Dear Vision AfriKa Supporter
Access to learning resources, facilities and tutors all form part of the supportive environment we provide for the children and young people who participate in our programmes.
But for many of our learners this doesn’t go far enough.
They grow up in an environment often lacking in life’s basics - things many of us often take for granted. This includes access to good nutrition and opportunities to get regular exercise, both of which play such an important part in growing the healthy bodies young people require to benefit from our programmes and develop inquisitive minds. That’s why we spend a great deal of time focusing on exercise and providing nutritious food each day.
To help fund this important part of our work, we’ve just launched a crowdfunding campaign called "Healthy Bodies for 400 Children” - and we’d very much appreciate your support
“I am now committed to my education without having to worry about my next meal” — Zolie Sapepa, Vision AfriKa participant.
As you know, taking personal responsibility is at the heart of our philosophy, but we also realise that we stand a much better chance of instilling this and other important values in the minds of our learners when we are able to address some of these debilitating constraints. To paraphrase Nelson Mandela, we remove these obstacles so that their choices too may reflect their hopes rather than their disadvantages - to give them the confidence to break the mould and dream bigger.
"B. Com Accounting is not an obvious choice for a township girl but because I was inspired to dream by Vision Afrika it was for me, and I am now in my second year of study at the University of the Western Cape.” — Ambesiwe Goje, Vision AfriKa participant.
Thanks as always for your support. If you’d like to learn a bit more about our philosophy and current programmes, take a peek at our revamped website at VisionAfriKa.com or browse our news items below.
Here’s to many more success stories.
The Team at Vision AfriKa
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German family gets creative with Vision 2s
A German family visited Vision AfriKa’s Primary School at the start of February and spent a fun-packed day teaching the Grade 2 learners how to create beautiful things in a safe way. The Hansen family had come from Frankfurt to see Oliver, who has been volunteering at Vision AfriKa for the last year. He was […]
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Vision Vlottenburg’s Aftercare group boosts parental engagement with first of three annual meetings
Vision Vlottenburg Aftercare group hosted a parents’ meeting in early February to help engage them in their children’s learning process and ensure they understand what it entails. The meeting, which took place at Vlottenburg Vineyard’s community church, was the first of three planned events during 2017. New parents were welcomed and told about how Aftercare […]
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Vision 12 camp focuses on careers guidance
‘Careers guidance’ was the theme of this year’s Vision AfriKa Grade 12 camp to provide learners with the support required to make important choices about their future before matriculating. As a precursor to the camp, which took place in mid-February at the Kanonkop campsite in Simonsberg near Stellenbosch, however, the students were divided into four […]
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Vision AfriKa holds first of planned termly parent’s meetings
Vision AfriKa held the first of a planned series of termly parents’ meetings in early February in order to discuss learners’ progress and find ways to encourage them to stick with the programme. The get-together was also the first opportunity that parents of the new intake of Grade 8 students had had a chance to […]
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Spec Day Project ensures 20:20 vision for primary school learners in Kayamandi
Learners at Vision AfriKa’s primary school were given free-of-charge eye tests by the Spec Day Project at the start of February in order to ensure that any potential problems were dealt with early. The Project, which was set up and funded by a group of friends from Sweden, had originally approached Vision Afrika’s operations manager […]
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