Help us keep 30 rural learners in school by 20 May

For 15 years, Imbeleko Foundation has worked in rural KwaNyuswa to identify and support academically talented but socially marginalised learners.

What began as a “pay-it-forward” scholarship pact between twin sisters, the late Dr Seni Myeni-Offiah and Sbu Myeni, has grown into a holistic education movement that has reached over 10,000 rural learners through scholarships, STEM programmes, afterschool learning, digital skills development and psychosocial support.

Imbeleko’s learners have gone on to become medical doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, STEM educators, tech specialists and university graduates.

But this year, we have faced one of our most difficult transitions. Our hybrid STEM school model, developed to give rural learners access to quality education through digital learning, has become unsustainable because of repeated electricity cable theft, prolonged power outages and unreliable internet connectivity.

At Grade 10–12 level, this is devastating. These are the final years before matric, un...