Vision
A world of dignity, respect, choice, opportunity and community inclusion for every person.
What's new?
- Join the Permaculture Design Course 14 - 28 August 2022. Visit our Facebook page for more details.
- Thanks to Matt and Joe Parry who made an amazing video about us. Thanks to Steve Dyer for the music, and to all who helped with this project. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/K7MMQtQ2Pcc
- Visit the 'How can you help' page if would like to volunteer to join the board.
Our Purpose
The purpose of Camphill Community Trust is to provide an environment that empowers people with learning disabilities to grow, learn and lead lives of choice and direction. We do this through education and training, transition support and community engagement.
Who are we?
Camphill Community Trust is a community located in the village of Otse in the South East District of Botswana.
Rankoromane School is a residential primary school and Motse Wa Badiri Training offers post-primary education and training. The community is located in an organic farm and also has a number of social enterprises.
Rankoromane School provides primary school education for 60 children with learning difficulties and related disabilities aged between 5 – 14 years.
Motse Wa Badiri Training offers a four-year learning programme for people with learning difficulties or disabilities who are fourteen years or older. A transition support programme offers support to graduates in finding employment or other sustainable livelihood.
Camphill movement
Camphill Community Trust is a part of the international Camphill movement which was founded by Dr Karl König and a group of close associates in 1939 in Scotland. The first Camphill community was a school for disabled children, set within the context of a shared communal life. The school flourished and led to the founding of other Camphill centres, some offering schooling, some training for disabled people and others long term employment and sheltered living.
More on the Camphill movement
The Camphill movement now includes more than 100 centres in 18 countries. Each centre is affiliated to the international Camphill movement but is managed and financed independently.
Camphill Community Trust was started in 1974 as a small school for children with learning difficulties and other disabilities. It has since grown to become a place of learning for children and young people with diverse needs from early childhood through to independent adult life.
Camphill services
Rankodimo Kindergarten
An inclusive nursery school provides pre-primary schooling for 20 children aged 3 - 5 years from the local community as day learners. Some with learning and other disabilities transition to Rankoromane School.
Rankoromane School
Provides primary school education for up to 60 children with learning and other disabilities aged between 5 – 14 years.
Motse Wa Badiri Training
Offers a four-year learning programme for 96 people with learning difficulties or disabilities who are 14 years or older.
Camphill Community Trust
