Mentoring, Skills Development and Leadership
All young people in South Africa contend with high rates of unemployment. The unemployment rate for young people – age 15 to 24 – was 62,4 percent in the first quarter of this year 2025. These figures highlight the immense challenges young South Africans face in entering the job market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQpdrfl4SFM Poor vocational and appropriate […]
Hoedspruit Food Garden Update
Currently they are Harvesting fresh cow peas and after two weeks mealies will be ready to be harvested. The monkeys are currently coming in the evenings to steal them as they are ripening. The Butternuts did not make because of heat, they only harvested leaves and served them to compliment the spinach.
BOOST the vegetable garden
A vegetable garden is essential to create a self-sufficient environment and to allow the children to eat and drink healthy. Children learn to take care of the garden and so they are also more aware of nature. Nature is so important to these children because they do not learn from their parents how to deal […]
BOOST the playground
To help the children play and have fun, we also want to create cool playgrounds. What is a child without a playground? Every child has the right to play. But that is not self-evident for every child. Setting up a playground with a swing, wil, climbing frame and other attributes (balls, skipping rope, etc.) costs […]
BOOST a creche
In general, the children are doing very well in the Netherlands. And how nice is it if we can share that with children who are less well off! In May 2019 was the opening of our first BOOST creche in South Africa, a fantastic project that we would like to share with children and young […]