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Backpacks as Canvas for Self Expression for COSAT Students

Development & Education

In a school where students wear matching school uniforms, unique messages on backpacks are one of the few opportunities for self-expression. Anders Kelto talks to students about their personal messages.

School Year: South African students join countrymen in volunteering to honor Mandela

Development & Education

Mrs. Lovett’s Colorful Math Classroom

Development & Education

In South Africa, death in family puts high schooler at the helm

Development & Education

In South Africa, funny hats mark boys’ circumcision, transition to manhood

Development & Education
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South African students face real danger in simply getting to school each day

Development & Education

South Africa’s COSAT school is widely regarded for the success it’s had moving its students out of poverty. But it’s not immune to some of the other problems of South Africa. As students walk to school each day, they run the risks of being abused, physically, by thugs.

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