Social
Investment.
Business and social impact are not mutually exclusive.
With the support of our stakeholders — clients, partners, employees, and suppliers — we invest in rural schools across South Africa through The Wiltons Foundation. We use schools as hubs for community development, supporting them through infrastructure improvements, leadership training, and learner support. Using a people-centred and collaborative approach, we seek to create long-term partnerships that drive meaningful change in education, local development, and social outcomes.
The foundation is principled by the simple equation that “2 + 4 = 1”. In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we believe that zero hunger (goal 2) and quality education (goal 4) combined are the most sustainable means to achieving no poverty (goal 1) for families and communities. So our focus is on goals 2 and 4.
How we make 2+4 = 1.
Zero Hunger
Quality Education
No Poverty
Building Together.
Vision
To drive economic transformation in rural South Africa by providing the means to end hunger, improve education, and end poverty.
Mission
To strengthen schools in rural South Africa by working with community organisations to establish and maintain leadership development, learner support, and provide infrastructure to schools turning them into learning hubs for sustainable growth.
Action
- Transform schools into safe, well-equipped community hubs
- Provide leadership training for educators and academic support for leaners
- Promote food security through sustainable agriculture
- Support local entrepreneurs and infrastructure development
We empower educators, community leaders, and students with programs that develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and transformative leadership. These initiatives foster mindful decision-making and collaborative action, laying the groundwork for sustainable change that begins in the classroom and expands outward.
Leadership and Mindfulness Training
Infrastructue & improvements
Recognising that a conducive physical environment is essential for learning, we invest in providing school facilities— including well-maintained classrooms, health and sanitation, technology required for learning, and refurbishing recreational areas.
The internship programmes we have developed with community organisations support scholar’s academic needs, extra-curricular enrichment, psychosocial well-being, and after-school care-taking.
Learner Support
By working with Wiltons.
Our clients, partners & employees transform the lives of South Africans.
Sustainable Development Story: Mpumalanga, South Africa
How one school inspired transformation throughout the entire community.
Masakhane
Combined School
The Wiltons Foundation’s story began with a simple question: Where do the children of those who care for ours go to school? That question led us to Masakhane Combined School in rural Mpumalanga, where the son of our founder’s long-time domestic helper was a student. Years later, he joined Wiltons as an intern — having, on his own initiative, enrolled with UNISA to pursue a BCom in Accounting.
While his personal journey is inspiring, the real story is how one connection opened the door to a much larger mission: supporting the schools that serve these children and, through them, uplifting entire communities.
Impact a few
years later
Acting as committed catalyst, Wiltons has engaged key stakeholders to map the schools and community’s challenges and to understand their needs and a co-create a plan of action. Efforts which have since improved physical infrastructure, mentoring, library services and community-wide digital activity.
We're grateful and proud to be part of the circular economy. The computers were received by the school management team with such excitement and gratitude, and they wasted no time in setting them up. We got to share in the excitement of the kids discovering and exploring an online learning support programme. They were totally captivated and didn’t want to leave school on a Friday afternoon and this is exactly what we are trying to achieve.
-Katy Wilton Martins
As reported in ITweb
Our network of schools supported by our clients and partners.
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We’re proud to call these organisations friends of the foundation.
B-BBEE Transformation.
Our commitment to B-BBEE is a cornerstone of our social impact initiative. We partner with organisations that share our dedication to economic empowerment and inclusion, driving transformation that meets regulatory requirements and creates broad-based opportunities. This focus on B-BBEE ensures that our efforts contribute to real, systemic change within the communities we serve.
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