Phronesis Student Development Trust

Phronesis Student Development Trust is a South African Non-profit organization that operates in an informal settlement in the heart of Johannesburg, Kya Sands. The Kya Sands Pipeline informal settlement is home to more than 30 000 people, which includes young vulnerable children. Since its inception in 2009 in the area, Phronesis Students Development Trust has established a no-fee paying early childhood development centre / school that currently provides Early Childhood Development Services to 160 children. The school has been a lighthouse in the community, giving the children an opportunity to escape hunger and malnutrition as they receive nutritious healthy meals every day, while of course receiving a quality education that promises them a better future of escaping the shackles of poverty. Further, the school serves as a safe haven for our children as during the day they are able to escape domestic violence, sexual molestation and child abuse, which is very common in this unsafe ...