Send Flying Cows to the rescue!
Fundraising campaign by
Josine Overdevest
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US$1,090.00Donated So Far
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Campaign Story
Organizer
- Josine Overdevest
- Campaign Owner
Donors
- Sophie V
- Donated on Mar 26, 2022
Great to see these results of your good work; good luck now keeping it up :-)!
- Toos S
- Donated on Oct 19, 2021
Hi Josine, wish you all the best with your great initiative! You've got the energy to make it! Toos
Token of Appreciation from Greater Taung!
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 09:38 am
We are honoured with this Token of Appreciation for the first crowdfunded Flying Cows To The Rescue! - project we did in Greater Taung last year.With the STEM subject specialists in the district we're currently planning how to continue our support and assist the teachers who this term received their
Amazing results in Greater Taung!
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 11:36 am
When the matric results were published late January we first received the feedback that Physical Science teacher Violet Nira and her all-female Grade 12 class had achieved an amazing result of an 83% pass rate! For Mrs Nira this is a huge increase compared to the 30% of the previous. . . . .
Greater Taung Science teacher ranks Nr 1 on Siyavula leaderboard!
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 05:58 pmAfter just two months of Flying Cows of Jozi digital skills support, two schools in our Greater Taung project feature in the national Siyavula Schools Leaderboard for Physical Science with one of the teachers, Mrs Violet Nira, in first place!As soon as our digital support project started in August, Violet. . . . .
Teaching is a passionate profession
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 03:05 pm“Teacher!” was my immediate answer when asked at primary school what I wanted to be when I grew up. Life took me on a somewhat different path.Attending the Flying Cows to the Rescue! online session this week with Maths & Science teachers in Greater Taung in rural North West once. . . . .
We have lift off!
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 07:24 amThanks to our generous supporters, the first Flying Cows to the Rescue mission has kicked off, supporting Maths & Science teachers in Greater Taung, North West Province using the online Siyavula platform so their learners stand a better chance in the December exams. Witnessing the turbulence of the past weeks
Our campaign webpage is live!
Update posted by Josine Overdevest at 12:00 pmRead all about our approach and the regions that we've selected for our rescue missions here: Send Flying Cows to the rescue! campaign webpage
Donors & Comments
- Ineke B
- Donated on Mar 27, 2022
Amazing work again Jozi / Josine !
- Sophie V
- Donated on Mar 26, 2022
Great to see these results of your good work; good luck now keeping it up :-)!
- Toos S
- Donated on Oct 19, 2021
Hi Josine, wish you all the best with your great initiative! You've got the energy to make it! Toos
- Pauline Vijverberg
- Donated on Oct 19, 2021
Well done for your inventiveness :) Wishing you, the flying cows and the teachers even more success this year!
- Myriam Kamminga
- Donated on Oct 18, 2021
- Anonymous
- Donated on Oct 18, 2021
- Joost W
- Donated on Oct 17, 2021
Great initiative!
- Peter T
- Donated on Oct 17, 2021
Thx again for the tour around Johannesburg Josine, and of course i want to support this great initiative. Succes. Peter T.
- Robert Havik
- Donated on Jul 30, 2021
This FLYING COWS initiative is such a great thing. The digital divide among learners is a very real problem, so actively supporting Maths & Science teachers so their learners stand a better chance in their exams is INVALUABLE. Thank you for making a difference.
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 13, 2021
Amazing work again Jozi / Josine !