Themba Trust

‘Themba’ is a Zulu word that means ‘hope’. The Themba Trust was founded in 1983 and is an independent non-profit organisation that serves the local community through social and educational efforts. Since 1986 Themba has provided scholarships to over a thousand high school students, mainly children of deep rural farm workers, to attend high school at the two boarding schools, Sinethemba and Siyathemba, founded by the Themba Trust. It is here that I met a group of Grade 11 learners, who taught me to embroider. They were taught by a local retired woman who volunteers there.