Impact & partners

Help South African children thrive by five.

We're on a mission to ensure that every South African child has the necessary building blocks to thrive by the time they reach Grade R. Finding Thabo makes high-quality cognitive stimulation affordable and accessible to all.

Let's connect

ECD practitioners trained throughout South Africa

Young children reached by our programme

Local languages supported and growing

WhatsApp activities channel active

Quality Score — Education Alliance Finland

Partner organisations across all 9 provinces

The challenge

In South Africa our children are struggling.

The reasons for widespread academic under-performance are many and complex — but one of the main causes is that children aren’t school-ready when they begin Grade R.

But Finding Thabo can help.

Let's give every child the best start.

71%

struggle to write. Nearly 3 in 4 preschoolers lack the fine motor skills to hold a pencil.

50%

of Grade 2 children don't know the full alphabet.

81%

of Grade 4 children can't read for meaning.

55%

of Grade 5 learners can't complete a simple Grade 3 maths problem.

Stronger together

By equipping teachers with new skills, by encouraging parents to play Finding Thabo with their children, and by providing teachers and caregivers with resources, we can shape the future together.

Closing learning gaps

Through our model of training early childhood development (ECD) practitioners, we are directly addressing learning deficits in children in under-resourced communities, giving them a greater chance at success.

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