Global Citizen Education

In the poor section of Khaylitsha, a settlement near Cape Town, South Africa, the children receive a sub-standard education.

A child in Grade 5 may have only an English level up to the average Grade 1 student in the city. One of the projects a volunteer supported by a C.A.R.E. travel grant participated in was the construction of a building suitable for after-school study sessions. It was also an exercise in community co-operation because the building had to be constructed with limited resources, time and materials and the outcome was very successful.