Mdudla Primary School is located in KwaMakhasa. The school comprises 12 classrooms and an administration block, serving 561 learnersThis results in an average of approximately 47 learners per classroom, exceeding the Department of Education’s recommended maximum of 30 learners per class, leading to overcrowded conditions.Wild Impact has been actively collaborating with Mdudla Primary School since 1999, focusing on infrastructure development to enhance the learning environment.
Future Foundations addesses the 4th Sustainable Development Goal which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. Children in developing countries are enrolled in schools but infrastructure and resources to meet their needs is lacking. Rural communities suffer most with inadequate facilities, overcrowded classrooms and too few teachers.
Having recognised these truths and embedded them at the heart of the organisation, Wild Impact has been working for three decades to improve the quality of, and access to, education in rural communities in conservation landscapes. Our vision 2030 target is to ensure 80% of final year primary scholars achieve an average greater than 60%.
Wild Impact in partnership with &Beyond started working with the KwaMakhasa Community in 1992. In South Africa’s densely populated KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the KwaMakhasa community is located in the large uMkhanyakude District. In the past 32 years, initiatives have spanned the development of critical healthcare facilities, early childhood development programmes, key educational infrastructure and sustainable water security solutions. Dedicated programmes for tomorrow’s leaders are supporting interactive environmental education, tertiary education bursaries and micro-entrepreneurial enterprise development; building a future where economic opportunities align with environmental stewardship.
Wild Impact is a Public Benefit Organisation registered in South Africa. Reg. No.: 930002115