Fundraising for school building and educational programs. For the most part, our funds support the work of Eshowe Community Action Group in Eshowe KZN, South Africa and the LifeCare Foundation in rural Malawi. Administrative/fundraising expenses are 100% covered by our board members.

Classrooms are built using local labor by our South African partner, Eshowe Community Action Group, using funds contributed by Africa Classroom Connection. The local community raises a 10% deposit (these days about $1,500, a large sum in rural South Africa), and ACC provides the other 90% (now about $13,500).

Annually we take supporters on group Learning Tours to South Africa and Malawi. Participants in this cultural exchange visit ACC school building sites and Books for Africa recipients, and raise money for classroom construction. Tour expenses are 100% covered by individual travelers.

Contributions to our Stay in School fund help individual students with emergency expenses (e.g.—school uniforms or transportation) that they are unable to cover due to family or health crises, and would otherwise force them to drop out of school.