“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 - Who We Are
Our Structure
Today, Children of the Dawn is registered in South Africa as a Non-Profit Organisation (No: 021-164 NPO) and as a Public Benefit Organisation (No: 930 001 736). Among other things, this means that donations made by South African individuals or companies are tax-deductible.
A sister organisation was opened in France in December 2003 under the name “Les Enfants de l’Aurore (France)” with the same mission as Children of the Dawn. Both organisations work hand in hand to support rural South African children in dire need.
From its inception to the beginning of 2006, Children of the Dawn operated on a structure run totally by volunteers. Since April 2006, Children of the Dawn has been employing a fulltime project manager with the view to expand its activities and reach 700 children. Now that this target has been reached, our medium term-goal is to reach some 850 primary children and to strengthen the level of services delivered to the children. At least 88% of donations made by individual sponsors are directly spent on supporting the sponsored children.
Each rural community implementing Children of the Dawn’s model is thoroughly monitored through financial and activity reports, field visits, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. Some of the rural communities we work with are closely associated with a national rural network called REDI.
Children of the Dawn presently comprises of about 280 members, mainly consisting of individual South African or foreign sponsors.
Children of the Dawn is managed by:
- The Council of Children of the Dawn, an elected structure who oversees the work of the organisation and defines its strategy. Currently, the Council members are: Agnes QWABE (Mathabatha), Magali MALHERBE (National Project Manager), Puleng MDIYA (Qwaqwa), Morné DU PLESSIS (Treasurer), Vincent PHAKATHI (Ermelo), Olga MESHOE (Secretary), and Bellinah LUBISI (Mangweni)
- A Management Committee, an elected sctructure who handles day-to-day decisions. Currently, the Management Committee comprises Magali MALHERBE (National Project Manager), Morné DU PLESSIS (Treasurer), and Olga MESHOE (Secretary).
