About us
Our African education charity was founded in January 2003 by 18-year-old UK student Matt Crowcombe, and South African school teacher Henry Matthews. Matt and Henry were dismayed by the poor standard of free schooling available to South African township children. One night, over a bowl of jelly and ice-cream, they developed a plan to establish a holistic education programme to empower South Africa’s future generations through education.
To achieve this, SOS Africa aims to enhance, rather than replace, the South African education system by working in partnership with government schools and providing the following:
Child Sponsorship Scheme: Advanced tuition fees, transportation, school uniform and school stationery for children from economically challenged backgrounds. Learning Support: Each morning, SOS Africa Education Centres open on campus to provide learning support to students with specific learning difficulties. Aftercare Support: After-school care for SOS Africa sponsored children each afternoon, consisting of lunch, extra tuition, recreational activities and student mentoring.
This comprehensive approach enables each SOS Africa Education Centre to support both the most economically challenged children and students with specific learning difficulties. Only by providing South Africa’s future generations with holistic educational support, both in and out of the classroom, can you ensure that they will break the poverty cycle.
