Khula Development Group News Today

The organisation Khula Development Group (KDG) held a series of events recently in celebration of Child Protection Week.

An estimated four out of 10 Grade 1 pupils in South Africa drop out of school before reaching matric. For those organisations and individuals working on the frontline of dropout prevention, early intervention is key.

Social workers are among the unsung heroes who work in many communities, but this week they are shown extra appreciation in the celebration of World Social Work Day, which took place on Tuesday 21 March.

To mark Child Protection Week, Khula Development Group together with Stellcare, Community Keepers and the Breugel Community Centre staff gathered to spread an anti-bullying message last Wednesday (1 June).

In light of National Child Protection Week, celebrated from Sunday 29 May to Sunday 5 June, local organisations have joined hands to create awareness around this dire need at local schools.

write that whether they would have dropped out anyway is not clear. The global meme "building back better" certainly applies to South Africa if we are to achieve a sustainable and resilient recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. We cannot simply rebuild the system with the same flaws. In our schooling system, building back better requires us to face head-on a major constraint to economic development and greater equality, namely the high prevalence of learner dropout. Half of people living in Sout...