In February 2010 Dawn Goddard brought Montessori Early Learning to the village of Coffee Bay. In a small rondavel on a hill with 13 children. It was the start of her dream, and meanwhile it became ours, spreading the Montessori education in the rural areas of Transkei to give children a solid fundament and a bright future!

In 2013 we opened the new Ikhaya Labantwana (House of the Children) in Jonga, near Coffee Bay. The new Ikhaya Lanatwana bases 60 children, 2 classrooms, a kitchen, a protected luncharea, an office, a store room and real little toilets! With huge thanks to Harold and Paulien, we provided a fenced vegetable garden to provide healthy meals to the children. There is a gardener and a kitchenlady, to provide local people a job.

In this school the local women who are educated to become a qualified Montessori teacher gather weekly. They can expand their skills by helping in the classrooms every day. 

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Ikhaya Labantwana is an example for education the youngest Children in South Africa. They won several awards and prices for best  school in rural South Africa!