Overview

A collective of Christians, called City Story, committed to socio-economic transformation in the city of Durban, met during 2018 to assess Durban’s educational landscape. A consensus was reached about the overarching need to develop the whole child. This requires schools to integrate programs that address physical and mental health, nutrition, literacy, entrepreneurship development, career guidance, spiritual instructions, and others. We recognised the proliferation of NGOs over the past 20 years which arose to address these needs. The convergence of the need and the supply produced The Whole Child vision. Schools where the principals were alumni of the "Partners for Possibility" leadership program, demonstrated social cohesion and a sustainable and reciprocal approach to partnerships. Thami Nzuza, Lauren Coombe and Ian Bell teamed up to form the board of TWC and launched the pilot project at Kwa-Cutshwayo Primary School.