“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
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Children of the Dawn - Achievements

Mobilisation
Our achievements should also be considered from a donor’s perspective. Since our creation, we have managed to mobilise numerous individuals in the support of orphans and vulnerable children:
More than 270 individual sponsors based in 22 countries
Other individual donors and Churches who kindly donate time, monies, clothes, toys and stationery.
We also wish to thank the following South African companies or institutions. Without their much needed support, we could not fulfil our duties to the children!
In 2011, the following companies and institutions have already pledged their support:
- The Lewis Group, presently sponsoring 150 children through our programmes
- Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
- The Momentum Fund
- Terre Plurielle, Bouygues Construction Corporate Foundation
- Accor Foundation
- Air France Foundation
- Michael Page International
- Anglo-American Chairman's Fund
- Power Consulting
- The Bright Foundation
- MTN Foundation
- AECOM David Langdon
- Pamodzi Industrials
- Stick Communications, presently supporting 12 of our children
- Thebe Investment Corporate
- Talooma who kindly sponsors this website
- EXB Electric
- French Development Agency in South Africa
- Khanyisa Real Systems
- Reef Fuel Injection
- Metric Auto Engineering
- Wholesale Housing Supplies
- Ackerman Family Foundation
- Water Sanitation Southern Africa
- Ceres Fruits Juices
- MySchool Card
- Foot Soldiers
- Bell Dewar
- ITNA
- Ernst & Young
During the period 2003-2010, the following companies and institutions supported us:
- AMADE Mondiale
- The Old Mutual Foundation
- The Lewis Group
- The Starfish Greathearts Foundation
- The Momentum Fund
- Michelin Tyres South Africa
- The Shape Magazine
- Sasol Limited
- Alliance for Youth Achievement
- Pamodzi Industrials
- Pick’n Pay
- Ackerman Family Foundation
- Stick Communications, presently supporting 12 of our children
- GreaterGood South Africa
- Careways
- Talooma
- Bytes Technology Group
- Charlotte Roberts Trust
- FeverTree Consulting
- Elle Magazine
- African Pearl Trading
- Santam
- Adendorf Machinery
- Taryn Fritz PR and Communications CC
- Bell Dewar
- Associated Equipment
- Morejade Equipment
- Grassroots Soccer
- Bytes Document Solutions
- The Meropa Casino, through the Starfish Greathearts Foundation
- Nedbank
- FNB Contact Centres
- PEP Stores
- Bidvest Chairman’s Trust
- Michael Page International
- KPMG
- Ernst & Young
- Baynesfield Methodist Church
- NG Kerk Kroonstad
- Panacht Consultants
- MySchool Card
- The Marike de Klerk Fund
- Zodiac Pool Care
- Protea Hotels
- Jo’Bourg Accueil
- African Bank
- The Randburg Rotary Club
- The Bureau.
- Investec
- Terrapinn
- Standard bank
- The Mthetwa Family Trust
- Bedford Chapel
- CrossCape Express
- Massmart
- Juicy Jobs
- Club Med


