[vc_row width=”no-padded”][vc_column width=”1/1″][rev_slider slidertitle=”Home Slider – March 2021″ alias=”covid-19-home-11″ offset=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row id=”about” overlay_colour=”#ffffff”][vc_column width=”1/1″][heading header_size=”bigger” header_align=”center” margin_top=”50″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.1″]About Mellon Educate[/heading][bordered_divider divider_height=”3″ divider_width=”60″ margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.2″][lead margin_top=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.3″]Founded in 2002, Mellon Educate has provided 175,000 Africans with new homes.
Our new mission is to provide better standards of education to 100,000 children in Africa.[/lead][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row class=”small-screen-center” overlay_colour=”#ffffff” vertical_alignment=”middle”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”3859″ link_type=”no-link” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeInUp” extra_classes=”hide-sm”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.1″]Every year, Mellon Educate organises their now renowned “building blitz” trip to Africa for volunteers from all over the world to travel and lend a helping hand building better infrastructure in poor African communities.

In conjunction with the South African government, we’ve housed 175,000 local people in high grade permanent homes, replacing dilapidated shack living conditions. Since 2013, Mellon Educate has set about improving access to better standards of education in African townships.

To date, the charity has built/renovated 32 schools, providing over 50,000 young children with a better chance at life. We are building towards educational programmes throughout Africa that will benefit over 100,000 primary school kids.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][divider md_height=”55″ lg_height=”55″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width=”no-padded” id=”stats” overlay_colour=”#fec840″ overlay_opacity=”0.9″ background_image_attachment=”fixed” background_image_parallax=”on” background_image_parallax_start=”-31″ background_image_parallax_end=”50″ vertical_alignment=”middle”][vc_column align=”center” column_colour=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)” width=”1/3″][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][icon size=”42″ text_color=”text-light”]fa fa-home[/icon][counter value=”175000″ counter_size=”super” text_color=”text-light” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”.3″][bordered_divider divider_color=”#ffffff” divider_height=”3″ divider_width=”60″ margin_top=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″][heading text_color=”text-light” header_type=”h3″ header_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″]People Housed[/heading][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][/vc_column][vc_column align=”center” column_colour=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)” width=”1/3″][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][icon size=”42″ text_color=”text-light”]fa fa-pencil-square-o[/icon][counter value=”33″ counter_size=”super” text_color=”text-light” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.3″][bordered_divider divider_color=”#ffffff” divider_height=”3″ divider_width=”60″ margin_top=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″][heading text_color=”text-light” header_type=”h3″ header_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″]Schools Reached[/heading][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][/vc_column][vc_column align=”center” column_colour=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)” width=”1/3″][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][icon size=”42″ text_color=”text-light”]fa fa-graduation-cap[/icon][counter value=”51500″ counter_size=”super” text_color=”text-light” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.3″][bordered_divider divider_color=”#ffffff” divider_height=”3″ divider_width=”60″ margin_top=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″][heading text_color=”text-light” header_type=”h3″ header_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.4″]LEARNER LIVES IMPROVED[/heading][divider background_colour=”#000000″ xs_height=”30″ sm_height=”30″ md_height=”30″ lg_height=”30″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column align=”center” width=”1/1″][divider][heading header_size=”big” header_align=”center” margin_top=”70″ margin_bottom=”0″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.1″]Volunteer in 2023[/heading][bordered_divider divider_height=”3″ divider_width=”60″ margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ scroll_animation=”fadeIn” scroll_animation_delay=”0.2″][vc_column_text]

One week of the Mellon Educate ‘Building Blitz’ will change your life.
More importantly, it will change the lives of thousands of impoverished children who desperately need your help.

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MELLON EDUCATE 2022 BUILDING BLITZ

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On this historic 20th anniversary of our charity’s Building Blitz week, we are returned to Cape Town’s township Khayelitsha and undertook much needed work at Yomelela Primary School and Injongo Primary School, jointly attended by 2,310 children.

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