We equip South African schools with trained coaches and agility toolkits, giving every child aged 5 to 13 the structured movement, mentorship, and cognitive stimulation they deserve.
Behind every statistic are real children growing up without the structured stimulation, mentorship, and physical development they need to thrive.
of children under five in Sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of not reaching their full developmental potential, directly affecting coordination, attention, self-regulation, and school readiness.
Black et al. (2016) | The Lancet Early Childhood Development Series
of South African public schools lack structured extracurricular development programmes, leaving children without trained mentors, movement education, or developmental enrichment.
Amabokoboko Foundation | Programme Research Data
Structured agility sessions that build the brain-body connection to improve coordination, attention, confidence, and teamwork for life.
The Adopt a School initiative gives corporate sponsors, tour groups, and individual donors a direct, measurable way to invest in the development of South African children aged 5 to 13.
We equip schools with agility toolkits and trained facilitators who deliver regular, structured movement and cognitive development sessions. This science-backed stimulation improves neuroplasticity, self-regulation, and school readiness.
Cones, ladders, hurdles, bean bags, and slalom poles form a purpose-built portable equipment set for every structured session.
Accredited coaching training stays in the school and community long after the primary programme concludes.
Attendance registers, session logs, and learner reach data are tracked and systematically reported to every sponsor.
Trained local facilitators become long-term community assets with direct pathways to local employment.
Every contribution creates a direct, traceable impact by funding real toolkits, active training, and structured sessions for children.
Build a dependable monthly funding base for consistent programme delivery, field operations, and long-term learner access.
What is includedEverything a school needs to run a fully self-sustaining cognitive and physical development programme, including equipment, training, and facilitation elements.
What is includedIdeal for schools that already have trained teachers or coaches in place. You supply the equipment and let the school's existing team manage the sessions.
What is includedThe Adopt a School initiative is built on credible, purpose-driven partnerships across travel, sport science, and academia to ensure every component is grounded in expertise and accountability.
Fairfield Tours is a founding partner of the Amabokoboko Foundation and has played an important role in supporting the development of our vision and early programmes.
Through its relationships with international travellers and overseas travel partners, Fairfield Tours helps create opportunities for visitors to leave a measurable and lasting legacy in South Africa. Contributions linked to travel programmes support cognitive and physical development initiatives for children, educator and coach development, and programme delivery in underserved schools and communities.
The Sport Science Institute of South Africa delivers accredited Basic Principles of Coaching training, giving facilitators and teachers a science-backed foundation to run structured, purposeful development sessions that yield measurable outcomes.
A formal Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Fort Hare supports curriculum development, academic research, community empowerment, monitoring and evaluation, along with Eastern Cape pilot implementation across the programme.
Your contribution directly supports child development, teacher training, and school resources.
Helps fund small toolkit items such as balls, bean bags, cones, or training resources.
Supports the R500 Club and contributes towards structured weekly child-development sessions.
Helps fund equipment replacement, learner activity resources, and school implementation support.
Makes a meaningful contribution towards a cognitive-development toolkit bag or training of a coach.
Sponsors a full toolkit-only package for a school that already has trained teachers.
Funds a complete Adopt a School package: two toolkit bags, two trained teachers, and one trained facilitator.