Raising Our Voices: 2010 Fundraiser

In the stunning St. Regis Hotel Ballroom overlooking the Yerba Buena Center on February 3rd, more than 250 supporters of Teach with Africa celebrated an evening of partnership and connection between the Bay Area and South Africa to break down barriers to education.

After cocktails, buffet and silent auction, the guests were seated for the evening program which included a performance by Vernon Bush from Glide Memorial Choir; music, dance and personal stories of life in post-apartheid South Africa by the students and faculty of LEAP Schools in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and a performance by the Bay Area's own Castelmont High School Castleers - an internationally renowned choir from the Oakland public high school Community of Small Schools.

Hooman of the Sarah and Vinnie Morning Show on Alice @ 97.3 emceed the evening, and honoree John Gilmour – founder and director of the LEAP School in Cape Town, South Africa - addressed the attendees. A Fund-A-Need auction at the end of the program contributed to the more than $100,000 raised in total that evening to send educators to South Africa in June-August 2010 to respond to the dire educational crisis in that country caused by apartheid.

Media breakthrough for Teach with Africa

Connie C. Kim of KCBS FM radio talked with Marjorie Schlenoff, founder of Teach With Africa, about the organization's efforts to improve the education system in South Africa.

Electronic Arts partners with Teach with Africa

Teach with Africa is pleased to announce the Randy Pausch Fellowship Program for Summer 2009! Download and view the official announcement.

The Randy Pausch Fellowship – funded by Electronic Arts (EA) in partnership with Teach with Africa – addresses the dire computer teacher and trainer shortage in the educational crisis facing South Africa. The Randy Pausch Fellowship program will send three EA employees to Africa to share their computer and programming skills and work with students and alongside teachers. This unique educational program will assist in implementing learning strategies to help black students overcome the vast achievement gap in math and science that is a lingering legacy of apartheid and a barrier to university education and jobs. Read more...

2009 Teach with Africa Fellows Announced

The big, big news is that we have selected the members of our teaching team, called the Summer 2009 Teach with Africa Fellows! Preparations for their two month-long assignments at the LEAP Schools in South Africa are underway!

A late but welcome addition to the faculty in residence, as of June 18, is Karen Page. See all the bios and photos here on the website or download the PDF.

Last year's interview with Teach with Africa's founder Margie Schlenoff is still a clear description of the role the teaching team in the LEAP Schools.

Congratulations to all of us!

The joy and relief that many of us feel about the change of national administration is felt as keenly abroad.

Read these encouraging comments from John Gilmour in this recent, open letter to the Amercan friends of LEAP Schools. John and a group of LEAP students will attend Teach with Africa's 2009 Gala Fund-raising Event.

100% Passed!

Yes! ALL of the LEAP Schools grade 12 students passed their matriculation exams! What a gratifying conclusion to the matriculants' years of study and an emphatic tribute to the effectiveness of the curricula at LEAP Schools!

Read the details in this letter from John Gilmour, founder and headmaster of LEAP Schools.

IRS Grants Not-for-profit Status!

Teach with Africa was incorporated as a California not-for-profit corporation on December 7, 2007. The IRS has granted Teach with Africa federal tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

All charitable contributions to Teach with Africa made after December 7, 2007 are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Teach with Africa's tax ID is 26-1649233.

Another LEAP School!

Last year's dream has become this year's reality as every day, Monday to Saturday, 42 grade 10 learners from Alexandra spend their day in a converted house in Bramley Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Learn about the teachers and the students in this informative brochure.