Thobile (Noguarda) and Lukholo Marhenene are 2 brothers, aged 15 and 13, who live in a rural village, Mawotsheni, in one of the poorest regions of the Eastern Cape. This village is situated about 8km away from Coffee Bay. Thobile
The story of the High School Scholarship Fund
The Coffee Shack High School Scholarship Fund The Coffee Shack High School Scholarship fund was started in 2004, because the closest high school to Coffee Bay was (and still is) 20km away, and the majority of the families in the
The story of Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori
OUR LATEST ADDITION – ‘IKHAYA LABANTWANA MONTESSORI EARLY LEARNING CENTRE’ Our projects, all still ‘informal’ were going along very successfully in 2006, when I decided that I needed a change from the hospitality industry…… but I really wanted to stay
The story of the School Furniture & Support Fund
The Pato Desk & Chair Project This project was started in 2004, when Pato Junior Secondary School approached Coffee Shack for help. Their school, which had consisted of a ramshackle bunch of fallen down mud huts, had no funds to
The story of Fanekhaya Lili
We met Fanekhaya Lili in August 2009, when he came and applied for a Receptionist’s position at Coffee Shack Backpackers. He was a very academic applicant and this is his story. Fanekhaya Lili is a 25 year old male who
The story of the Coffee Shack Community Basket
The Coffee Shack “Community Basket” project was started because we realised that guests were often leaving items of clothing or shoes behind…intentionally? We placed a laundry basket in the lounge of the hostel and advised guests that if there was