WELCOME TO GFPA FOUNDATION
"Positively impacting lives one girl at a time through education, networking, mentorship & scholarships".
Girls fly programme in Africa (GFPA), a non-profit organization is an information and educational Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programme for primary, high school and Post-school learners with a focus on aviation and space.
The programme includes the use of design thinking, technology, and innovation to shape, empower, enable and support the next generation of makers and problem solvers in the aviation and space industry in Africa while entrenching the spirit of Ubuntu.
ALUMNI STORIES: Noxolo Radebe
I am Noxolo Radebe (20). A young woman from Illovo township, Durban KwaZulu-Natal. I am currently doing my Airline Transport Piloting License (ATPL) in Toulouse France.
ALUMNI STORIES: Thorisho Kgomo
My name is Thorisho Kgomo, I am a 21-year-old lady from Limpopo, and I study Forensic Accountancy at the North-West University.
GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY 2021
Johannesburg. As South Africa honours Heritage Day on 24 September this year, the GFPA is celebrating and recognising the cultural wealth of our nation in a global collaboration with the Women in Aviation International (WAI) and their annual...
My Dos and Don’ts of volunteerism
Refilwe Ledwaba
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention” Oscar Wilde.
Period Poverty: Widening the Gender Equality Gap
Period poverty is a global issue affecting those who don’t have access to the safe, hygienic menstrual products they need, and who are unable to manage their periods with dignity, sometimes due to community stigma and sanction. It doesn't just...
SPOTLIGHT: Mpho Radebe
Mpho Radebe, born in Soweto, is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Mpho currently works as a graduate engineer at Sasol. Additionally she is studying towards a Masters in Fluid Dynamics at Wits.
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