Sumbandila
Education in Louis Trichardt

The Sumbandila Scholarship Trust operates in partnership with Ridgeway College and the Study Trust.

Sumbandila is currently focused in the Vhembe district in Limpopo, one of the poorest provinces of South Africa. Through our educational scholarship and mentorship programme Sumbandila aims to create entrepreneurs and leaders who will one day make significant contributions to their own communities and to Afric a. Scholars in the Full Residential Programme: Full tuition, living costs & mentorship at international Cambridge school offering IGCSE & AS-Level exams. Scholars in the Tertiary Programme: Intensive career counselling and financial and practical support in obtaining funding and entry into tertiary education. In 2016 our first young adults will graduate from tertiary education programs across the country. The next phase of our project will be connection to opportunity and entrepreneurial and social mentorship in the workplace for our graduates. The ultimate and critical aim of Sumbandila is that our alumni will not only make significant contributions to their communities and our economy but that they will give back to Sumbandila in the form of bursaries and mentorship. Now in our ninth year, we have learned from our children, our teachers, the local community and partner organisations and can claim to have offered a particular, uniquely personalised approach to the educational, social, ethical and personal development of our scholars. We select extraordinary children from backgrounds of extreme poverty and offer them a world-class education alongside a strong mentorship programme. Sumbandila aims to transform the lives of exceptional children from backgrounds of extreme poverty by providing access to quality education in South Africa. The Sumbandila Scholarship Trust selects extraordinary children from backgrounds of extreme poverty and offers them a world-class education alongside a strong mentorship programme. Our target is to be supporting a total of 360 scholars at any one time within the education system, and to establish a work placement programme which provides structured access to practical experience within real business and organisations. To date, Sumbandila has been supported by a generous group of corporate sponsors and numerous individuals predominantly from South Africa and the UK. We need to secure additional funding in order to meet our target size and to ensure our long-term success. Cash & Rocket visits Sumbandila every year to award new scholarships. The August Schippers foundation (Netherlands) has invested in many infrastructural developments at Ridgeway College and sponsors a number of full Sumbandila residential scholarships every year. If you would like to join this group of supporters and share in the real change that we are making to our country, Sumbandila welcomes any donation, however small.