Hantam Community Education Trust
Fact File
The success of this project has been its sustainablility. From its inception 16 years ago as a pre-school for the children of farm workers, the project has grown into
an early childhood development programme;
a school offering classes from Grade R to Grade 9;
a skills training programme for learners, adults and unemployed youths;
a small business development programme;
an in-service training programme for teachers;
a bursary programme to enable successful students from the area to undergo tertiary education;
and a primary health care and education clinic.
Near the centre of South Africa, where the land is flat and the horizon is a day’s drive away, the arid Karoo allows the Hantam Community a home.

You’ve never heard of the people who live here but their hearts beat loudly, and the power of this is felt on desolate farms nearly 100 miles away.

This year, 195 children are enrolled at the Hantam Trust’s extraordinary school, 47 adults are learning useful skills after hours, and the clinic treats up to 70 patients a day. This is no simple community project – Hantam is so remote that the nearest city takes a few hours to reach by car. It happened because of an unusual passion and commitment.

Sixteen years on, its survival still calls on unusual passion and commitment. Perhaps it’s now calling on yours.

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The project's
newest accolade
was announced on
8 September

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