Lesedi Outreach is an independent education programme which offers schooling to the children of the Lanseria district. Since it’s inception in 2010 the programme has expanded to include over 25 students with a passion for knowledge. Lesedi Outreach seeks to address the various barriers in learning, made prominent by the lack of resources and inadequate skills, by providing tutorials which specific
ally facilitate the children’s needs. The Lesedi community connect every Saturday at Heronbridge College where weekly classes are held. Maths and English are the basic instruction, whilst personal guidance and support is afforded to each student. At Lesedi we operate on the premise that every growing child is a promise for a future of hope
History and Accomplishments
The Lesedi Outreach and Education Programme was started in October 2010 by Peter Klein and Taryn Courtney, who envisioned a dynamic learning environment for the children of disadvantaged communities. Together they founded Lesedi Outreach which today offers specialised tutorials to over 25 students of the Drummond neighbourhood. The Drummond farm is a subset of land that was given to the Methodist Church by the Drummond family and has subsequently become home to many of the families. Seeing a need for higher education amongst our youth, Heronbridge College immediately jumped on board and offered its classrooms to the Lesedi Outreach programme.
