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    Sela Emthonjeni is an NGO that recognises the vital role the youth play in the future of South Africa. They have been working tirelessly to give the youth an opportunity to succeed and kick start their working lives on the best foot possible. “Sela started on August 9, 2011, on the premise that the majority [...]

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    Shiela Katz runs a poverty alleviation project in the Northern Cape known as ‘Back to School.’ As a professional nurse and TB / HIV programme coordinator, Shiela witnessed children going to school barefoot. Sheila explains her reasons for starting the project: “I realised that there are still children, especially in rural and farm areas, that [...]

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    When Elsabè Esterhuizen and her husband visited their niece in the local Swellendam hospital they had no idea that the severely neglected boy in the other bed would become their adopted child – the second last addition to their own four children and the first of many needy children to pass through Elsabè’s arms. Because [...]

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    When Johan Crafford received a call from an old friend, he was quite surprised by what he heard. “Estelle Opperman is the principal of Mug and Tree Nursery School. The parents of the children are so poor that they often go without food.” Johan is a professional photographer and Estelle asked him if he would [...]

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    Funda Nenja is an NGO in Mpophomeni (outside Howick, KZN) that brings together 70 disadvantaged children and their dogs for training, every Friday after school. This remarkable project consists entirely of volunteers and has been in existence since 2009. As Yvonne Spain, one of the volunteers explains: “It is heart-warming to see so many children [...]

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