Lifeskills 2,743 vulnerable children South Africa

I am so excited that you have chosen to partner with Keep The Dream196 to continue to change the life outcomes of these amazingly beautiful children in Limpopo Province.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Children are the future, their ability to dream determines their future and because of you, the children we work with are not just dreaming but realizing those dreams!

I am happy to share with you how your funds are stewarded. As partners, we believe it is important to let you know your resources are well managed and truly serving the children.

If you would like a complete copy of our Annual Financial Report, please just email me on keepthedream196@gmail.com

Last year in 2021, 85.3% of monies raised were used to deliver the children's program, the SHG program, and all training and camps we have implemented.

The increase in costs has occurred due to the general cost of living increases, last time I reported on our financials we only 10% on organizational costs but with now having our own office space and no longer working out of my house this obviously has increased our organizational costs. Fuel has been a major increase on top of supporting people through Covid over the last 2years. I am proud to say with our interventions, only two families are still requiring food parcels but through the Self Help Project this will be reduced over the remainder of the year as these families become economically more stable.

Over the years we have worked diligently to deliver an impactful program effectively and stewarding your generous support allows us to continue to reach our goal as well.  We have a goal to expand our reach this coming year to ensure we successfully reach even more children in need of Keep The Dream 196 program. The need is so great but we have the solution! Together we can do this thing!

Under project costs, we have activities such as:

• Implementation of the Children's Program
• Leadership Training for children
• Leadership Training for the adults to be able to run our program
• Sustainable Development Goals awareness and advocacy activities
• Boys2Men training - this training helps the boys understand what is the role of a man in today's society. Sadly only 10% of the boys who attended the training had fathers. Of this only, 1% had fathers they viewed as role models. The lack of real fathers and real men that are willing to step up and mentor, guide, lead and provide for their families is so obvious when we hear the heartbreaking stories of these young men who often act out in violence and abuse because that is what they know. This training helps them understand the patterns associated with abuse and how to decide to be a different man and not fall into the same pitfalls their fathers had.
• Sex and Sexuality training for girls in particular
• Rural Leadership development training has been a feature this year as we have empowered the youth to take a more active role in the groups they are involved with
• We have now over 300 ladies involved in our Self Help Group program of savings and loans - changing the power dynamics of money and taking the power away from the money lenders and giving it back to the women.

To name just a few activities we have implemented over this last year.

What this means in terms of outcome is that we, our programs and services, have been an important part of the many communities in which we work, and with your continued help, we can continue to provide a lasting impact in the lives of these children, their families, the townships and beyond. Thank you! We could not do all that we do without you.

Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement it really is very special.

Blessings

Louise

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