The future of our country lies with its youth. We aim to give our youth hope, to equip them with skills for life and to help them become responsible citizens of this wonderful country.
The African Scholars’ Fund, through awards and guidance, assists promising young schoolchildren from the most needy homes to complete their secondary education.
During the late 1960s, apartheid crippled black schooling, especially in the Western Cape where restrictions were so severe that these children usually sought their education in the old mission colleges of the Eastern Cape. At that time every race group had a separate school syllabus with its own text books and set-books.
The fund works with about 350 schools every year and is in touch with nearly twice that number. Poverty is worst in the Eastern and Northern Cape where much of our work is done. It is estimated that 80% of our children are “Black” learners, 19.5% “Coloured/Indian” learners and about 0.5% are “White” learners. We do not record the race of children who are assisted.