The Amasango School

The history of the Amasango Career School

Grahamstown is a small University town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa with little industrial development. Extreme poverty is commonplace and is a breeding ground for many social ills including alcoholism, drug abuse and violence. This abject poverty and social disintegration has led to an acute streetchildren problem. In April 1995 Grahamstown Amasango Career School was started in two shipping containers in the grounds of Eluxolweni Shelter, starting to address these children’s needs. Read more…

Our mission

Our mission is to provide a learning environment in which severely socially marginalised children may develop into confident, productive, independent and inter-dependent members of society, ready to enter the world of work. Read more…

Bridging Education

Amasango Career School offers accelerated bridging education to street children whose circumstances mean their academic abilities have dropped far behind their peers’. Most children on arrival are grossly age-inappropriate for their grades. Read more…

Our Staff

We have a happy, dedicated and caring staff who work under very difficult circumstances. The recommended teacher pupil ratio in similar schools is 1:8, ours is currently 1:25, so life at Amasango is not dull! Read more…