“Lauritz, you wanted to visit us for a longer period of time – the Tsibogang Project Management Course could start in January, and we would also provide laptops to a few participants. Couldn’t you take care of setting up the
Successful after school programs
There was a long pause in our reports. This was because December to mid-January was actually the summer holidays in Tsibogang and all activities were suspended. The other reason for the break was that Christel Hermann was seriously ill. We
The Biggest Workshop Ever
On 02. October 2023, 97 Tshepanang Members converged at St. Joseph’s Retreat Center in Lomanyaneng/ Mahikeng to participate in the traditional annual Five-day Training Workshop of their group. Never before so many members attended. There should have been even 100
Kindergarten project in Magogoe
I arrived on a Monday evening, May 8th, the sun was warming up the day on the long drive through the flat bush area from Johannesburg to Mafikeng. We have been driving for hours along sight a straight road. Our
After Covid-19, children are less competent to read and write
In the last two days the financial team was busy with the financial report of 2022/23. Here in South Africa the finance year ends in March. This report is a huge task because on it depends if we get a
Workshop for the After School Program
As usual, we have started the year 2023 with a workshop with those who teach in our After School Programs. We went to HaPhororo, a youth retreat centre which we have visited in the past. It’s in the mountains and
20 years of Tsibogang
We celebrated our anniversary thanksgiving with our groups and members. Join the celebration!
“Sometimes I feel, we the peer educators are the ones who benefit from this program the most”
Tsibogang is proud to say that the peer education program is over 20 years old. Since it’s start in 2001 every year we had Tshepanang workshops which were well attended by hundreds of young people. This year in the first
The benefits of Montessori education
In one of our preschools, in Lomanyane , we have a group of children who have been in the preschool since January who really benefitted from the Montessori approach. There is one boy , Kesaobaka, who knows all letters of
Youth month
The month of June is called the youth month in South Africa. 16 June is a public holiday in remembrance of the students’ uprising in Soweto in 1976. On this day hundreds of young people lost their lives when they