The Good Work Foundation

The Good Work Foundation 🖥Access to world-class digitally [em]powered education
🇿🇦For rural African communities
💗Reimagine Education with Us
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Good Work Foundation is reimagining education. This non-profit organisation has pioneered a unique ecosystem of learning, training and working on the edge of rural Bushbuckridge, one of South Africa’s largest informal economies, bringing opportunities to people who might otherwise be excluded from the global community. This ecosystem delivers targeted learning programmes for adults and children in locally managed Digital Learning Campuses. The existing five campuses, built to be adaptable to the needs of an emerging 4IR economy, already attract more than 10,000 young learners per week. These learners have access to everything from English literacy, numeracy and digital skills training to coding, robotics, IT security, yoga, mindfulness, planetary health and online storytelling. In a move to visibly reinvent the possibilities of Bushbuckridge, the largest campus has its own successful start-up Contact Centre, employing GWF graduates and recycling profits back into reimagining education. GWF is the 2019 Reimagine Education Gold Award winner for Cultivating Curiosity, and the Bronze Award winner overall for the African continent.

Leadership doesn't always begin with a title. Sometimes it begins with noticing something that isn't right and deciding ...
06/10/2026

Leadership doesn't always begin with a title. Sometimes it begins with noticing something that isn't right and deciding to do something about it.

GWF alumna Accolade Ubisi, now a digital and multimedia practitioner at SANParks, noticed people dumping waste beside a stream used by her community.

So she fenced it off and instead of simply confronting people who continued dumping there, she spoke to them about why protecting the water mattered. Accolade also serves on her community water committee and helps young women with university applications.

This is what leadership can look like: seeing what is needed and choosing to act.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4yT3sQX

At Good Work Foundation, leadership isn't about a title. It's about how you show up for the people around you.It's the g...
30/09/2026

At Good Work Foundation, leadership isn't about a title. It's about how you show up for the people around you.

It's the graduate who comes back to support the next generation and "pays it forward". The teacher who inspires young people in a school. The colleague who serves their community after hours. The young person who decides to take ownership of their future.

Our October newsletter is dedicated to the many forms leadership takes across the GWF family.

Meet some of the extraordinary people who remind us that everyone can be a leader.

👉 Read the full newsletter via the link in our bio or https://email.flowsa.com/t/y-e-fijljht-djilyktutj-jr/.

What happens when people don't feel able to speak? And what does that mean for leadership?Professor Megan Reitz recently...
30/09/2026

What happens when people don't feel able to speak? And what does that mean for leadership?

Professor Megan Reitz recently joined GWF's Leadership Programme cohort for a session on "Speaking Truth to Power", exploring voice, power and what helps people feel heard. Afterwards, we asked Megan what had struck her about GWF. Her answer delights us: “GWF is about rare, thoughtful leadership.”

Read more from Megan here: https://bit.ly/4hHW30V

Today, on Heritage Day, we celebrate the myriad languages, traditions, stories and communities that shape us.Yesterday, ...
24/09/2026

Today, on Heritage Day, we celebrate the myriad languages, traditions, stories and communities that shape us.

Yesterday, our campuses came together ahead of Heritage Day to celebrate the extraordinary diversity within the GWF family. And goodness, was it extraordinary! The music, food, dancing, incredible outfits - our team brought the South African spirit alive.

From Mpumalanga to the Free State, our campuses may look different, speak different languages and carry different traditions, but we share a belief in the power of education, community and possibility.

Happy Heritage Day, South Africa. 🇿🇦

Tourism creates incredible experiences for travellers and it also creates life-long careers.Across the Greater Kruger re...
23/09/2026

Tourism creates incredible experiences for travellers and it also creates life-long careers.

Across the Greater Kruger region, young people from rural communities are building careers in lodges, hotels and hospitality businesses, often just a short distance from the villages where they grew up.

At GWF, our Hospitality Academy helps young people make that journey from education into the workplace, building practical skills, confidence and an understanding of what excellent hospitality looks like.

Here, our Hospitality Academy students have prepared coffees for a large group of visitors to our Hazyview campus. Well done to them for keeping up our reputation for the "best coffee in the Lowveld"!

As Tourism Month comes to a close, we're celebrating the young people building their futures in one of South Africa's most important industries.

Gold, and a standing ovation.On Thursday, 27 August 2026, the Good Work Foundation Choir walked away with a Gold at the ...
09/09/2026

Gold, and a standing ovation.

On Thursday, 27 August 2026, the Good Work Foundation Choir walked away with a Gold at the Nelspruit Eisteddfod Theatre Choir Competition, delivering a performance of "Mahlalela" that had the crowd cheering along in a standing ovation.

The choir was born in 2016, brought together by choir master and conductor Ses' Lerato Maile, and made up of GWF staff members from campuses across the organisation. In the weeks before the competition, they practiced tirelessly around their normal working hours, fitting rehearsals into already full days.

After years of performing together, from early shows at Kruger National Park in Skukuza to graduation ceremonies on every campus, this Gold marks their first competition win.

Lerato's reaction said it all: "I am blessed."

Congratulations to Ses' Lerato Maile and every member of the GWF Choir.

Read more: https://www.goodworkfoundation.org/our-why/our-stories/gwf-choir-gold

Artificial intelligence can feel like something out of a science fiction film, but for young people in GWF's AI Accelera...
04/09/2026

Artificial intelligence can feel like something out of a science fiction film, but for young people in GWF's AI Acceleration Programme, it is becoming a practical, everyday skill.

The programme received 318 applications, with 312 of those coming from GWF alumni wanting to build on the skills they already gained.

Learners in the programme are gaining hands on experience with AI fundamentals, prompt engineering and responsible AI use, alongside workplace readiness and digital marketing skills.

As Alumni Support Network Coordinator Fumani Khosa puts it: "A young person sitting in a rural community should be able to see themselves as a participant in the digital economy, not someone watching it happen from a distance."

Through Alumni Connect, that support continues well beyond the five days, keeping graduates linked to employment, mentorship and further learning opportunities.

As Sanele Mkhabela, a Bridging Year Academy alumni, shared: "The AI Acceleration programme was very educational and now I have the confidence to be part of the future."

Read more here: https://www.goodworkfoundation.org/our-why/our-stories/ai-skills-programme-rural-youth

Yesterday marked Spring Day in South Africa, and our staff across every Good Work Foundation campus celebrated in true G...
02/09/2026

Yesterday marked Spring Day in South Africa, and our staff across every Good Work Foundation campus celebrated in true GWF style: bright colours, games and plenty of sun.

It is a small tradition, but it says something real about who we are. The same people who dedicate themselves to rural education and community development also know how to pause, celebrate and enjoy each other's company.

A strong team culture is part of what makes our work sustainable, campus after campus, season after season.

Happy Spring Day to our GWF family.

On Saturday, Good Work Foundation took part in the Sabi Sand Trail Run, hosted by the Sabi Sand Pfunanani Trust, Sabi Sa...
01/09/2026

On Saturday, Good Work Foundation took part in the Sabi Sand Trail Run, hosted by the Sabi Sand Pfunanani Trust, Sabi Sand Nature Reserve and its partners, to support communities and conservation across the landscapes bordering the Greater Kruger.

We have been part of organising this event since its inception. Many of the lodges and partners within the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve are also partners of Good Work Foundation, supporting and funding the training and learning that power our programmes.

This year, our Hospitality Academy students ran the event coffee bar, giving them a real opportunity to experience life inside a working enterprise: serving guests, making coffee and working through a busy, high pressure event. It was hands on learning that complements the skills training they already receive in our Hospitality Academy, and a meaningful way to connect what happens in the classroom with what it takes to run a small business.

The start tunnel for the race was set up right beside our Huntington Digital Learning Campus, placing our work at the heart of the day.

We were also honoured to receive the Herd Leader Award for assembling the largest team at this year's event, a reflection of how many people across our community showed up to take part.

Thank you to the Sabi Sand Pfunanani Trust, Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, our partners and every runner who joined us. Events like this show what is possible when communities, conservation and education work side by side.

What does it take to help a young person see how wide the world really is?Last week, Good Work Foundation took career gu...
24/08/2026

What does it take to help a young person see how wide the world really is?

Last week, Good Work Foundation took career guidance directly to young learners in two ways.

Our Conservation Academy joined the 6th annual Careers in Conservation Expo and Fun Day. Grade 9 and Grade 11 learners met conservation vets, reserve managers, K9 rangers and field guides, while our own Hospitality Academy shared the career pathways the hospitality industry has to offer.

"It's amazing to see that light in their eyes as you talk to them and instill hope that all does work out, as long as you are committed and focused," says Tshepiso Thelingoane of our Hospitality Academy.

Meanwhile, in Bohlabela District, Bushbuckridge, our Careers and Student Support team joined a Grade 9 Career Outreach Programme for the first time, helping learners match their subject choices to the futures they want to build.

This is what career guidance looks like when it meets young people where they are.

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