By Mehdeen Sehgal | Marketing and Development Associate
Afrika Tikkun believes in creating an inclusive learning environment for all children in South Africa. As such, Afrika Tikkun has been addressing the myriad of issues that create barriers to learning for many children in the townships of South Africa. The children in these impoverished communities have high aspiration but limited access to quality education. Moreover, children with learning disabilities are further marginalized. Afrika Tikkun’s dedicated team and trained teachers have made it possible for 1342 students to access quality education through our holistic development model. One of them is Bukho who has made tremendous progress since he joined us in January 2013.
Bukho was hyperactive and could not speak clearly when he joined our centre. The efforts of our staff have helped to boost his speech through various social activities. Our practitioners provided him with individual attention necessary for his progress. His parents also explained that he had difficulty in walking and had to use walking rings. The walking rings affected his brain’s development, resulting in speech impediments. These impediments were addressed through a close working relationship between the parent, social workers and therapists. Bukho’s speech has since improved and can now even speak his language fluently and is able to verbalise what he wants to say rather than be limited to expressing himself by actions. Bukho is in kindergarten and based on an assessment by one of our social workers, his development is progressing tremendously.
The progress of Bukho and many other children like him would not have been possible without the support of our donors. You have allowed us to provide services to children who otherwise would have been excluded from a quality learning environment. Instead of having a deficit-based approach our programs focus on the strengths of our beneficiaries which enables us to create an effective and inclusive learning environment. In addition to this, our holistic Early Childhood Development Program focuses on building competencies in numeracy, literacy, cognitive and social and emotional learning.
We hope that you would continue your support in empowering and educating the next generation of productive South African citizens. Your contributions would allow us to provide:
On the behalf of our 19,000+ beneficiaries, I thank you for your ongoing support and believing in our vision!
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