“The World Cup Project”:
Children of the Dawn has been allocated 187 tickets for 4 Soccer World Cup Games in June! In recognition of our work, FIFA’s 2010 World Cup Football for Hope Ticket Fund run by official sponsor Sony has donated these tickets for Children of the Dawn beneficiaries. Now we have to transport the lucky 146 children and their caregivers to the games… so we need your financial support! When you make a donation towards this World Cup Project, you will be entered in a lucky draw that will see two generous donors be given two tickets for the Ghana vs Germany Game – Soccer City – 20h30, 23rd of June, to accompany our children in their fantastic adventure. Please make your donation under the ref your name by following this link. We probably need some R40’000 to transport all the lucky children. A donation of R200 would take care of the transport needs of 1 child, chosen through a lucky drawn amongst 10 years and older. We rely on your generosity to make sure this very very exciting adventure become true!”
Children of the Dawn - Who We Are
Our Beginnings
Children of the Dawn was set up – by concerned individuals - to support and strengthen existing or budding community initiatives which focus on caring for HIV/AIDS orphans. Based on a sponsorship programme, Children of the Dawn’s goal is to give back a future to these affected children.
An association of persons was set up in May 2002 with as a main objective “to provide basic means of survival – such as food and schooling – and support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children”, and as a secondary objective “to engage with community-based organisations that will act as facilitators between Children of the Dawn and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs)”. Children of the Dawn was officially registered as a Non-Profit Organisation by the South African Department of Social Development on the 19th of September 2002.
A pilot-project was started in September 2002 in the rural community of Mathabatha in the Limpopo Province. Ten children were sponsored by 10 individual South African sponsors via a partnership with a community-based organisation called Fanang Diatla Self Help Centre. The first six months of the pilot project proved very successful with all children going back to school and being fed and cared for on a regular basis.
In April 2003, after careful analysis of the pilot-project, Children of the Dawn started its expansion.
