The TNHF Community Impact Model

The Vision:

These Numbers Have Faces invests in the future leaders of South Africa by providing college scholarships for township youth, yet these scholarships do not come in the form of a free hand out.

Together with the support of TNHF staff and South African mentors, TNHF students commit to developing their community through service, participating in a mentorship program, engaging in financial literacy and leadership trainings and reinvesting one full year of tuition back into a scholarship fund for upcoming students.

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Our Investment:

TNHF provides college scholarships for youth in the townships of Cape Town who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity for higher education.

Student Investment:

In return for a college scholarship, South African students commit to investing in their own communities in the following three ways:

1. Community Service

Our students commit to giving back to their communities by volunteering with HIV/AIDS orphans, spending time in local schools, and participating in township clean-up projects.

TNHF staff monitor and mentor TNHF students as they complete 45 hours of service throughout the academic year. It is up to the students to decide what type of service project they will complete.

Not only is community service an important and impactful way for our students to develop leadership and project management skills, it also provides a moral, ethical, and spiritual framework essential for community building

2. TNHF Mentoring and Tutoring Program

Transitioning to college life has its fair share of emotional and academic challenges.

Therefore, positive mentoring relationships at this pivotal time in a student’s life are a key component to a successful college transition and success in the classroom. Knowing this, TNHF requires that all participating students are mentored and tutored by TNHF South Africa staff and trusted community volunteers.

3. Financial Literacy and Reinvestment

TNHF partners with worldwide financial literacy organization Operation Hope  and local banks to provide free financial literacy courses to our students. All TNHF students are required to attend financial literacy workshops throughout the year so they can learn how to manage, save, and spend their money wisely and safely.

Students learn to open and manage personal bank accounts, trained to stay out of debt, and save monthly.

Furthermore, because of the investment TNHF has made in the educations of our students, we ask our graduates to commit to contribute one year of tuition back into the program for other students coming up behind them. 

TNHF students know what a gift it is to receive a higher education scholarship and they are committed to contributing their own money for other students to have the same opportunity.

Our goal in financial reinvestment is to create life-long sustainers of our program who have a personal investment in future students.

Sustainability:

Financial reinvestment by our students is a key element of sustainability and program expansion for These Numbers Have Faces.

When students graduate from college, they are committed to reinvesting their own money into scholarships for upcoming students.

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Financial Literacy & Leadership Retreats

Community Service Projects