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Vanderbijlpark  ·  Gauteng  ·  South Africa

Giving back, one child at a time & beyond

Thee Buhle Foundation walks alongside young people in the Vaal — with tutoring, mentorship and life-skills that outlast a single school year.

6 learners supported
2 active mentors
83% overall attendance

Community

We start with the street, the school and the family a child already belongs to.

Compassion

Every learner is met where they are — no judgement, no waiting list for kindness.

Change

Support that compounds: better marks, steadier confidence, wider horizons.

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A message from our founder

“Buhle” means beauty. We look for it in every child we meet.

Thee Buhle Foundation started with a simple frustration: bright learners in our community were falling behind for reasons that had nothing to do with ability. No quiet place to study. No one to ask when a maths problem stopped making sense. No adult who could say “I have walked this road, and you can too.”

So we built what was missing — Saturday tutoring, mentors who show up every week, workshops that teach the things school does not, and camps where a child can simply be a child. Community. Compassion. Change. In that order, always.

Buhle

Founder & Director · Thee Buhle Foundation

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What we do

Four programmes, one continuous line of support

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01 Grades 8–12

Tutoring & Academic Support

Saturday morning sessions in small groups, working through the CAPS curriculum their teachers are on that week.

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02 Ages 13–19

Mentorship Programme

Every learner is matched with a vetted adult mentor who commits to a full school year.

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03 All ages

Social & Life-Skills Workshops

The things school assumes somebody else will teach — money, CVs, digital safety, public speaking.

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04 Grades 4–12

Holiday & School-Break Camps

Four-day day-camps over the June and December breaks — catch-up work, sport, reading and a hot meal.

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Our impact · 2026 school year

Numbers we can stand behind

6 learners supported 2026 school year
2 active mentors
83% overall attendance across 70 recorded session entries
203 free tutoring hours delivered attended sessions, by session length

Computed from our own attendance registers and school-issued results, last updated 21 September 2026. How we count what we count.

“My daughter went from 42% to 71% in maths in one year. But the bigger change is that she now believes she is a maths person.”

Nomsa D. · Parent, Grade 11 learner · Sebokeng

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What’s coming up

Come and stand with us

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17 OCT
FUNDRAISING

5KM Social Run for Education

📍 Vaal River waterfront, Vanderbijlpark

05:00 · R80 per entry, R200 for a family of four. Every rand goes to stationery.

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14 NOV
COMMUNITY

June Holiday Camp

📍 Bophelong Community Hall

06:00 · Free. Hot lunch and transport included.

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Support our work

Where your money actually goes

R250 one learner’s Saturday tutoring for a month
R600 a full term of weekly mentorship
R1 800 sponsors one learner for a whole school year
82% straight to programmes
12% transport & meals
6% admin & compliance

Audited figures for the 2025 financial year. Our annual financial statements are published in full.

News & stories

From the ground

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PROGRAMME UPDATE · 12 Sep 2026

Term 3 tutoring moves to two venues

From this term, Saturday tutoring runs at both Sebokeng Community Centre and our Vanderbijlpark offices — which means smaller groups and a shorter walk for most families.

Buhle Ndlovu · 3 min read

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SUCCESS STORY · 16 Sep 2026

From 42% to 71% in one year

A Grade 10 learner who nearly dropped Mathematics finished the year with a distinction in sight.

Lerato Khumalo · 4 min read

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