The collaboration between Bonnievale Projects and Bonnie People ended in April 2024, handing over to Spirit Foundation, a South African foundation. Thus, the project launched 20 years ago by our association can continue without the need for foreign financial aid! What a success!
Bonnie People and Spirit Foundation together ensure the continuation of the ECD in Bonnievale.
Bonnievale Projects is developing other ways to help the disadvantaged community in Bonnievale, notably in the form of a project focused on adolescents. Stay tuned!
To give an idea of the latest project carried out by Bonnievale Projects in collaboration with Bonnie People, here are its pillars:
Improve the living conditions of the children and young adults living in the poor areas of Bonnievale, including the "Plakkerskamp".
Identity:
Through the official address of the project, the children of the slum can be registered and thus gain access to public schools. We, therefore, support 3 centers for "Early Childhood Development, ECD": Bonnie-People, Kapteintjies, and Tele Tubbies.
Food:
457 meals are prepared 5 days a week, including breakfast, snacks and lunch.
Education and care:
Offered are:
Hygiene:
Sanitary facilities are available.
The kitchen meets the prescribed hygienic requirements.
Safety:
All-day bus transport for preschool children is offered. Teenagers are regularly picked up from the school for individual tutoring.
There is enough space for all children: 5 class rooms, a recreation room and 2 secured computer and workshop facilities.
A multifunctional sports field provides space for all activities.
The whole area is secured by a fence and an alarm system.
A positive side effect, which is certainly also largely due to the project, is the decline in crime in Bonnievale.
The project "A Better Tomorrow" was co-financed by the Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes (MAEE) until 31 August 2021. The following project "Education beats Poverty" was also co-financed by MAEE.