Archives: Schools

“Proyecto Ilusión” is an Association for the physically, mentally, and sensorially disabled. Created in 2002, when a series of meetings organized by the Baeza City Hall brought together a group of families with a shared problem: attending to the needs of a disabled family member. At that time, they decided to join social, psychological, and… Read more »

The Fontein Social Care Center has an ambitious mission to help orphaned and vulnerable children in Swaziland. In an area where hunger, poverty, and illness leaves many children without strong family units, the Fontein Center aims to provide two meals a day to children, as well as a daycare for the youngest and legal assistance,… Read more »

George Mhaule Primary School with over 650 students is located in Hazyview, South Africa. Partnership with Grand Circle Foundation has given these students new toilets and a new borehole to access water, along with new chairs and computers. Most recently we funded the construction of a covered assembly area between buildings, allowing the children to… Read more »

HIV/AIDS is the most serious health concern in South Africa. Recognizing the need, Grand Circle Foundation funded the construction of a medical clinic dedicated to treating HIV positive children, and adolescents failing their anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment. By having a dedicated clinic with the sole purpose to address this problem, many children can begin to do better… Read more »

Plavecký Štvrtok is a village with an excluded Roma locality in western Slovakia. The 115 children who attend this elementary school already face many challenges, so the school works with the aim to broaden the possibilities of socially disadvantaged children to freely choose their study and subsequently their career path in order to be included into… Read more »

St. Petersburg Music Boarding School is the only institution of its kind in all of northwest Russia. 100 teachers provide 475 students ages seven to 17 with an academic education through secondary-school level, accompanied by the highest level of music education. Half of the students board at the school, and room and board are free… Read more »

The NamibRand Nature Reserve, located in southern Namibia, is a private nature reserve established to help protect and conserve the unique ecology and wildlife of the south-west Namib Desert. Overcome by its beauty during a 1996 visit, and recognizing the importance of this unique landscape, Alan and Harriet bought 50,000 hectares of this Reserve and donated… Read more »

The Hanganeni Primary School, located in the Erongo region of Namibia, is a 21 classroom school that services over 900 students, ages 5 to 13. Though the attendance rate is 97%, the graduation rate is just at 66%. In the short time that we were at this school we were able to renovate their toilets… Read more »

The mission of Jakob Basson Combined School is to provide a challenging educational experience which will enable their learners to become responsible and productive citizens. To help the school fulfill this mission, Grand Circle Foundation partnered with them to provide educational materials to improve math and geography lessons. We also renovated the dormitories, laundry area,… Read more »

Some young students in Africa have a long way to travel to school—if they attend at all. More than 160 young boys who wouldn’t otherwise have access to education come to Tineghir’s Dar ET-Taleb Education Center to live and study. Here, in this remote, undeveloped location, where the Sahara meets the Atlas Mountains, public facilities… Read more »