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Today on Campus: capturing the behind-the-scenes magic of Good Work Foundation
Today on Campus: capturing the behind-the-scenes magic of Good Work Foundation
For seven months, from August 2023 to February 2024, Good Work Foundation (GWF) took its social media followers on a joyous o...

Community, Education, Hospitality

Guardians of the wild: three GWF conservation champions who are helping to protect our natural heritage
Guardians of the wild: three GWF conservation champions who are helping to protect our natural heritage
Good Work Foundation's Conservation Academy and Bridging Year Academy aren't just about education – they're about transformin...

Staff, Academy, Community

Remembering the origins of the Good Work Foundation
Remembering the origins of the Good Work Foundation
I was in Philippolis last week to visit Good Work Foundation's Digital Learning Campus in the Free State. Here, in the dusty ...
Chapter 2024: ramping up our commitment to connecting rural youth with opportunities for growth
Chapter 2024: ramping up our commitment to connecting rural youth with opportunities for growth
At Good Work Foundation (GWF) we entered 2024 with a surge of excitement and anticipation rippling through us.
GWF Staff celebrate the month of ‘lerato’
GWF Staff celebrate the month of ‘lerato’
This February GWF team members celebrated the month of love in a heart-warming way, by showing “lerato/uthando” (love) to the...

Staff, Events

GWF’s graduation ceremonies: ‘symbolising possibilities for a better future’
GWF’s graduation ceremonies: ‘symbolising possibilities for a better future’
For many youths in South Africa’s rural communities, resources such as computers and internet connectivity remain a remote lu...

Events, Academy, Community

You came, you saw, you gave… and we’re grateful!
You came, you saw, you gave… and we’re grateful!
Word-of-mouth is one surefire way of sharing the Good Work Foundation magic, but everyone who’s visited one of our digital le...
Over R600 000 raised for Good Work Foundation at Steadfast Africa charity auction in London
Over R600 000 raised for Good Work Foundation at Steadfast Africa charity auction in London
We have the best friends, partners and supporters in the world! We’re over the moon about the results of the Steadfast Africa...

Events

An explosion of colour and culture as we celebrate Heritage Day on campus!
An explosion of colour and culture as we celebrate Heritage Day on campus!
Heritage Day means different things and has varying significance to different individuals, depending on their personal experi...

Events, Community, Education

How donor partners such as Londolozi are helping us to ‘grow great human beings’
How donor partners such as Londolozi are helping us to ‘grow great human beings’
The lifeblood of any non-profit organisation is its donor community – and Good Work Foundation’s friends, family and supporte...

Technology, Volunteering, Women Empowerment, Education

Funding for impact: how Investec helps young people find decent jobs
Funding for impact: how Investec helps young people find decent jobs
Placing young people in meaningful employment close to where they live – that's the crux of our partnership with Investec, on...

Academy, Technology, Community, Hospitality

Africa has solutions for itself – and GWF is good at finding them
'Africa has solutions for itself – and GWF is good at finding them'
Sue Garratt – the co-founder of, and partner in, Dulini lodge in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve – says the safari lodge's assoc...

Community, Education, Conservation, Hospitality

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