SAWABONA AFRICA E.V
Every child deserves a chance to have a bright future.
Support Education. Deliver Hope.
Give a child a future they can build for themselves.
We are a small German charity funding education and skills development through five partner projects in under-resourced communities across Lesotho and South Africa, so that children can learn, and young people can earn.
- Registered German non-profit (e.V.)
- Donations are tax-deductible
100%
Of your donations goes directly to projects
HAPPENING NOW
Five years of Sawabona Africa, on film.
This short film shows what five years of Sawabona Africa actually looks like: the classrooms, the camps, and the children behind every number on this page. In a few minutes, it will tell you more about our work than any page of text could.
Our Projects
Five Partners, One Mission
Together, our five partner organisations cover the whole journey, from a child’s first classroom to a young
person’s first job, in communities where neither can be taken for granted.
Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Gives children from under-resourced communities access to quality education through school sponsorships and tutoring. Read More→
Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
A youth-led afterschool academy giving learners from Grade 1 to 12 academic support, mentorship and life-skills training. Read More→
Five districts of Lesotho
A mental-health NGO that builds resilience through life-skills training, mental health support and safety education for children, youth and families. Read More→
Cape Town, South Africa
A Fair Trade Tourism-certified nonprofit running philanthropic educational tours that channel funds into more than 50 community projects across Cape Town. Read More→
Port Shepstone, South Africa
Strengthens community-driven early childhood development (ECD) centres serving young children in under-resourced communities. Read More→
Moments from the ground
The Faces Behind Every Donation
Classrooms, camps, first days, and milestone mornings, photographed at our five partner projects in Lesotho and South Africa.
Transparency & connection
We Know Exactly Where Every Donation Goes
We never send money into the unknown. Every partner is an organisation we know personally, have sat down with, and visit where they work, and we report back on what your donation made possible.
Getting to know each other
A real relationship first, with the people running the project, in their own community.
We know exactly where each donation goes, no matter the size.
Every donation goes to a real project, and we can tell you which one.
Seeing our projects first hand
When I visit our partner charities, all in under resourced communities of South Africa, I often see makeshift structures where children and teachers show up — driven by an eagerness to teach and learn.
Every child deserves a safe place to learn and flourish.
Every teacher deserves a dignified place to teach.
With your support, we make that possible.
— Zilla Stekhoven, Founder.
How you can help
Every Gift Goes to a Project You Can Name
Sponsor a child, fund a tutor, feed a classroom, or give once, whatever fits you. You choose the project, the amount, and how often.
There are children on a waiting list right now. That is the only deadline we would ever put in front of you.
€5
€20 a month
€35 a month
Your Choice
Support a project today.
Newsletter
Stay updated on our work.
We send monthly updates on how your donations are put to work in English and German.