Friends of Indaba
Become a Friend of Indaba.
Join a global community committed to making exceptional early childhood development accessible to every child, everywhere.
Belonging
A relationship, not a transaction.
Friends of Indaba are people who have decided that the first years of a child’s life deserve the very best adults, and who want to stay close to the work of preparing them.
- A shared purposeAn excellent beginning for every child, built through the women who already care for children in their own communities.
- Letters from the workRegular impact letters: what was taught, what facilitators saw on their visits, what the evidence says and what it does not.
- Learning about early childhoodShort notes on how young children learn, and why a prepared adult and a prepared room matter so much.
- GatheringsOccasional conversations, online and in person, with the people who do the work.
- Personal invitationsWhen there is something worth seeing, a graduation, a classroom, a new cohort beginning, Friends hear first.
- Recurring givingA steady monthly contribution that lets facilitators plan cohorts ahead.
- A long relationshipYears, not campaigns. You can change or stop your contribution at any time.
No costly perks. What you give goes to the work; what you receive is closeness to it.
Friends of Indaba
Choose the change you want to make possible.
Every contribution builds a better beginning.
Each pathway names one part of a single system: the child, the educator, the facilitator who prepares educators, the cohort that learns together, and the community around them. Every contribution funds the same programme of work.
Where the money goes
Honest about what it pays for.
The Foundation does not run centres. It prepares, mentors and measures the adults who do. Here is what a contribution pays for, with what the sources show and the kind of claim each one is.
- Independently assessed
- Documented
- Indaba records
- Model, not a result
7 months
DocumentedCoRE training: seven modules over seven months, one week a month, so educators keep working while they train.
Indaba Impact Overview 2024, p. 7
892
Indaba recordsMentoring: centre visits by facilitators in 2023, with 672 hours of mentoring. Visits continue for at least five months after the modules end.
Indaba Prospectus 2024, p. 63; Impact Overview 2024, p. 18
5
Indaba recordsFacilitators active today, delivering CoRE (June 2026).
ELOM evidence briefing, June 2026, p. 5
≈70
Model, not a resultTeachers a fully deployed facilitator could prepare each year. A planning assumption Indaba has not yet observed.
Indaba planning model, 2026 (not an observed rate)
June 2026
Independently assessedIndependent evidence: a once-off ELOM 4&5 assessment of children in CoRE-affiliated programmes in Kayamandi, by an accredited assessor. A snapshot, not proof of cause.
ELOM evidence briefing, June 2026, pp. 2–3
Figures describe their own period; 2023 is not a running total. The costed plan behind the pathways is shared with Friends and partners on request.
The film
The work you stand beside.
Friends hear from the classrooms and communities their gifts reach. These are scenes from the Foundation's film.
Watch the film: One Adult at a Time 4 minutes
Stills from One Adult at a Time (2026), the Indaba Foundation's film.
Staying connected
How Friends stay close to the work.
A welcome
A personal note when you join, from the people who do the work, and the address to write to with any question.
Impact letters
Regular letters from the field: what was taught, what facilitators saw, and what the evidence shows and does not show.
Conversations and gatherings
Invitations to hear from facilitators and educators, online and, when possible, in person.
Your choice, always
Change the amount, pause, or stop at any time. Reply to any receipt and a person will help.
Receipts, privacy and consent
Before you join.
Who receives my contribution?
The Indaba Foundation, in US dollars. The Indaba Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. U.S. Federal Tax ID #47-1713004.
How does payment work, and will I get a receipt?
Payments are processed by Stripe Checkout on Stripe’s own secure pages. Stripe emails a receipt for every payment. We receive a confirmation and your receipt details; we never see or store your card number.
For a year-end statement or any question about tax documentation, please write to us.
Can I change or stop a monthly contribution?
Yes. Monthly contributions are Stripe subscriptions. Reply to any receipt, or write to us, and we will change, pause or cancel it.
What will you send me, and can I say no?
We use your name and email to thank you, send receipts and, as a Friend, to write to you about the work. If you would rather not receive impact letters, tell us and we will stop.
Does choosing a pathway buy a specific result?
No. The pathways describe the part of the work you would like to support and how we report to you. Every contribution funds the same programme of work, and no contribution is assigned to one child, one educator or one cohort.
Questions
Talk to a person.
Write to us about becoming a Friend, a larger or multi-year gift, or a partnership for your company or foundation. A person will reply.