Registered South African NPC • PBO 930-078-749 • NPO 278-413 | B-BBEE Beneficiary Recognition 100% Section 18A status
We are Walking The Talk Foundation, and we’re striding to end learning poverty in South Africa by fixing schools, upgrading their infrastructure, and building new classrooms – giving every child a safe, future-ready place to learn.
Millions of South African children still learn in unsafe, collapsing school environments — a major driver of learning poverty and low literacy outcomes.
According to the 2023 NEIMS school infrastructure report:
This facilities crisis is a ticking time bomb for an entire generation that WTTF is working to defuse.
WTTF delivers rapid, high-impact infrastructure upgrades that directly improve schooling conditions:
Since 2022, Walking The Talk Foundation has delivered measurable improvements in early childhood education and primary learning environments:
Every number is a child whose tomorrow just got brighter and adds value to humanity.
In 2022, WTTF’s founder, Dale van Blerk, walked 1,250 km through flood-ravaged villages in KwaZulu-Natal.
He witnessed schools destroyed by storms, learners studying in unsafe structures, and communities losing hope.
He kept walking — and South Africa walked with him.
That journey became a movement, and the movement became Walking The Talk Foundation. A true inspiration for the nation!
Every child deserves an education.
Help us build the next classroom today.
WTTF addresses South Africa’s school infrastructure crisis, where thousands of schools still rely on pit latrines and lack essential facilities such as science labs, libraries, and computer centres — conditions that undermine learning and child safety.
WTTF rebuilds permanent classrooms in under 3 weeks, upgrades schools with VR and digital labs, repairs roofs and toilets, restores electricity, and delivers rapid infrastructure that safely transforms learning environments now.
Since 2022, WTTF has repaired 30 classrooms, upgraded 7 schools with technology, improved learning conditions for 14,700+ children, and deployed over R1.7 million toward school infrastructure.
Support is possible through donations, sponsoring a classroom, funding technology upgrades, or partnering via corporate CSI/ESG programmes. All contributions directly help build safe, future-ready learning spaces.
