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Wendy wins national award LAUREN O’CONNOR-MAY
T
he founder of a Strandfontein-based after-school programme has been given the National Amplifier After-school 2026 Award for her two decades of advocacy work in the sector. Wendy Abrahams, founder of Advance Edukos, received the award for actively promoting and strengthening the after-school sector through advocacy, storytelling, media engagement and public campaigns. “This award recognises that we were identified for actively promoting and strengthening the after-school sector,” she said. “It’s been a while for us to have been identified by other government departments as a need as a need between home and school.” Advance Edukos, which turned 5 last year and will celebrate its sixth anniversary in June. It operates seven after-school programmes and two external art programmes in multiple communities including Schaapkraal, Strandfontein and Mitchells Plain.
SEARCHING FOR MITCHELLS PLAIN’S NEXT STAR Entertainers Alistair Izobell and Emile Jansen at the Department of Arts and Culture Open Day. Izobell launched the Mitchells Plain Star Search 2026 — Finding Our Star competition at the event. Full story on page 3
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“We want to change that narrative and do an intervention... ” — Wendy Abrahams The “baby programme”, as Abrahams calls it, has had sustained and significant growth since it was founded. The organisation works within four pillars: education, arts and culture, health and well-being, and psychosocial support. Under education’s banner it runs literacy programmes specifically targeting Grade 2 and 3 learners to intervene before they reach Grade 4. “We know the poll stats that tell us learners cannot read when they reach Grade 4, and so we want to change that narrative and do an intervention before they reach Grade 4,” explained Abrahams. The organisation also won the Arts and Culture Award from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport last year for the best arts and culture after-school programme.
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