Miet
NGO in Durban

Miet SA is a Non profit improving the lives of children.

MIET Africa offers a range of services designed to assist partners and service providers in their delivery of quality education to help children reach their full potential. As an African leader in delivering innovative education approaches, our experience and expertise in understanding the challenges and barriers facing child and youth education has applications in almost all emerging markets globally, but particularly on the African continent. Services can be utilized individually or in combination. MIET Africa’s expertise in and innovative approaches to education development have been gained through our experience of working within the Southern African context since our beginnings in Over the next three years, the MiE team explored ways of using print media in education, developing education supplements for popular newspapers and magazines, running workshops and developing educator guides. With the birth of a democratic South Africa in 1994, MiE’s role changed to that of supporting the new democracy, resulting in MiE becoming an independent trust. A University of KwaZulu-Natal training programme for using print media in education and a peace education training programme were developed, and an office was opened in Richards Bay. MiET continued developing programmes and running workshops on the use of print media in education, but expanded its work in Africa through MiET Ghana, and opened five offices throughout South Africa. Development of HIV&AIDS material that would be integrated into the curriculum. A number of integrated projects such as the Zikhulise project and the Multi-Media Rural Initiative (MMRI) pulled the strands together and this represented the initial elements of what was to be later formalized into the Schools as Centres of Care and Support (SCCS) and Education Centres models. The Zikhulise Project aimed to help teachers to develop their own teaching and learning materials compatible with the new curriculum. RAIN distributed materials across rural KZN, using local contractors for secondary distribution from nodal points. At the same time, RNE funded MiET to implement the Multi-Media Rural Initiative (MMRI), establishing multimedia rural education resource centres. Throughout this period, MiET grew its reputation for developing and successfully implementing innovative models, uniquely responsive to the context in which they were implemented. We also continued to strengthen relationships with local and international funders, including the RNE, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Rockefeller Brothers’ Fund (RBF). After successful implementation in South Africa, SDC encouraged MiET to investigate the feasibility of taking the SCCS programme into the SADC Region. MiET, in partnership with UNICEF and consultation with the Ministries of Education, went on to implement the SCCS programme in South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia. MiET continued scaling up models in South Africa, winning praise from funders and government for the effectiveness of implementation, especially for the SCCS model. MiET continued scaling up models in South Africa, winning praise from funders and government for effective and efficient implementation. MIET Africa has focussed on supporting the transformation of education institutions in SADC Member States into inclusive centres of learning, care and support, where every learner can learn. Key to achieving this is the reduction of the impact of societal, systemic, pedagogical and intrinsic barriers that impede the achievement of the Education For All targets and Sustainable Development Goals. MIET Africa has worked with Ministries of Education to design innovative approaches to support the strengthening of education systems and institutions, including a strong focus on teacher development, to ensure improved learner performance and education for all. MIET Africa supports programmes targeting youth to improve access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health sevices and knowledge, including HIV&AIDS, and to develop and deliver life skills, career and entrepreneurial programmes. Through these strategies, MIET Africa supports and empowers youth to take responsibility for their lives, achieve optimally, and participate fully in the political, economic and cultural affairs of society.