Our Programs
Every day, 160 children between the ages of six and 12 years attend our after-school programmes where they are nurtured, educationally supported and fed a hot meal by a dedicated staff of 11, ninety per cent of whom are residents of Imizamo Yethu and many who have been on staff for over a decade.
We use all our time with the students to ensure they get what they need for their future. Each day we focus on a different learning area to boost what the children have been taught in school. Quite often we can provide a more personalised method of explaining their learning.
The children are also invited each day to attend the homework lab, a place filled with volunteers to help assist the children with their homework, offering further explanation, encouragement and the equipment to complete it well!
our daily schedule
Monday – Friday
1 pm - Children transported safely to iKhaya
Homework lab is open for all to get assistance
Free play!
3:30 pm - Meal Served
4 pm - Lessons resume
5 pm - Children make their way home
English
Our children are learning to read, write and speak English to an impressive level. Our English curriculum assists this journey and they work on it every week!
xhosa
As our official second language, and the home language of most of our children, we work hard to ensure that being li-lingual means reading, speaking and writing well in both languages.
Free time & exercise!
iKhaya kids get hours of free time to be children, explore our beautiful grounds & play. Three things they will most likely not be able to utilise at home. This is one of the most impactful programmes we run.
Space to ask questions, space to make mistakes, space to speak quietly to a leader.
maths
We don’t just know how to recite our maths, we understand what it means to the world and to our lives. Our maths programme promotes both concrete and abstract thinking.
life skills
There is so many important things these kids are faced with that need to be taught: HIV/AIDS and other diseases, fire prevention, crime and gang prevention, anti bullying and much more!
Parent centre
Key to making a change to our iKhaya kids lives is ensuring their caregiver is equipped to support the family.
We meet and support parents on their journey to employment, education & empowerment as an educator for their child, strengthening bonds and keeping families together.