→Latest press Aloha Friends of TABSA, My time in South Africa in June/July 2013 will focus on two ongoing TABSA projects and securing arrangements with SA Education Department officials for teacher training workshops in 2014. Evaluations and highlights from the 2012 math and science workshops with 200 South African teachers may be accessed on our website: www.tab-sa.org…

The TABSA 2012 Annual Report is now available for download.

Laurie Lee TABSA 2012 Reflection I learned of Teachers Across Borders South Africa two years ago when I had the pleasure of meeting its founder/director, Yunus Peer. I was most intrigued that TABSA was initially a grassroots effort that still functioned as such, and that no one involved earned a salary or stipend for their…

Teachers Across Borders South Africa Reflection 2012 James Metz Overtime! I begin with thanks to Yunus for inviting me to participate in the project this year, despite my retirement from TABSA last year. I also want to thank TABSA’s matriarch, Mrs. Amena Peer, for her continued support, as well as the family of Dr. Razvi…

James Metz – University of Hawaii – KCC Teachers Across Borders Reflection 2011 What a ride! I first came with the team of teachers to South Africa in 2003. 2011 marked my ninth and final time to conduct workshops with the teachers here. It is time for me to step aside and let the project…

Ed DaSilva – Maryknoll High School TABSA 2011 Teaching chemistry in South Africa in July 2011 was an experience to remember for the rest of my life. The amazing beauty of the country matches the beauty of the people we were privileged to work with there. Among the many things I will never forget are:…

Angela Costanzo – Hawaii Pacific University TABSA 2011 – Reflection Wow, what can I say about my amazing, life changing experience in South Africa with Teachers Across Borders?! Thanks to Yunus Peer, Michelle Buck, Franklyn Lau, Paul Heimerdinger, Ed DaSilva, Laurie Schaefer, Jim Metz and Thokozani, my life has changed for the better and I…

Paul Heimerdinger: Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawaii. Reflection 2011 TABSA I think this trip to South Africa with Teachers Across Borders was my best and perhaps my most effective. Training district supervisors to do the workshops and assisting them in the third week to put on the workshops for their own teachers, put me first in…

The Eyes of HOPE By: Michelle Buck – Kamehameha Schools A Reflection: Teachers Across Borders South Africa 2011 It is difficult to find words to express the sensations that rush through your body when you look into the eyes of a child. It is difficult to find words to express the instinctive mothering that swells…