Reading rooms and a learning system for the Moshaweng Valley

In 1991, as apartheid restrictions in South Africa started to loosen, a service group was created at Frankfurt International School. It is called the Kalahari Experience Education Project.

The project works with local communities in the Moshaweng Valley. The Valley is isolated and rural, and not sufficiently supported by the South African government, with learning and literacy severely affected as a result. The group's response is teaching support and the provision of necessary resources.

“Qualify for access to higher education and eventually return to the Valley to support its development.”

Kalahari Leadership Team

That takes several forms at the moment. The project works with young people who are no longer in the official education system. It supports reading rooms in local primary schools. It has built a Learning Management System, accessible in high schools and community centres, which gives free access to a variety of learning materials all year round. It also partners with a local NGO on computer literacy, through free computer training, printing and job applications.

That is what Kalahari Experience is aiming at for its students.

The reading rooms are open. The learning system is live and free.