Help Edu Fun raise R250,000 for their Literacy Programme run by local youth

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Help Edu Fun raise R250,000 for their Literacy Programme run by local youth

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Edu Fun is a volunteer led organisation and our mission is to improve English Literacy for Grade 2 and 3 learners at Diepsloot Combined School. Whilst working with volunteers obviously keeps one’s costs down, the reality in challenging times, is that volunteers also have their personal crises and struggles and often have to prioritise their own families, jobs, health etc. which results in interruptions to all our programmes – especially over the last 2 years. Young children cannot afford to have a break in their learning or not have their basic needs met, however due to Covid-19 this has been the norm rather than the exception. The pandemic has forced us to think differently and to re-imagine our delivery and we are confident that we have a winning formula and are excited that our alternative model, which has been tried and tested in 2021 will result in up to 400 Grade 2 and 3 learners receiving one-on-one or small group instruction when learning how to read in English during 2022. We can no longer rely 100% on volunteers and therefore need funding to be able to contract unemployed youth to work on the project daily who will, in return learn a skill, earn a small stipend to be able to provide food for their families, prepare themselves for employment, and possibly save some money for their future studies. We need funding for a minimum of 10 youth to participate in and run this project, to repeat or increase our impact in 2022. It costs R30 000 per tutor (R1200 per learner) to cover these costs which include the training, mentoring, teaching and learning materials as well as the tutor’s monthly stipend.