About Us

Bridging the Gap to a Brighter Tomorrow

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What we do

At SAILI, we walk alongside academically strong learners from low-income households, helping them thrive in high-performing public schools. We collaborate with under-resourced schools that deliver quality education, contributing to their continued success through talented learners and holistic support.

Our model is cost-effective, learner-centred, and built to last – ensuring learners receives support, guidance, and the tools to succeed in school and beyond.

Our Purpose

A South Africa where potential – not circumstance – determines a young person’s future.

To identify academically talented learners from under-resourced communities and guide them into high-performing public schools, with the support they need to succeed from Grade 8 to Grade 12 and beyond.

We believe real change doesn’t come from creating new systems – it comes from strengthening what’s already working. SAILI partners with high-performing public schools, quietly adding value by growing peer networks, contributing resources, and offering learners the long-term support they need to thrive where they already are.

We are committed to:
  • Keeping cost per learner low without compromising quality.
  • Focusing on STEM to expand university access and open pathways where black South Africans remain underrepresented
  • Supporting each learner academically, emotionally, and socially
  • Building respectful long-term partnerships with schools, families, and funders
  • Maintaining full BBBEE-compliance
We hold ourselves accountable to the learners we serve and the communities we work within.

A scholarship opens the door. We walk through it with them – all the way from Grade 8 to Grade 12.

Our Values

 

 

Meet the SAILI Team

Our small, dedicated team works every day to open STEM pathways for the next generation.

Lana Baron
Head of Scholarship

Our Board

Liesel Dower

Compliance

Non-Profit Organisation – DSD Reg. No. 068-856-NPO
Public Benefit Organisation – PBO No. 930-030-535
Independently certified as a B-BBEE organisation
Valid tax clearance certificate