How Can You Help?

The needs of the children we serve are considerable, and many basic needs go unmet. This provides ample opportunity to make a difference through financial support, donation of goods or services or donation of your time or expertise.

What Do We Need?

• Reading books & study aids (dictionaries, thesauruses, maps and encyclopaedias)
• Basic school supplies – pens, pencils, exercise books
• Personal toiletries – toothbrushes, tampons, deoderant
• Gym uniforms, sporting kit and equipment, shoes/football boots
• Black shoes & warm jackets/fleeces
• Transport (a very great need) for field trips, workshops and sporting meetings
• Training and employment of local persons to assist with and continue the programs.
• Funds for field trips - entry fees for museum, and participatory sporting events
• Food for after school programs
• Audiovisual equipment and classroom teaching aides, whiteboards, basic classroom equipment
• Teacher sponsorship (remedial, special needs and standard), training and support
• Scholarships and child sponsorship (uniforms, supplies, fees)
• Sponsorship of Overseas Student volunteers

The most urgently needed and highly valued gift you can give, is to VOLUNTEER to work in our programs.

• 4 volunteers giving just 1 hour a week will allow us to add a school to our reading program.
• 2 volunteers offering 2 hours once a month on a weekend morning will allow us to expand our sporting program.
• 3 local Teens giving 1 hour per week to tutor in math will allow us to boost basic maths skills in 15 children.
• 1 local business or organization offering 1-1/2 hours for a field trip can expand a child’s horizons and light a fire in a mind.
• 1 local business or organization volunteering to host a work experience for a day or week will provide invaluable knowledge and help build responsibility, curiosity and goals for the future.

1 Hour a Week Can Impact a Child’s Life

How Will Your Donation Be Spent?

R50 ($7) (£3.50)
• provides exercise books for an entire class
R100 ($14) (£7.50)
• 4 hours of computer training or
• transport for a local educational trip
R500 ($70) (£35)
• provides funding for a football tournament for 100 children or
• material for an art class for a term,
• learning tools for a an entire class
R800 ($120) (£60)
• dictionaries for 60 children or
• football goals for a school team
R2000 ($280) (£140)
• a museum visit in CapeTown for 40 children
• school shoes for 10 children
R5000 ($700) (£350)
• funds a laptop computer for computer training, school projects & research
R8000 ($1200) (£560)
• funds a contract teacher’s salary for a month
R30,000 ($4200) (£2100)
• pays for a 3 year literacy program for 40 children in grades 1-3 (including teacher training & textbooks).