A personal reflection on the 100th anniversary of The United Church of Canada, highlighting its signifcant influence on the formation and development of The Townships Project.

Martha Deacon attended a one-day Symposium in South Africa to meet with many of our partners and program participants as they shared their progress and achievements with each other.

Please download and read our 2024 Annual Giving Letter. With your support, we will continue to work on overcoming poverty in South Africa’s Townships.

The Townships Project has lost our most tireless supporter and friend, Jocelyn Pritchard.

In January 2024, Martha Deacon had the opportunity to visit Kgabo Cars, an onsite mechanics training centre in Soshunguve Townships. During that visit, Martha asked the centre's director, Dr. Boshomone what his first priority would be to improve the training. His answer: access to a Virtual Reality training system of NUDLE. Over the next few months, the three parties worked together to make that a reality.

We are pleased to announce we are continuing our partnership with Property Point and have contributed funds to help outfit the Kagiso Township business incubator.

Congratulations to Nokwanda Mchunu and Pink Print Farm Produce for winning a South African Presidential Award for Entrepreneur of the Year. The honour includes a cash prize of R 100,000.

Our 2023 Annual Letter shares our progress and accomplishments for the year with our supporters. Thank you.

The Townships Project has delivered funds to outfit a plumbing truck for a Kagiso Township business incubation program as it trains and mentors five plumbing businesses.

In 2023, another 50 participants in ECD business training completed NQF (National Qualifications Framework) Level 5 training. This allows the ECD centres to apply for government funding on a per student basis.

Our 2022 Supporters Letter sharing our actions and accomplishments for the year.

The Townships Project South African Board Member George Senosha has been nominated to serve as District Governor of District 9400 for the Rotary year 2024/2025.

Choosing the theme #BreakTheBias, this International Women's Day event sponsored by the The Townships Project challenges us to create a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.

We are excited to announce the participation of Toastmasters in the 2022 Building Better Businesses Symposium. 

The Townships Project mourns the loss of our friend Lebo Malepa, who died just before Christmas.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Archbishop Tutu, and give thanks for his lifelong purposeful leadership in the fight for human rights.

Congratulations to the new Early Childhood Development (ECD) graduates in Mathibestat.

Congratulations to Ms Nokwanda Mchunu, the Building Better Businesses Symposium's major cash prize winner for 2021.

Our 2021 Supporters Letter sharing our actions and accomplishments for the year.

Every November we publish a letter to inform our supporters about events and accomplishments.

Cynthia has retired from the Board of Directors after years of valuable service

The Board of Directors of The Townships Project gathered October 2019 to refresh our thinking.

Small businesses are the engine of economic growth at the community level, and so the channel not only for prosperity but for social development.

The annual gathering of Rotarians from around the world in Hamburg was a great opportunity to spread the word about The Townships Project and garner support for the Building Better Businesses Symposium.