Adopt a School

The concept of making school a better place than home is an incredibly easy thing to do. With this there will be a natural migration to school with attendance increasing and more children realizing their short term dreams and finishing Grade 1. Find out more

Friday Flik

For most of us, a trip to the local mall enables us to watch the latest movie on circuit, or take a trip to the DVD store. For others, most have never been to a movie house or seen a movie. Find out more

Enduro Africa

Enduro Africa is a unique and challenging motorcycle adventure in aid of 4 amazing causes – UNICEF, Sentebale – The Princes’ Fund for Lesotho, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Touch Africa. Find out more

Ride 4 Change

The Touch Africa Ride 4 Change adventure challenge is a registered corporate fund raising event which aims to change the lives of some of the most underprivileged children in the impoverished Wild Coast area. Find out more

Success Stories

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AVBOB Mobile Library - A Beacon of Hope

2013-05-19

On the 25h April AVBOB launched its second Mobile Container Library with the recipient being Sapphire Road Primary School in Booysens Park Port Elizabeth.

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Walmer Primary School gets a brand-new Grade R Classroom

2013-04-15

Dimension Data and Data Flo have partnered with Touch Africa to bring joy to over 50 small children in Grade R by building them their very own Grade R classroom.

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AVBOB LAUNCHES LIBRARY CAMPAIGN IN TEMBISA 2013

2013-01-22

AVBOB have partnered with Touch Africa, embarking on a three year campaign to provide 30 mobile libraries to previously disadvantaged schools throughout the country.

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ABI CELEBRATES STAFF DAY IN WELKOM

2012-11-19

Touch Africa assisted the staff of the Welkom office of ABI with the staff Corporate Social Investment day on the 10th September.

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TRANSKEI SCHOOLS GET ASSISTANCE FROM ENDURO AFRICA RIDERS 2012

2012-11-06

The 2012 Enduro Africa event, the seventh one in the history of the international off road motorbike fundraising event, managed by Red Cherry Adventures, of which Touch Africa are one ...

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TOUCH AFRICA DONATES SCHOOL BUS FOR LOERIE AND PATENSIE LEARNERS

2012-08-19

For 25 children in the Loerie and Patensie communities, Christmas has certainly come early this year.

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TRANSKEI SCHOOL CHILDREN RECEIVE NEW SHOES AND BAGS

2012-07-30

UK based Peter Lagan, who rode in the Enduro Africa international fundraiser in 2011, was so touched at the plight of the children at the Mcgawezulu Junior Secondary School that ...

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MAPETLA CRECHE RECEIVES DONATION OF SCHOOL BAGS

2012-07-30

The children at the Mapetla Creche in Soweto were delighted to receive school bags. This donation was made possible by Interbrand, who donated bags for four of Touch Africa’s adopted ...

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AVBOB MAKES 500 000 DONATION

2012-07-30

Touch Africa welcome AVBOB as a Steering Committee member. After having contributed to two projects during the course of 2011 (Olievenhoutbosch and Mcgawezulu School Projects) which you can view on ...

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NEW DONOR RHODES FOOD GROUP MAKING A DIFFERENCE

2012-07-30

The Rhodes Food Group recently became a Touch Africa Steering Committee Partner. Steering Committee Partners, provide Touch Africa with administration budget, in order to enable us to raise 100% funding ...

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SAPPPHIRE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL OFFERS THANKS TO TOUCH AFRICA AND KFC ADD HOPE

2012-07-30

Touch Africa is proud to share the thoughts of the Sapphire Road Primary School acting Principal Sylvia Frans and Mr William Jaftha, chairperson of the schools SGB, on the donation ...

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ALTECH DONATES R600 000 FOR UPGRADE TO THE SOWETO KLIPTOWN YOUTH PROJECT

2012-03-28

JSE listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) donated R600 000 to Touch Africa to upgrade facilities at the Soweto Kliptown Youth Centre (SKY). The money was used for the refurbishment of ...

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TOUCH AFRICA TEAMS UP WITH GAUTENG BASED NGO AYA

2011-12-11

Non- Profit Organisations African Youth Alive (AYA) and Touch Africa Rehabilitation have joined forces with Red Cherry Media Holdings and SABC 1 to improve the lives of thousands of South ...

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SKY PROJECT GETS ELECTRIFIED FOR XMAS

2011-12-11

The Soweto Kliptown Youth Centre (SKY) was founded in 1987 by a then sixteen year old Bob Nameng. Bob’s mother had been a social worker and taken in literally hundreds ...

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SAPPHIRE ROAD SCHOOL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE

2011-11-10

Let me take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for your wonderful kind donation towards the feeding scheme at the school as well as providing food parcels to 75 ...

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2.7 MILLION SPONSORSHIP FROM KFC ADD HOPE CAMPAIGN

2011-11-02

Every six seconds a child dies as a result of hunger. Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risks to health worldwide – greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. ...

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OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLISTS RAISE R60 000 FOR TRANSKEI SCHOOLS

2011-11-02

Enduro Africa - an international charitable off-road motorcycle event, managed by Red Cherry Adventures in Port Elizabeth raised R60 000 for Touch Africa, a Port Elizabeth based NPO. The event ...

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TRANSKEI SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT

2011-11-02

For the past three years Touch Africa has been a beneficiary of the international off-road motorcycle event, Enduro Africa. The event sees hundreds of riders, mostly from the UK riding ...

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THANK YOU LETTER TO ENDURO AFRICA PARTICIPANTS 2011 - RIDE 2

2011-11-02

Firstly, THANK YOU all for the wonderful contribution you have made to Touch Africa and the lives of hundreds of children at the two schools in the Transkei.

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THANK YOU LETTER TO ENDURO AFRICA PARTICIPANTS 2011 - RIDE 1

2011-11-02

Firstly, THANK YOU all for the wonderful contribution you have made to Touch Africa and the lives of hundreds of children at the two schools in the Transkei.

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TRANSKEI SCHOOL GETS WINDPOWER

2011-08-02

Hundreds of rural schools across the country have no electricity. The majority of schoolchildren have never seen a light bulb burn, an electric kettle boil or seen television. Touch Africa’s ...

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VILLA OF HOPE CHILDRENS HOME NANCEFIELD, GAUTENG

2011-07-26

The Villa of Hope Children’s Home is a social upliftment and development initiative, whose core focus is to provide superior care to those children who have been orphaned or require ...

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ZEST ELECTRICAL SPONSOR A SCIENCE LABORABTORY IN ENNERDALE

2011-07-26

Mathematics and science at school are vital to higher education, skilled jobs, and the national economy. For this reason, Touch Africa has been embarking on the installation of Science Laboratories ...

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RHODES FOOD GROUP INVESTS IN EDUCATION IN DEVLAND

2011-07-26

The education needs in impoverished areas across the country are the core focus of Touch Africa’s business. Our goal is to "make school a better place": with the help and ...

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DEPARTMENT OF EDCUATION PRAISES THE WORK OF TOUCH AFRICA

2011-04-01

Over the past two years Touch Africa has been working with a small school in rural Transkei called Mgcawezulu

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Thanks to Enduro Africa Riders 2010 - Ride One

2010-11-23

Dear Enduro Africa Participants 2010

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Thanks to Enduro Africa Riders 2010 - Ride Two

2010-11-22

Dear Enduro Africa Participants 2010

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TOUCH AFRICA IN THE UK

2010-11-19

We now have a UK charity – School Aid 4 Africa registration number 1137365, trading as Touch Africa.

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Enduro Africa 2010 - Gojela Primary School

2010-11-02

Each year more than 100 international off road riders, predominantly from the UK, participate in an eight day ride through the Eastern Cape, Transkei Wild Coast and KZN.

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DIRT BIKE RIDER SUPPORTS TOUCH AFRICA

2010-11-01

Local Port Elizabeth businessman and avid dirt biker Andrew Meyer is passionate about Touch Africa.