At Mitzvah School, we are Dedicated to the Future.
More than 1 000 students have passed matric at Mitzvah School and we are proud to have been involved in their lives. With the input from dedicated teachers and staff, and the funding from generous donors, Mitzvah School is making a difference.

In 1987, Mitzvah School opened it’s doors as a one year crisis class. It began as a safe space for students from Alexandra to study and write their final school examinations.
The political climate in South Africa at that time was dire, as the country was still under the draconian laws of Apartheid. Many students in the townships shouted ‘Liberation Before Education’ and disrupted classes and exams. There were students who felt that being involved in politics was not helping them to shape a future for themselves and wanted to complete their schooling. Mitzvah School created a safe space for this to be possible for a few students. Twenty-three years later, and the educational crisis in South Africa is still not over and the school has been making a difference ever since.