After School. In Home. In Community.

CHILDREN LEARN

Children learn in school, after school, in home and in community.

WCED@HomeLearning is a community based initiative strengthening support for learners from non-fee paying primary schools through addressing learning losses and supporting at-risk learners from dropping out and working with drop outs to return to school.

HOW?

Our mission is to build an ‘educational ecosystem‘ that supports schools in their efforts to keep learners in school and engaged in their learning. Global experience confirms that a child’s education requires the involvement of all stakeholders and that includes more than what we can offer at school. This community-based approach uses play for these young learners as a primary method to make learning fun.

The programme is unique in that it addresses two of the most critical issues we face today- education and unemployment. We invest in unemployed youth (called YeBoneers) by training them to provide support to the education ecosystem and develop
their own work skills. After the 10 month programme the majority of these YeBoneers go on to either further education or have found meaningful work opportunities through the programme.

This primarily Western Cape government funded program is a partnership between WCED, DCAS, DEDAT, NGO Hope Through Action ( Lead), Community Chest, Val de Vie Foundation and 14 local NGO partners.

The programme has evolved over the last three years to now focus on three primary components. Download Programme for details.

  • Support for Referred learners. These 7620 Grade 1-7 learners are referred by their school for issues including absenteeism, disengagement at school, lack of home support and behavioural challenges in and out of school.
  • Edufun activations. These engaging community based activities out on the street, in parks, and neighbourhoods include learners and primary caregivers from schools in their catchment areas. 75 852 learner interactions were recorded in 2024.
  • Parents and PCG (Primary Care Giver) workshops. 433 workshops were held attended by 6 764 PCG’s in 2024. These take place in the community-halls, churches and even under trees- engaging the caregivers in all aspects of lifeskills on interacting with their children as positive role models in their education.

We also monitored the programme’s progress. In a 2024 year end survey of 68 educators, there was a unanimous vote to retain the programme.

Our ultimate goal is to build a culture of education in the community.

OUR 4 PRIMARY COMPONENTS

HOMEWORK
SUPPORT

PYSCHO-SOCIAL
SUPPORT

EDUFUN
ACTIVITIES

HOME VISITS,
CAREGIVER WORKSHOPS
& COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS

PROGRAMME
SCOPE 2025

6 WCED Districts
79 Partner Schools
7620 Referred Learners
635 @Home YeBoneers

6 WCED Districts
79 Partner Schools
7620 Referred Learners
635 @Home YeBoneers

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2024 IMPACT

132 378

REFERRED
LEARNERS
SESSIONS

6 764

CAREGIVERS
REACHED

28 051

HOME
VISITS

455

YEBONEERS
TRAINED

OUR PARTNERS

@HomeLearning is a Western Cape Education Department led partnership between Western Cape
Government, YearBeyond , Hope through Action, Val de Vie Foundation and numerous NGOs.

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Innovation Award

Our marquee programme led by the Western Cape Education Department won First Runner Up for the Replication and Adaptation of an Innovation Solution category in 2021.

This formed part of the National Public Service Awards and was the only project to be shortlisted in the public education sector.