Our Projects
Three programmes that connect graduates and professionals with the schools and learners in their home communities.
Get involvedGraduate Community Development Programme
Connecting graduates with communities. We mobilise graduates, particularly education graduates, to mentor secondary school learners in their own communities. Graduates gain practical experience while contributing to improved learner performance through academic and life skills mentorship.
The challenge: youth unemployment and educational underperformance affect many South African communities, while recent graduates struggle to find practical experience.
Our solution: by connecting graduates with learners in their home communities, we address both challenges at once, strengthening community ties and fostering a culture of giving back.
Impact
Practical experience
Graduates gain hands-on experience.
Improved learner performance
Academic and life skills mentorship.
Stronger communities
Closer ties and alumni participation in education.
Schools Alumni Coordination Project
Alumni as partners in progress. We encourage and support employed professionals to form or strengthen alumni associations at their former schools. No one understands a school's needs better than those who walked its halls.
What alumni groups receive
Governance
Support in establishing governance structures.
Leadership training
Training on leadership and accountability.
Donations
Help with donation collection facilities and guidance on transparent fund management.
School projects
Support implementing and monitoring school development projects.
Mathematics and Science Support Programme
Building strong foundations for future success. Our after-school initiative builds learners' mathematics skills and confidence through structured, self-paced learning aligned with the NSC curriculum.
We serve Grades 7–10 learners and employ trained youth tutors from the community, creating both learning support and job opportunities.
Our goals
Strong foundations
Strengthen mathematics foundations early.
Youth employment
Create tutoring jobs and skills development.
Educational equity
Bridge inequalities between privileged and under-resourced learners.
Confidence
Build confidence in mathematics.
Ways to get involved
- Academic Mentorship Programme
- Donate: your donations fund stipends for unemployed graduates who serve as academic mentors. Volunteer as a graduate mentor: we provide the training and resources you need.
- After-School Maths Programme
- Donate: contributions cover tutor payments and learner subscription fees of R350 per learner per year for 2026. Volunteer as a tutor: we're looking for graduate educators or people with strong matric Maths results.
- Alumni Development and Support
- Become an alumni founder: we'll help you set up an alumni group for your former school. Or donate to fund alumni activities and school initiatives.
- Supporting Imfundo Yeqophelo as a whole
- We welcome funding partners to sustain the organisation and keep all our programmes running.