Impact Data — Term 1, 2026
A year of real change,in numbers.
48
Students enrolled
22 in CMT & Textiles · 26 in Furniture & Ironwork
2,745
Meals served
Breakfast, lunch & evening snack
2,154
Taxi & train rides
Reimbursed for students
88
Garments made
By 21 CMT students
9
Guest lecturers
5 international
48
Progressing to Term 2
Of 48 enrolled
12–15
Schools by 2030
Planned nationally
Skills for Sustainable Futures
Craft School South Africa offers a non-fee paying, one-year artisanal skills programme for young South Africans aged 16-25. We teach crafts, business skills, and life skills. We open doors.
We Teach Craft
Textiles, Furniture, Ironwork, Needlework (CMT) — hands-on mastery in one year.
We Build Futures
Business skills, QCTO certification, and career placement support.
We Change Lives
Counselling, community, meals, transport. A full duty of care.
“Craft School South Africa is more than an artisanal skills school. It is teaching skills today for earning tomorrow.”