For the upliftment of the Coffee Bay community
As the first dedicated pre-school in the area, Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori (ILM) is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, through education and early childhood development. After working on this project for 3 years, we opened our first school on the 15th of February 2010 – a 5m rondawel with a… Read more…
This fund has been assisting students from the greater Coffee Bay area to enter into or complete their tertiary education. We have had six ladies graduate from the South African College of Tourism in Graaff Reinet, all of whom are now employed. These are one year bursaries that offer training… Read more…
SCB has been overseeing this child headed household of 4 boys since 2007. Thobile “Noguarda’ and Lukholo Marhenene are 2 brothers, aged 18 and 16. They live with their 20 year-old brother, Ninti, and their 16 year old cousin, Mbulelo. Acting as guardians, SCB are involved in these boys’ lives… Read more…
With the closest high school being 20km away, this project offers local students the opportunity to get a decent education at St Johns College in Mthatha. Majority of the families in the area cannot afford the transport to Mthatha or the boarding fees involved. This has resulted in many, many… Read more…
This fund was originally called the Pato Desk and Chair Fund, but since we furnished the whole of Pato JS School and 2 classrooms at Coffee Bay JS School, we have assisted various other local schools with burglar bars for their computer classrooms, donations towards student excursions etc. There are… Read more…
Fanekhaya Lili is a young man from Mount Packard, a rural lalli (village) about 15km west of Coffee Bay. He is a very academically minded guy, who got a C for maths in grade 12 and 3 distinctions in his 1st semester at university – WOW! He is self-motivated with… Read more…
This donation basket was started in 2002 and is located in the Coffee Shack reception where it has proved to be highly successful. Guests are able to leave behind items that they no longer require and these are sorted and packed into boxes. When there are 70 – 100 boxes… Read more…
This project started in 2010 when I started helping a few guys in Coffee Bay with applying for their provident funds from Anglo Platinum Mines, where many of the local men worked. Word started getting out and more and more community members came to see me for assistance. By the… Read more…
Although Coffee Bay is a rural place, there are still cars, taxi’s and trucks that use our roads daily. As the December holidays descends on us, so the traffic increases. During this period, children as young as 3 were running the risk of being knocked over as drivers struggle to… Read more…
Sustainable Coffee Bay is an initiative of Coffee Shack Backpackers, a traveller’s hostel operating in the area for over ten years.