Ayanda, 17, lives in Khayelitsha, a township outside of Cape Town. The Education Department recently announced its decision to close 27 schools in his province, many of which serve students from townships. When the schools close, students will be forced back to township schools, where they will receive a lower quality education. While this issue has garnered national media attention, it has mainly been discussed at a policy level. This microproject will provide Ayanda with the platform to share
Under apartheid, black South Africans received lower quality education, perpetuating an unskilled labor market and system of subservience. In today's South Africa, Equal Education (EE) drives a movement for and led by youth, to address issues that affect their education-what should be the "equalizer" between yesterday's apartheid and today's democracy. However, youth continue to have only a small public voice in this discourse. This workshop will provide youth members of EE with media and activi
This microproject will provide students with the post-production equipment (one computer and editing software) necessary to share their voices publically. Through film and photography, EE students can advocate for those students being displaced from their schools.
The long-term impact of this project will be three-fold. It will enable EE youth members to make their voices heard in the movement for more equal and quality education. This grant will provide these students from the townships with access to professional equipment, which will significantly increase their experience and employability in the future. Finally, it will expose the South African public to township life-often invisible in mainstream media.
