“Teenagers' Convention”:

30 teens from Qwaqwa, 40 teens from Mpumaze and 27 teens from Ermelo making it a total of 97 teens headed to the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve for our second teenagers' convention that took place from the 5th to the 7th of October. This convention is part of Module 2 of My Future, My Responsibility financed by Bouygues Construction's Foundation Terre Plurielle, Water Solutions Southern Africa, Michelin Tyres South Africa, as well as the Accor Foundation. It is aimed at developing our teens' presentation and public speaking skills as well as their ability to analyse and synthesise... Read more

“Extreme Sports Camp”:

40 of our Bushbuckridge beneficiaries spent the month preparing for our second extreme sports camp as part of Module 4 of My Future, My Responsibility (funded by the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund). The purpose of the extreme sports camp is to help our teens know that they can overcome their fears by participating in extreme sports. What they achieve is, knowing that that they can go tubing in a river or hiking for 3hours which can be gruelling... read more

Children of the Dawn - Our Activities

Kgautswane

Children of the Dawn operated in Kgautswane from September 2004 to July 2006 and sponsored 39 children there.

39 children sponsored through Kgautswane Community Development Centre
- Aged from 6 to 14
- 16 boys, 23 girls
- 15 children orphaned, probably through AIDS, or living with an HIV-positive parent, 24 vulnerable children
Schooling: from Crèche to Grade 7 – School fees paid and school uniforms bought.
1 aftercare centre: KCDC centre, which children attended every day twice a day
6 dedicated volunteers
Nutrition programme: food parcels, feeding scheme at aftercare centres, fortified soya and mealie meal taken at the aftercare centres (epap & umpro) for health boosting through vitamins and nutrients

Life skills education, homework support and extra-mural activities
Health, psychological, and emotional support activities
Background work to obtain social grants.