Helping South Africa’s Children Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder
Celebrating 25 years of joyful learning, inclusion, and impact.
Helping Children Grow Smarter
At Sesame Workshop South Africa, we believe that playful learning sparks curiosity, creativity, and confidence. Through Takalani Sesame and our community programmes, children build critical foundational skills, from early literacy and numeracy to science, problem-solving, and language development.
With content aligned to national curricula and delivered in multiple languages, we meet children where they are, giving every learner a strong start for school, and for life.
Helping Children Grow Stronger
Children thrive when they feel safe, seen, and supported. Our work equips children with the tools to manage emotions, build empathy, and face life’s challenges with confidence.
From social-emotional learning to trauma-informed support, gender equity, and digital safety, we create inclusive spaces where children grow stronger inside and out, with the full support of the caring adults around them.
Helping Children Grow Stronger
Children thrive when they feel safe, seen, and supported. Our work equips children with the tools to manage emotions, build empathy, and face life’s challenges with confidence.
From social-emotional learning to trauma-informed support, gender equity, and digital safety, we create inclusive spaces where children grow stronger inside and out, with the full support of the caring adults around them.
Helping Children Grow Kinder
Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in the stories they hear and the lessons they learn. We celebrate South Africa’s rich diversity of languages, cultures, and communities, and create learning experiences that promote acceptance, kindness, and shared humanity.
Our inclusive programming challenges harmful stereotypes and empowers children to respect themselves and others as they grow into compassionate global citizens.
Celebrating 25 Years of Impact
Join us as we look back at 25 years of learning, laughter, and lasting change. From joyful giggles to measurable learning gains, Takalani Sesame and our community-based programmes have touched millions of young lives across South Africa.
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Children don’t need perfect mothers. They need caregivers who aren’t carrying the load alone.
A caregiver’s strength should never be measured by how much she can endure without help. Despite this, mothers and other female caregivers are still too often expected to absorb the financial, practical and emotional pressures of family life while continuing to provide children with calm, attentive and responsive care.
Play That Powers Progress
The Watch, Play, Learn (WPL) programme is a play-based early learning intervention implemented by Sesame Workshop South Africa, with support from Standard Bank, to strengthen school readiness among children aged 3–6 in under-resourced Early Childhood Development (ECD) settings.
How Much Screen Time Is Too Much?
How much screen time is too much? It’s a question many parents and caregivers ask, and for good reason. For the vast majority of families and children, screens now sit squarely inside the daily rhythms of life. They entertain, distract, soothe, teach and connect – but they can also take up much more space than we realise.
Join Us in Changing Young Lives
Your support helps us reach even more children, families, and communities with inclusive, joyful, and life-changing early learning. Together, we can help every child in South Africa grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
Helping Children Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, And Kinder.