Raise the Children

Last week, our team was in North West province conducting the last leg of the 2022 scholarships recruitment. Out of dozens of applications received, only five made it to this round.

We are accepting application for the 2022 RTC scholarship. A learner qualifies to apply if: he/she is orphaned, from rural North West, currently, in grade 7, English, Maths and Natural Sciences marks are above 60%. And the family income before deductions is less than R20 000. Click the link to apply online.
https://forms.gle/MhSkhtSYdf8HuzkHA

2022 Raise the Children Scholarship Application Form Grade 8 scholarship application are now open.

'Education is the movement from darkness to light. ' Allan Bloom

We welcome our 2021 Teaching Fellows ( .ephraims Nkwatle & ) who will accompany our scholars on their academic journey, providing Mentorship and support.

Last year, a total number of 607 226 candidates entered matric as full-time learners across the country to write the National Senior Certificate examinations and the National 2020 matric pass rate was 76,2%. We are very pleased our 5 Raise the Children matric scholars have achieved a 100% pass for 2020! Thank you for all who made this transformative moment possible.

Finally back to school! The 2021 school year has now begun for our 20 Raise the Children Scholars at . Our new grade 8 Scholars are particularly excited to start this new chapter in their life journey. Thank you to all the friends and supporters who make this life-changing experience possible.

Hello RTC family.
As the year draws closer to the end, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of you who have partnered us this year. We are so incredibly proud of that we achieved- including the matriculation of five RTC scholars. It could have been possible without people like you.

We hope that you all have a safe and wonderful festive season. And a prosperous new year!

Warmly,
RTC management.

Last weekend we spent time over zoom with our alumni and our scholars in residence discussing all things life, life after high school, tertiary and beyond. Our alumni spoke with wisdom, authority and authenticity about their journey to date. They left our scholars inspired and motivated. Just what they needed to complete this tough academic year.

Raise the Children alumni, Sharon Shirinda (class of 2013) tackles Self-esteem with . As the year nears the end and final exams approaching our scholars could use the reminder.

Well done Sharon!

https://youtu.be/Km2MTZGpfWw


https://youtu.be/Km2MTZGpfWw

Monday re Tsene with Pretoria Psychologists This month of November we are speaking on the topic of . While low self-esteem is not a mental health disorder in itself, t...

Last week we interviewed candidate scholars and we were thrilled to have some of our alumni be part of the process. We wanted all the learners we interviewed to see themselves in our alumni. To recognize the endless potential and possibilities in them despite their circumstance. We wanted to envoke hope in all of them. A goal achieved!

Raise The Children International Stories of Hope

First round of Scholar recruitment interviews completed! We are so thankful to our network of teachers, head of schools and community leaders who helped us connect with our candidate scholars. It truly takes a village.

Our annual fundraiser event has gone digital and we are inviting you to to be part of it. Please visit https://www.fundraiser.raisethechildren.org/. We look forward to talking with you and raising money to raise the children!

Raise the Children International - Fundraising Event Dear RTC family. We are sad that we were unable to gather as we have for the past two years. We hope we can see each other in the new year. Our fundraiser events are important to us. Not only do they allow us to meet with all of you, but they also allow us to raise funds for our scholarship program,...