Organization: South African Education and Environment Project

All Photos SAEP is a small, award-winning non-profit dedicated to serving children and youth in South Africa's disadvantaged township communities through educational support at every level of academic development. The organisation helps beneficiaries build their academic and life skills, obtain productive employment, and contribute as leaders to the economic and social development of their communities and their country.

Focus Areas:	Children, Education, Environment, Human Rights, Poverty
Countries Served:	South Africa

Description of Services:
SAEP's programmes include an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme that enables severely under-resourced township crèches to become quality ECD Centres; a High School Programme that provides a series of educational support and enrichment interventions to under-performing township schools; a Bridging Year Programme for promising township matriculants that focuses on academic, leadership and life skills acquisition; and a Tertiary Support Programme assisting SAEP students both financially and otherwise to facilitate their success at tertiary level.
History:
SAEP's work began in 1998 under the aegis of SAEP (USA), a non-profit corporation registered in the USA; the organisation was registered as an NPO in South Africa in 2003, and a PBO in 2006.
Accomplishments & Progress:
Please browse SAEP's website at http://www.saep.org. In addition to up-to-date programme-specific information, Annual Reports can also be downloaded here.