The Khanyisela Scholarship

* program that addresses the educational disparities in South Africa.

The program sponsors primary school students to attend a high quality school outside of their crowded township.

High school girls receive funding to participate in an extra-curricular academic program at a local university.

Khanyisela also fully funds a remedial teacher position so that school-aged children might have access to after school educational assistance and programming.

Students living at St Vincent Children’s Home in Mariannhill, South Africa directly benefit from the scholarship. Access to high quality education and academic resources is critical to end the cycle of poverty in South Africa.

Only through education can South African students cross the country’s poverty-stricken third world to its prosperous, yet too often inaccessible, first world.

All financial contributions go toward tuition and other associated school fees;

100% of the donations given go directly to the children’s education; fortunately we have generous donors who also make contributions to assist us with our minimal administrative costs such as wiring fees.

Donations are tax deductible.

$10 pays for one child to participate in field trips and excursions with her classmates

$100 pays for school feeds for one year at a high quality South African primary school

$225 pays for one high school girl to attend academic programs at a local university

$400 pays for tuition, books, school supplies, and all fees for one child to attend a high quality primary school

Khanyisela means to illuminate or to enlighten in Zulu, the most common language spoken in this province of South Africa and the first language learned by nearly all of the children residing at St Vincent Children’s Home. We hope that through the Khanyisela Scholarship, these children will be allowed to shine to their fullest and most brilliant potential.

For more information please see our website or contact use through our email khanyisela.cps@gmail.com