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30 Years of Impact

Breadline Africa has spent 30 years providing educational infrastructure to children in impoverished South African communities. Their impact report — covering data from 2021–2023 — shows 267,449 children benefitting from over 1,374 facilities. Provision includes pre-school classrooms, libraries, feeding kitchens and toilet upgrades, with measurable gains in enrolment, teacher qualifications, literacy access and nutrition.

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Pre-school infrastructure, library provision, feeding kitchens, pit toilet replacement, seaside outings, literacy programmes, skills development containers

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 267,449 children benefitting from infrastructure across South Africa
Key Metric 2 1,374 facilities placed; 4,152 children enrolled at supported pre-schools
Key Metric 3 67% increase in pre-schools receiving feeding support from baseline to follow-up

Key Outcomes

  • More pre-schools eligible for government registration post-infrastructure; teachers' average monthly salary increased from R1,548 to R2,497
  • 85% of learners checking out library books; 64% of primary schools offering literacy-based activities
  • 100% of parents interviewed expressed 'a lot' of confidence in safety and education at supported pre-schools

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni