People Upliftment Programme  (POPUP) established at the end of 1999, has a holistic approach to the upliftment of under-privileged communities. POPUP has operated a fully-fledged skills training and development centre since 2005. Today there are multiple centres across South Africa.

At POPUP, every rand invested in our programmes is amplified into life-changing educational value. By benchmarking our outcomes against equivalent market costs, we’ve established that for every R1 spent, we generate R1.88 in educational value across five key categories: Life Skills, Basic Literacy, Advanced Literacy, Computer Skills, and Outsourced Training.

The impact of this value is evident in stories like Lindiwe Ntuli’s. After earning her Computer Literacy Certificate through POPUP, Lindiwe was inspired to further her studies at UNISA and is now a permanently employed Social Worker.

In 2023 alone, we equipped 524 learners with skills designed for the workplace and placed 101 of them into jobs. Building on this momentum, in 2024, we achieved a 73% placement rate for trained learners. With an ambitious goal of placing 2,000 learners in jobs by the end of 2026, we remain committed to transforming lives and creating sustainable opportunities.

Read more about the value we create in our Impact Report, Page 12.