By Tyrone Bennett | CEO of Action Change
G'Day Lovely Supporters, Fundraisers, Donors, Friends and Family,
Sadly we have completed our scholarship budget so we back to the fundraising stages for the next few months but the good news )or rather AMAZING news) is that since our very amazing donation 2 years ago we have smashed so many targets and records with over 150 community members coming out after successful training programs and are now leading 16 new projects in their community to empower and inspire others to step up and change their futures.
We have trained people that dropped out of school aged 9-11 and were previously unemployed and had turned to drugs and drinking, although in these cycles they still wanted to do something with their life so they attended our workshops. Showing them a future we worked with them and the professional services for them to get clean and volunteer within our project to show commitment. After several months of dedication and proving to us we issued the 4 of them with scholarships for local training programs, 2 went to the Aquarium to complete marine conservation training, 1 of them wanted to learn to surf so he could teach others so we funded this program and the last went onto learn about education.
Now one of our scholars is working with a local surf school and teaching township children how to surf 6 days a week, the other two have returned home and setup a marine program in partnership with the local Aquarium where they take marine lessons to local schools and events and the final scholar is working as a teaching assistant as well as providing after school homework club for the local community free of charge.
These 4 lost individuals are just a snapshot of the people we have been able to support over the past 2 years after an amazing $100,000 donation. We have really changed the outlook of the future not only for these individuals but the wider community too.
Thank You for every single donation to this project you have really helped us truly and now we begin to start our fundraising efforts again to continue to train more change makers around the world,
Ty
By Vuyo Mngomezulu | Personal Assistant to the CEO
By Vuyo Mngomezulu | Personal Assistant to the CEO
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can recieve an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
