module but after two sessions, some of the kids felt despondent, Hsieh said, “they were interested in what we had to say about available opportunities at universities, yes. However they were a lot more concerned about the fact that they weren't able to pass in order to get in."


Upon thorough evaluation of the project, this included speaking to the kids and a look at their matric 2009 statistics. It became clear, that “we can tell them: if they do well at school, that they can do whatever they want - but only IF they do well at school. What if they aren't doing well at school?

Marks are Not the begin all and end all of life, AT ALL. However it is a grounding. It is a show of one's ability to do what's required, whether or not they enjoy it.

It is an indication of whether one can grasp concepts taught to you. But they need help. They asked for this help…"


So they decided to transform their curriculum once more and as of 13th April Golden future is continuing the revised computer literacy module, this module is aimed at teaching basic computer skills but with a particular emphasis on career orientation, and tutoring math, science, biology, accounting, etc


As for the Canadian Chapter, 20 of the Canadian volunteers will arrive in South Africa on 26th April, and soon after begin their intensive week long education modules, that's core aim is inspiring young minds, and in the process equipping them with community involvement, career development, health and life skills.


by Robyn Fisher

A generous donation from a generous man!

From SANFAN

On the tenth of August 2010 Reggie Lawrence opened his heart and donated R5000 to the SANFAN foundation. This donation could not have came at a better time. Our bank account was facing closure and two of our projects were ceased due to a lack of funds. Reggie has been a good friend for a long time now and has help in many ways in the past, especially as a friend. I would like to thank Reggie personally for his kind heart and valued friendship.
Kind Regards
Jason Hayden
President of the SANFAN Foundation

Blue Waters movie night

From SANFAN

In may 2008 xenophobic attacks on foreign nations in South Africa left 1000’s of people displaced and about 60 dead (West Cape News). These destitute people have been moved from refugee camp to refugee camp ever since. They have settled at the Blue Waters municipal camp near Strandfontein for a while, however according to the Cape Times (06/04/2010) 30 families have already been moved to an informal settlement called Blikkiesdorp. The SANFAN Foundation has been taking approximately 10 children from Blue Waters out to movies once or twice a week. We ensure that they watch movies with good morals and provide them with a meal. The move from Blue Waters to Blikkiesdorp has affected these kids in a negative way. The move has also made transportation and logistics difficult for the SANFAN Foundation. If we can receive some funding to help with the travelling or movie costs then the project can continue but if not then the project will need to be terminated. If anyone is willing to sponsor a movie or some petrol please visit the donations page on www.sanfan.org and send us a mail at info@sanfan.org if a deposit has been made.
Thank you

Annual General Meeting

The SANFAN Foundation will be having their forst AGM ON MONDAY THE 15TH OF feb. We will be discussing a variety of issues that we have faced the past year and discuss the way forward for the SANFAN Foundation. We invite everyone who is interested in getting involved or just wishes to find out more about what we do.

From SANFAN

Books for Africa

On 27 November 2009 the SANFAN bakkie collected 21 Boxes of books from the Kirstenbosch Rotary Club. These books were kindly donated by Books for Africa, Donaldson Co. and the Kirstenbosch Rotary Club. The books were donated to the Usasazo High School Library in Site B Khayelitsha. The librarian (Mrs Faith Bikitsha) has done a wonderful job at painting and shelving the library but the shelves were very empty. Now with the 21 boxes of books the shelves are looking full at last.

Golden Future Project

From sanfan pics

The Golden Future Project is a non-profit community-based educational project aimed at providing substantial improvement in health, life skills and business skills to underprivileged youths in the Western Cape. This project seeks to provide opportunities for high school learners to increase their accessibility to tertiary education, or to be equipped with other skills required to make some other dreams come true.

We have started off the project with workshops on computer skills at Usasazo Secondary School in Khayelitsha. On Saturday mornings, approximately 40-50 Grade 10 learners come to the school’s two computer rooms for sessions on basic computer literacy, including MS word and Internet explorer. These learners have had little previous computer training or experience. With the assistance of our volunteer tutors (students from the University of Cape Town) the learners have gained many new skills, such as being able to type a basic document in Word, while the See-a-need Fill-a-Need foundation (SANFAN) kindly provides food and juice for the learners after the sessions to refresh them for the rest of their weekend.