Each year, our facilitators strive to keep our curriculum fresh, exciting, and dynamic. It is constantly evolving and adapting to the needs of our learners, which is partly what makes…
Author: Educator
After working in the marketing and advertising industries with business-to-business companies for several years, Jenna transitioned to the non-profit world with a desire for more mission-driven work. At Thanda, Jenna provides strategic direction, develops and secures grant proposals, and builds the organisation's portfolio of funders and donors.
Unilever spends a day with Thanda
A couple weeks ago, a team of Unilever employees from Durban came to volunteer with us. They spent the day painting buildings & storage spaces, installing a rainwater irrigation system for…
Potatoes, cabbage, onions…it’s Spring Harvest!
Our Community Gardens grow throughout the year, but many of the vegetables that are being harvested now were planted in late winter. Springtime is especially important as it marks the…
Anyone for a game of chess?
See the guy in the centre of the photo? That’s Nduduzo, who is affectionately known as “Mr. Chess” at Thanda. Before Mr. Chess started teaching the game to Thanda…
Iron Man: A Thematic Approach to Education
In traditional educational systems individual subjects are taught, each with a specific objective: to learn multiplication, to write in cursive, or to memorize the Periodic Table of Elements….