We spent a week in July working with the Pride ‘n Purpose Preschools in Dumphries, South Africa, which Virgin Unite has helped build and run. Our Teach With Africa/ Town School for Boys team consisted of Flora Mugambi-Mutunga, Town School’s Director of Community Building and Inclusion; Rachel Hollister, Kindergarten Teacher; and Michelle Lawton, Alumni Parent. […]
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“I was invited to go to South Africa as a Teach With Africa Fellow, July 2023. I had the chance to visit Pretoria, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. I had no idea what to expect, but the summit was invigorating. The working sessions were thought-provoking and inspiring. Other participants and I all recognized that though we […]
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[April 24, 2023] In the past few weeks, Teach With Africa welcomed four interns from CapeTown, South Africa accompanied by Hassiena Marriott, the Head of Education with the Global Teachers Institute. Teach With Africa’s Educators’ Exchange Program, in collaboration with Flora Mugambi-Mutunga, TWA’s Senior Community and Education Consultant, and The Global Teachers Institute sponsored this […]
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This month, Marjorie Schlenoff, co-founder of Teach With Africa, was interviewed by Lizzie Lara in the Waves of Change podcast. Host Lizzie interviews founders and executive directors from small nonprofits across the world to discover how they are solving problems and bringing hope and change to the world.
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We are thrilled to catch up with two teachers for our Spring spotlight who were a part of the Teach With Africa exchange. They are doing great things, and we are excited to share what they are up to. Meet Phumudzo Muravha. My name is Phumudzo Muravha, and I am an alumnus of the Teach […]
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Teach With Africa is proud to continue its long collaboration with its South African partners The Global Teacher’s Institute (GTI). GTI is a teacher development network committed to nurturing high-quality teachers through international exchanges and collaborative platforms. GTI’s Fellows are a cohort of South African teachers enrolled in the GTI program. Global Teacher’s Institute continued […]
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As COVID-19 continues to spread, these are challenging times for people around the world. We want to take the time to express gratitude to everyone who helped support our educator exchange experience. Although it was shorter than expected, we are grateful that all of the educators were able to return home safely and in good […]
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By the time I finally walked through the doors of the LEAP School for Science and Maths in Langa Township in Cape Town last summer, I had been hearing about the school for twelve years. Through my involvement with Teach With Africa, I had learned that the personal, social and economic losses, created by the gross inequities in math and science education enshrined by law under apartheid, are incalculable, even to this day.
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