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Keyrus is the world’s leading technology consultancy with over 3000 employees on 4 continents. We, in South Africa want to make a difference to talented young people of Africa. We will continue to ‘hug the continent of Africa’ by covering the remaining distance of the 30 500km, which is the length of the African continent coastline.

Our goal is to collectively put in either the physical km achieved by running, walking, cycling or swimming or the number of hours of any physical exercise that translates as 1hour = 10km distance (based on average 10km/h jogging speed). Our target is to raise R45 000 by 31st December 2024 for a cause that is very close to our teams’ hearts: providing opportunities for education and life-skills mentorship to individuals here in South Africa whose start in life has not been that fortunate.

We want to provide choices to young scholars who have the potential to lead and change this world. As a group of educated professionals we strongly believe in the power of education. We believe in the importance of equal opportunities. We believe that making a difference to an individual will have a positive ripple effect on their family, their community, and eventually on our nation. That’s why we partnered with the Amathuba Foundation.

The Amathuba Foundation facilitates high school opportunities for disadvantaged learners at schools in South Africa. They help learners to reach their dreams, through customized funding and personal mentorship. They do this in partnership with their loyal patrons, the Amathuba Mentors, the partner schools, and the learners’ parents/guardians.

Amathuba believes in the power of an opportunity. Their model is designed to provide what a disadvantaged learner needs in a new life environment, in order to thrive. Relationships, support, and accountability are at the heart of what has made this Foundation successful.

The funds raised will go towards one of Amathuba’s Mentees for 2025, more information on this to follow.

Siya is passionate about learning about learning new things and is in the process of exploring his different options after high shcool. He has narrowed it down to doing something where he can be helping people. His favourite subject is Drama and he is a keen basketball and rugby player.

His role model is Siya Kolisi, who has shown him that nothing is impossible and that you can and must live for more than yourself.

* Please see below a little message from Siya *

Hi everyone, My name is Siya I am currently in Grade 12 at Hilton College. I am one of the Amathuba mentees. Amathuba has offered me so many opportunities in the past year. This foundation has made my schooling life and just life in general easier as I have been provided a mentor o guide and mentor me as I navigate through high school and life as a whole.

I know that I have a second family with the Amathuba Foundation whom I can always count on. I will be forever grateful for this opportunity and I hope many more lives can be changed by this foundation.