This past March break, sixteen girls from Grade 11 had the honour of participating in the annual Branksome Hall community service trip to South Africa. While there, we toured the beautiful city of Cape Town, learned about the history and culture of South Africa, and later traveled to Queenstown, where we taught at our partner […]
Margaret Whewall goes beyond the description of “Volunteer Extraordinaire”. Since her first visit to Queenstown after retiring from her own kindergarten classroom in 2006, Margaret has dedicated her time, energy and personal finances to the youngest learners at Get Ahead Project Schools. Margaret has since been back to Get Ahead five times and each time […]