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It seems that we say it every year: time flies! It’s hard to believe that it’s already April, signalling that the first quarter of 2019 is already coming to a close. But what’s far from over are the aims we have yet to accomplish for children.
 

If you’re one of the amazing people who responded generously to our recent appeal for support for the Sizolopakathi Early Childhood Centre, thank you so much!
 

Thanks to supporters like you, we’ve been doing whatever it takes for children in need for 100 years, reaching over one billion children! It all began in 1919, when our founder, Eglantyne Jebb, launched a pioneering campaign to save suffering children across war- torn Europe.

It’s amazing how, when your children are no longer in school or at university, you realise just how much our lives revolved around terms and holidays. It’s just one simple example of how our children form the basis of our decisions; and of course, that’s how it should be.

It’s concerning and tragic that just over three million South Africans remain illiterate, according to Statistics South Africa. As Walt Disney once very wisely said: ‘There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.’ 

In an era when there are countless career paths for learners to pursue after finishing school, many students don’t know what they’d like to study. This is why Save the Children SA partner, Global Communications (GC) hosted a career day for 12 of the top performing Grade 12 pupils from Limpopo.