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650 000 primary school children in South Africa do not attend school. 40% drop-out before Grade 12 and 60% of the country’s schools do not have libraries. Furthermore 66% of South African schools are situated in ‘High-crime’ areas, which are plagued with the realities of drugs, abuse, sexual abuse, gangsterism and violence. The South African Human Rights Commission in March 2008 released a damning report that depicted that 63% of schools are exposed directly to gangsterism.
With on-hand experience of the above atrocities within the communities with which we work, The Mustadafin Foundation identified and acknowledged the need to focus on education more than 20 years ago. The Foundation enhances within its vision to create independence through its educational programmes and to motivate and encourage the seeking of knowledge from the cradle to the grave. We are ever willing to foster an environment of literacy and learning within the poor communities in the country.
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