What do you see?
Do you see some children playing chess? Look harder. What you are seeing is a group of underprivileged, vulnerable learners from one of the poorest areas in the country, with an invaluable skill, that most of their peers in the informal settlement, will never have the privilege of learning.
Teaching chess is more than a pass-time, or extra-mural activity. Teaching chess to the learners of the Viva Independent Schools in the Alaska Informal Settlement, Refilwe Township and Marikana Informal Settlement, is a deliberate educational and transformational activity, that equalises. Poverty is a concealer of talent. The Viva Foundation is determined to reveal and showcase those hidden talents and to level the playing field for underprivileged children. There may be NO DIFFERENCE between what an affluent child learns and what an underprivileged child learns. We are not asking for special treatment or opportunities... we are demanding the SAME treatment and opportunities. Children at the Viva Independent Schools have quality and equality in education. Speak to our kids and you will imagine they are in the most expensive private school imaginable. This is what YOUR donations make possible and for that we thank you!
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