Leadership Lessons in the Koue Bokkeveld

Leadership Lessons in the Koue Bokkeveld

We had so much fun taking Cool to Be Me to the Koue Bokkeveld! The learners were eager to learn and took away some meaningful lessons. But don’t take it from us, let’s hear what some of the learners had to say about the day: “I will listen more to children who are...
Teammates Supporting Each Other in Khayelitsha!

Teammates Supporting Each Other in Khayelitsha!

One of the CoolPlay lessons that the rugby players in Khayelitsha have taken hold of is empathy for others. This was apparent in our latest rugby tournament held with our youngest rugby players all the way up to our high school players. We had teams cheering on other...
Celebrating Mandela Day!

Celebrating Mandela Day!

A big thank you to O’Brien Recruitment for choosing CoolPlay for their 67 minutes of service to honour Nelson Mandela! Mandela Day started early for O’Brien Recruitment staff to put together 400 sandwiches for our Khayelitsha participants. The boys and girls were...
Cool to Lead in Stellenbosch

Cool to Lead in Stellenbosch

This week we have held another Cool To Be Me workshop with the Grade 7s at Rietenbosch Primary School. The day started off with the Grade 7s sitting in their different groups and they were not interested in mingling and getting to know each other. This quickly changed...
Teaching Grade 7s that it’s Cool to Lead!

Teaching Grade 7s that it’s Cool to Lead!

This year we have launched a new initiative in collaboration with COOL TO BE ME (https://www.cooltobeme.com/), social and emotional learning specialists and curriculum developers, to teach our Grade 7s that it’s Cool to Lead! We kicked off our new initiative at Kuils...