Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa

by United Through Sport SA
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa
Developing Vulnerable Kids Thru Sport South Africa

Summary

This project develops orphaned and vulnerable children from the township communities. The focus is to use sport as a tool to deliver key educational support, to give these children more opportunities in life.

$25,000
total goal
$3,758
remaining
276
donors
0
monthly donors
3
fundraisers
16
years

Challenge

Children born around the end of the Apartheid era are still victims of its effects and lack of opportunities. South Africa has a high birth rate, but due to rampant unemployment and poverty, South Africans have low life expectancy and average family income of around $16 per month. Children from large families live in crowded conditions. Children are often raised by grandparents having lost both parents to HIV/Aids. Children able to attend school, struggle to afford fees, uniform and transport.

Solution

These orphaned and vulnerable children are given full scholarships, to top schools in Nelson Mandela Bay, through United Through Sport South Africa. United Through Sport offers sports coaching, life orientation classes and personal mentoring sessions and academic support in addition to the children's normal academic education they receive at their respective schools.

Long-Term Impact

The aim is for all the children to leave their schools with a full matric qualification (final year of senior schooling in South Africa) and to be placed at either University, a vocational institution or in employment to be able to use the skills they have learnt to get a great start to a better life. This will break the poverty cycle and uplift the communities the children live in.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Organization Information

United Through Sport SA

Location: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province - South Africa
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
Project Leader:
Nick Mould
Founder
Port Elizabeth , Eastern Province South Africa

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