OLPC Namakgale

Experience The Tsepang Group has been involved in several education-based community service projects in Swaziland. For example, one of our leaders was a tutor for Sacro-Children at Risk, a program that offered basic English education to orphans and vulnerable children who had missed out on kindergarten school. Several of the children left the program ready to go into grade school. However, because of their backgrounds, these children were still at a disadvantage when going against other children. They could not afford stationery, fees and school uniform. We have since taken a keen interest in seeking different solutions to problems faced by vulnerable groups in what is already a poor region.

Ya Rena Mag Ya Rena which is Sepedi for It's Ours is a title we feel embodies both the OLPC principle of ownership and our commitment to reinvigorating interest in creativity and artistic in education. While we would have loved to have the kids come up with the name themselves, the age group we are looking to work with is very young and will require lots of guidance. This is also why we are going to implement a mentor-mentee program where we will have secondary students assisting the kids with their work. This will add to the sustainability of the program since the two groups will continue to work together beyond the launch.