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The latest news and updates from SAEP
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SAEP Staff & Volunteers Go On Team Bonding Retreat
 On Thursday 4 March 2010, SAEP staff and volunteers packed their bags for a two-night group bonding retreat in Smits (past Simon's Town). A fantastic time was had by all as we cooked by candlelight and slept outside under the stars. We embarked on team-building exercises such as building sand castles, playing sevens and broken telephone, as well as passing a talking stick to reflect on what each of us feels we have learned from, and contributed to, SAEP. In...
Long-Term Volunteer, Michel Roger, Reflects on 10 Years at SAEP
SAEP Helps Township Learners Writing Supplementary Exams
 We are all aware of the poor maths and science results the 2009 matriculants achieved and this prompted SAEP to provide a little last minute tutoring to learners who planned to write supplementary exams. At the request of Sophumelela Secondary School (S.S.S) we provided tutoring in each of maths and physics for four days a week (two each). We spent an hour to an hour and a half working through questions from the exams they failed and doing more examples...
Introducing the 2010 Bridging Year Interns!
 Please join us in welcoming our 12 new Bridging Year Interns! With academic interests ranging from forensic science to law, and personal hobbies including golf, soccer, music, poety and writing, we sure have a diverse group of dedicated individuals striving to meet their goals in 2010.
SAEP Welcomes Sara Muhl and Kanya Mdaka To The Team
 Sara Muhl
High School Academic Co-ordinator
Sara is managing the academic curricula for the high school programmes, co-ordinating the environmental clubs with Tracey and tutoring the Hope Scholars. She was born and schooled in Cape Town and attended UCT and Stellenbosch universities. Sara has a master's in conservation ecology and is passionate about the environment and education. An enthusiastic traveller, she has lived in Canada and the UK and been to many parts of Europe, especially with her bicycle! Sara has been...
2009 Bridging Year Interns Improve Their Grades By Leaps and Bounds
 CONGRATULATIONS to all of SAEP's 2009 Bridging Year Interns for working so hard and achieving such fantastic results on their re-written matric subjects. Academically, this was certainly SAEP's most successful Bridging Year to date. As a testimony to what hard work and dedication can do, here is a snapshot of some of the results:
Amanda Cwati improved her English and Maths scores by 8% each and her accounting grade by 14%
Sinazo Naphakade improved her English score by 10% and her Maths...
2008/09 Annual Report (SAEP SA)
 The 2008/09 Annual Report (SAEP SA) has now been published! Find out how many volunteers we have had, how many children we have reached this year, how many township staff and principles were trained and how many hours of tutoring were provided. Additionally, read program updates from Early Childhood Development (ECD), High School (Hope Scholars, Matric Success), Bridging Year and Tertiary Support. Last but not least, see how remarkably SAEP's online presence has grown in 2008/09 by checking out how...
June-December 2009 SAEP Highlights
 While the June 2008- June 2009 SAEP Annual Report has now been published, here's a quick review of the past 6 months at SAEP, to bring you up to speed:
ECD
Since June 2009, the rebuilding of Thandolwethu Educare centre has now been completed! Additionally, Ikamvalethu and Nolufefe buildings have been renovated thanks to funds donated by Wing of Support. The graduations that were celebrated in these fantastic new structures were even more grand and excited than before. Helping out with all...
Help township youth in South Africa - with the click of a mouse!
 Help township youth in South Africa - with the click of a mouse!Vote Vote Vote for The South African Education & Environment Project USA in the Chase Community Giving Contest. Chase Bank, in partnership with Facebook, is giving away 100 prizes of $25,000 and 5 prizes of $100,000 to the most highly voted organizations. Let's get some of that cash out of the USA and into the under-served education system of the Cape Flats townships. You need a Facebook account...
Shop for a Cause this Holiday Season
 SAEP Launches Shop with a Difference!
Need to buy a gift for that someone with everything? Interested in using your birthday and holidays to support a good cause? Now you can honor others with a gift to SAEP in their name and have your friends and family give to SAEP as an "alternative gift" for you!
SAEP is proud to present a new way to support township children and youth through its online Shop with a Difference at www.saep.org/shop. We guarantee that...
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