What We Do
As of April 4th, 2024, Opening Doors is an officially registered non-profit organisation in South Africa. However, over the past 15 years, Opening Doors has been a charitable initiative our founder, Claire Revell, ran alongside her UK software development company, Intellek. As well as providing free access to online learning to schools and other NPOs, every software subscription sale Intellek makes, a percentage goes to funding children through education.
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Claire also regularly visited and volunteered in the Inchanga and Hammersdale communities, and surrounding areas of Durban. Raising funds before her visits, hauling over large suitcases full of clothing and other much-needed items. While there, she would be out in the community doing anything she could to help.
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In September 2024, our founder and her family made the move and emigrated to South Africa. While continuing with the existing initiatives below, they have a plethora of new projects in store.​ Watch this space!
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Current Projects in Place
Sponsoring Children Through Education
There are no fees for the schools in Inchanga or Hammersdale, however the children must have a school uniform, shoes, and a school bag to attend which we fund. In some cases we also need to cover travel costs.​​
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Children sponsored so far...
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Free Skills Development Program
In partnership with Intellek, we've created a skills development program and provide 100's of eLearning courses to schools and NFPs/NGOs completely FREE!
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​Young adults enrolled in our Skills Development Program so far...
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Learning should be considered not only as a tool for eradicating poverty but also as an opportunity to ignite a revolution for future progress.- Claire Revell