Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Kofi Annan
Nelson Mandela
Michelle Obama
C. S. Lewis
Henry Brooks Adams
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ability to read, write and analyse; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table – all of that starts with education
To educate girls is to reduce poverty
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another
Education is the foundation for everything we need to do to succeed
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
WE ARE IMPACT ENTHUSIASTS
The Umlambo Foundation since its genesis in 2009 has always sought to achieve positive impact through interventions that improve learner outcomes in public schools. We do this by forging alliances , partnerships and relationships that are living systems and evolve progressively in their possibilities.
OUR VISION
No child is left behind.
OUR MISSION
To win against poverty through education.
OUR GOALS
- Improved leadership and management competencies in school principals
- Improved digital literacy in teachers
- Career guidance and financial support for graduate studies for learners
- In service teacher training for STEM , Robotics and Coding Teachers
- Support for Foundation Phase Teachers to teach reading for meaning
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TSWINGA CELEBRATES LITERACY DAY
Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka (far left) photographed with some of the learners of Tswinga Primary School, dressed in mashedo, during the International Literacy Day celebration at the school on Friday, 29 September.
BACOBELELANE NGAMAQHINGA OKUGQUGQUZELA UKUFUNDA
BACOBELELANE ngamaqhinga okugqugquzela abafundi bamabanga aphansi ukuthi bathande ukufunda emcimbini wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-Umlambo Foundation eyasungulwa ngowayeyisekela likamengameli kuleli uDkt Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, eThekwini. Read full story
WORLD LITERACY DAY 2023 CELEBRATION WITH THE UMLAMBO FOUNDATION IN KWAZULU NATAL
Former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says South Africa’s literacy crisis can only be resolved by children reading more often when they are young. Read full story
OUR PARTNERS
We can never achieve our goals without the contributions of our partners .The Umlambo Foundation appreciates the power of collaborative effort. We thank our partners for making the work we do possible .
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