FiveTrails Africa NPC
Free learning pathways for young people.
We build and run Atlas, a free online campus where young people grow their skills, confidence and capacity to change their own lives and their communities.
Access to opportunity should not depend on access to money.
Our world
Uncovering young people's superpowers.
Our world of work is challenging. There is a lot of uncertainty, a lot of tension, and very few self-development ecosystems that gently nurture and grow young people's capacity.
We are here to uncover our students' superpowers so that they can have better lives. This is the work we do, and the work we love.
Head
Skills and knowledge.
Heart
Attitudes, values and mindset.
Hand
Skills and abilities to act and achieve.
Our core initiative
Atlas: Pathways to Potential
Built on over a decade of experience and connection with youth in South Africa, Atlas puts the student at the centre of it all. Its blended content helps young people take charge of their own learning journeys, see themselves as leaders in their own lives, and build the capacity to make meaningful change where they live.
Free.
For every learner, on any device.
No fees, no barriers.
Atlas Academy
Self-strengthening, transformational leadership and exploring the roles young people hold in their communities.
Green Learn2Earn
Equipping marginalised youth in South Africa with the skills and credentials to take part in the growing green economy.
Ecopreneurs
For 18 to 35 year olds who champion the environment in their communities and grow initiatives that earn while doing good. We recruit, equip, inspire, connect and nurture them.
Choose your pathway and start learning today.
Visit atlas.org.za →For organisations
A shared campus, so you don't have to build your own.
Bring your programme onto Atlas and spend your resources on your mission, not on rebuilding the technology underneath it.
Bring your programme onto AtlasHost your learning programmes
Deliver online and blended learning
Connect learners to more opportunities
Learn from participation and engagement data
Our impact
Reach matters. What happens after reach matters more.
50 000
Learners on Atlas
43 000
Courses completed
10
Partner organisations
How Atlas stays free
Free for every learner. We intend to keep it that way.
Atlas is funded through grants, donations and partnerships, and through workshops and facilitation that FiveTrails delivers for other organisations. Income from that work goes directly into keeping Atlas online, developing new courses and reaching more young people.
Grants and philanthropy
Funders who back the platform, content and access.
Donations
Individuals and companies who give directly.
Workshops and facilitation
Income from this work is reinvested in Atlas.
Get involved
There are lots of ways to build this with us.
Share Atlas
Help a young person find the free learning they need.
Let's build something useful.
You don't need a perfect proposal. Start with the problem, tell us what you're trying to achieve, and we'll start there.