The Durbanville Schools Foundation was formed with the aim of encouraging high quality education in the Durbanville district and surrounding rural areas. Low levels of education, poor school facilities and a lack of skills in school management led the parents of 9 Durbanville farm schools to approach the local business community to assist them in resolving these problems, resulting in the establishment of the Foundation.
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A big issue facing two of our schools is the need for land. Klipheuwel Primary and Joostenberg Primary are both in premises that are too small, in need of repair, and in very unsuitable places!
Klipheuwel Primary is on two small plots and erecting the much needed additional classrooms will deprive the school of its [...]
Read MoreWhile gathering some new images for this site, Oom Loekie gave us a quick tour of a class room at ...
At inception, the Foundation sought support from businesses, encouraging them to adopt a school. In addition, the former model C schools were encouraged to transfer their school management skills to the underresourced schools. Notwithstanding the great strides made, the backlog of facilities required by the farm schools remains huge and is much more than the Foundation could handle on this basis. To meet this challenge the Foundation had to find a regular source of income to fund its ongoing projects. In identifying the source of such income, the Foundation has resolved to attract donors who will feel a sense of involvement in the projects, meaning that they get tangible results for their donation. Hence the establishment of the Durbanville Schools Foundation Patrons’ Project in September 2004 …. read more
