Khula Development Group

Khula Development Group PREVENTING SCHOOL DROPOUT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA Through love and education, we can make a difference.

Khula Development Group is a non-profit organisation, with a mission to prevent school dropout amongst primary school learners from disadvantaged communities. We believe that every child deserves a chance to realize their potential, and our focus is on the foundation phase, from Grade R to Grade 4, where the educational journey begins. Khula provides school- and home-based support for students sho

wing early warning signs of disengagement from school. We strive to reinforce the value of education and school attendance within households and believe that by targeting the root causes of disengagement at an early stage, we can help these children chart a brighter future. Khula envisions a transformed generation where every child, upon completing their school career, can contribute to the social and economic fabric of South Africa. Investing in the education and development of these young minds, we are not only changing individual lives but also securing a brighter future for our country.

๐Ÿ’šChild Protection Week 2026๐Ÿ’š
03/06/2026

๐Ÿ’šChild Protection Week 2026๐Ÿ’š

๐ŸŒKhula was invited to present at the ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž and made the most of it. ๐Ÿ’ชOur topic: ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ...
01/06/2026

๐ŸŒKhula was invited to present at the ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž and made the most of it. ๐Ÿ’ช

Our topic: ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

With 47 countries in the room, we shared our intervention method with a global audience of thought leaders. A massive thank you to Karolinska Institutet and Stellenbosch University for the opportunity and to our dearest Beth Conolly for leading the presentation with such passion and expertise.

The future of our children depends on the conversations we're brave enough to have today. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ’ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ...
01/06/2026

๐Ÿ’ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ

Read this brilliant article by with insights from Marelize Vergottini, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at North-West University, and Khula board member.

We need to act now.



A recent parliamentary reply from Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube reveals a stark reality: just 761 social services professionals are left to cover South Africaโ€™s entire public education sectoโ€ฆ

28/05/2026

๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ’š

What are we doing to protect our children in a day and age where they are so exposed to a side of life they aren't ready for yet?

We can't keep them from getting hurt, but we can educate them on what's right and what's wrong and WHY that is!

During this Child Protection Month, we focused on being KIND ๐Ÿซถ

Did you know? ๐Ÿค”๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐. ๐Š๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ.Our two-generation m...
22/05/2026

Did you know? ๐Ÿค”

๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐. ๐Š๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ.

Our two-generation model means that we conduct home visits and provide psychosocial support, because a child's school success starts at home. ๐Ÿ 

When a child feels safe and supported at home, it shows in the classroom. By strengthening both the child and their caregiving environment, Khula creates change that lasts long after our programme ends.

Thank you Dr Marelize Vergottini for this article and for echoing the need for ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ. At Khula, we t...
19/05/2026

Thank you Dr Marelize Vergottini for this article and for echoing the need for ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ. At Khula, we try to ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฉ by placing emotional facilitators (qualified Social Auxiliary workers) at the schools where we render our services.

The need is severe and the services are under pressure. Let's keep this conversation going. ๐Ÿ‘

https://novanews.co.za/bloemnewsexpress/schools-stuck-in-crisis-mode/

Understand the factors contributing to South Africa's school system collapsing and the importance of school social work in this crisis.

Every child deserves a safe space to grow. ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™In our Khula classrooms, we meet each learner exactly where they are.Our f...
18/05/2026

Every child deserves a safe space to grow. ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™

In our Khula classrooms, we meet each learner exactly where they are.
Our facilitators are trained in ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š-๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž to ensure our learners feel seen, heard and loved!

"Every learner matters, and matters equally" - UNESCO (2024)

๐Ÿ“ 13 Cape Winelands primary schools
๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝ Grade R โ€“ Grade 4

Through LOVE and EDUCATION, we can make a difference.

10/05/2026

A special week of Motherโ€™s Day preparations at Khula! ๐Ÿฉท
May every mother know that she is worthy, purposeful and deeply loved. ๐Ÿซถ

08/05/2026

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