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97% of learners gained a matriculation pass at 50 of the 121 schools BCF trained
97% of learners gained a matriculation pass at 50 of the 121 schools BCF trained 150 150 The Billion Child Foundation

10 January 2018 During the 2017 South African matriculation examinations over 97% of learners gained a matriculation pass at 50 of the 121 high schools whose principals attended the BCF…

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How do you change an Elephant into a Dassie?
How do you change an Elephant into a Dassie? 150 150 The Billion Child Foundation

This is not an elephant joke!! The rock hyrax, known in Africa as a Dassie, despite weighing only 4kg, is the closest living relative to an elephant. Most would agree…

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Give a Child a Chance this #GivingTuesday
Give a Child a Chance this #GivingTuesday 482 320 The Billion Child Foundation

You are probably able to read this because you are an educated person who attended a good school. But in 2018 millions of young men and women with great dreams…

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BCF Win-Win Parenting Programme accredited and registered by SACE
BCF Win-Win Parenting Programme accredited and registered by SACE 957 534 The Billion Child Foundation

Thursday 9 November 2017 Today is a great day for the Billion Child Foundation. The South African Council for Educators (SACE) advised us today that they have accredited and registered…

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BCF experiences a massive loss
BCF experiences a massive loss 528 297 The Billion Child Foundation

The entire BCF family is immensely saddened by the sudden death of one of our first facilitators, Mpone Sifumba.

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Nine suggestions for schools and communities to join hands
Nine suggestions for schools and communities to join hands 150 150 The Billion Child Foundation

25th October 2017 Ask businesses to provide summer employment for teachers— perhaps only 3-4 weeks — but an experience that provides first-hand experience about what the working environment outside the…

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Meeting with leadership of Ekurhuleni South District
Meeting with leadership of Ekurhuleni South District 541 357 The Billion Child Foundation

Mr Jerry Bhagaloo, District Director of the Ekurhuleni South District (centre) with Audrey Hutton, Partnerships Manager, Zanele Tlhakanelo, Circuit Manager and Alan J Whitaker, CEO and Mara de Villiers, trustee of…

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Saving the world from a seismic explosion
Saving the world from a seismic explosion 150 150 The Billion Child Foundation

Every year tens of millions of youth are dumped by failing education systems into the ranks of the uneducated and unemployable.

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Nelson Mandela is our Inspiration Leader
Nelson Mandela is our Inspiration Leader 150 150 The Billion Child Foundation

13 October, 2017 Nelson Mandela is our Inspiration Leader He said that through education, the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor and the son of a mine-worker the…

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Parents attending BCF parenting skills training
Parents attending BCF parenting skills training 869 521 The Billion Child Foundation

18 September On the 15th and 16th September 32 parents of children who attend the Brandwag Primary School in Bloemfontein, South Africa attended the Billion Child Foundation Win-Win Parenting Programme.

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