Ekufundzeni, previously known as the Methodist Education Initiative, is an independent NGO operating since 1993 in the disadvantaged areas surrounding Benoni – Daveyton, Etwatwa and Wattville.
Ekufundzeni operates in the education arena and comes from a desire to make a difference in education in disadvantaged public schools. A visit to the local schools in 1992 highlighted the lack of libraries and books and thus little or no culture of reading amongst the schools. This then became our focus area.