Gqeberha, South Africa

Every child reading.
Every youth working.

We hire and train unemployed local youth to run data-driven literacy and numeracy programmes in South Africa's public schools.

0children in our literacy programmes
0jobs created for unemployed youth
0+high school learners assisted
Our mission

We create opportunities for South Africa's children and youth to get the best education possible, by investing in the communities that raise them.

Every programme creates jobs for local women and youth, so a generation of leaders is built now while we invest in the long-term future of South Africa's children.

And because we measure everything, you never have to take our word for it. See the data →

01Our programmes

Early Childhood
Education

Our data-driven programmes give children aged 2–13 the right support at the right level, helping them read, learn, and grow with confidence.

Smiling child from Early Childhood Education program

Where every child discovers the power of words.

Most children in our communities start school without the pre-literacy basics that wealthier peers take for granted.

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We double the number of children hitting reading benchmarks.

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better performance than control groups in 40+ preschools.

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children in our literacy and reading projects in 2025.

A Masinyusane youth coach with a young learner
02Our programmes

Creating
Community Jobs

We hire unemployed young people from these communities and train them to coach literacy and numeracy in public schools. All day, every day.

Empowering a community to uplift itself.

South Africa has the world's highest youth unemployment rate: 43% of young people are out of work.

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previously unemployed youth have received jobs.

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of our jobs go to women.

Our impact

We measure
what matters.

Dozens of metrics per child, assessed in real time, so every intervention meets each child exactly where they are. Our entire dataset is open to funders, schools, and you.

Literacy skill profile

Programme children vs control group · seven core skills

Phonemic AwarenessPhonicsBlendingWord ReadingComprehensionSentence WritingStory Writing
On programme Control group0 children tracked
Our Scholarship Fund

What happens when you flood a township with graduates?

Our Scholarship Fund is creating a generation of leaders: young people who lift their families out of poverty, uplift their own communities, and show the next child exactly what's possible. We're going to find out what that does.

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university graduates, and counting

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Graduation means everything to me, thanks to Masinyusane. They supported me through financial struggles, and even covered my graduation attire. Now they have helped secure a bursary for my Post-grad Diploma in Cybersecurity.

Azama Zamani

Advanced Diploma, Information Technology

Azama Zamani

Help a child learn to read
this year.

Your donation hires and trains a local woman to teach literacy in her own community, and we'll show you the data to prove it's working.

Registered South African NPO 074-244 · US 501(c)(3) 27-3024837 · Candid Platinum Transparency 2024

Partners & funders
DGMT
MIT
Eastern Cape Department of Education
The Learning Trust
Volkswagen
National Department of Basic Education
Dimension Data
Yebo
DGMT
MIT
Eastern Cape Department of Education
The Learning Trust
Volkswagen
National Department of Basic Education
Dimension Data
Yebo