I AM BECAUSE WE ARE

We connect recent graduates in the community that understand local culture, students' backgrounds, and the issues students encounter to provide high school students with a consistent, positive role-model relationship.

We connect students with the resources needed to be successful in high school and beyond through one-on-one and small group learning experiences led by local mentors and volunteers.

We provide students and graduates the opportunity to gain hands-on entrepreneurial experience through practical business training, career exposure, and microloan access to create their own business.

We provide agricultural education and resources for students and graduates to replicate small-scale agricultural ventures, empowering them to produce their own food. The food grown in our student-managed garden is sold to the local community and to Four15, a Mexican restaurant in Durban.

We commit to walk alongside students beyond high school to provide a university scholarship, a microloan to start a business, or job search assistance to ensure every graduate has the opportunity to fulfill their career goals.