“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 - How can you help

MySchool Card

MySchool is a South African programme aimed at improving the quality of learning and childrens’ lives through a network of partners and supporters.

Children of the Dawn is now a beneficiary of the MySchool programme, whereby a percentage of purchases made at shops such as Woolworths, Waltons, Supa-Quick, Tile/San/Paint Afrika, GardenShop, Kalahari.net, Club Travel, Hirsch’s, Juicy Lucy, Stax and Q-Photo is donated to registered schools or charities.

For example, by swiping your MySchool Card at Woolworths' tills, you will donate as much as 2% of your purchase amount to Children of the Dawn, at no extra-cost to you.

To receive your free MySchool Card, phone 0860100445 (South Africa), or send an-email ordercard@vmp.co.za You can also apply online at http://www.myschool.co.za Don't forget to nominate Children of the Dawn as your beneficiary.