1 day ago
16th Rally to Read reaches out to rural schools with limited resources

It was an intricate balance between structured educational upliftment, excellent planning and co-ordination, as well as a healthy measure of fun and adventure, that saw the 16th annual Rally to Read programme set off at the start of May to deliver box libraries and educational resources to more than 40 000 children in 120 underprivileged rural [...]

3 days ago
Calling All Young Change Agents!

Africa is persistently inundated with countless struggles likely to jeopardise the promising future of the continent. Some notable concerns, a great deal of which affect the youth, include lack of sufficient education, economic inequality, youth unemployment, lack of access to basic amenities, lack of access to finance for further studies and self-improvement, lack of access [...]

8 days ago
Eco Rangers help youth take back tomorrow

The Eco Rangers were launched at the Joburg Waste Summit which took place on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th May at the Sandton Convention Centre. The project, which targets Grade 3 learners, will start off with 200 earmarked schools within the City of Joburg municipality in peri-urban and urban areas, educating learners and teachers about [...]

10 days ago
R1,2 million towards rhino conservation in KZN game park

In a handover ceremony held at its Johannesburg head office on Wednesday, conservation-led experiential travel company &Beyond received a donation of ZAR 1.2 million towards the protection of rhino at its Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. With fundraising coordinated by StopRhinoPoaching.com, an independent web-based organisation dedicated to raising support for the war against rhino [...]

10 days ago
Inkwenkwezi Youth Project aims to get kids off the street

A woman named Tatjana Meirelles was approached to shoot a video. This was not just any ordinary video. The video was of the painting of a mural at an an old, unused warehouse, which would be turned into a sports center for the Inkwenkwezi Youth project in Hout Bay, which helps the children of the community get off the streets. In [...]

15 days ago

Loyalty Awards Shortlist A South African Original South Africans have swiped MySchoolMyVillageMyPlanet onto the shortlist of an international loyalty awards competition. They were chosen from over 200 entries from 20 different countries for The Loyalty Awards. Held for the first time in 2012, the Awards recognize excellence, innovation and best practice in the loyalty industry [...]

22 days ago
Spreading warmth and touching lives

Jerseys4Jozi is a non-profit organisation which aims to distribute 20 000 hooded sweaters to underprivileged adults and children around Johannesburg during the winter months of 2013. Recent urban statistics revealed that there are over 800 000 homeless people living on the streets of Johannesburg. Many say that for them winter is a hopeless time, the [...]