Lifeskills 2,743 vulnerable children South Africa

Wow, what an exciting time we are heading in to! We are on the verge of #GivingTuesday a day when over 70nations around the world push back from the materialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to give to non-profit organizations who are changing the world on your behalf. We are a grassroots organization that relies on individual donors for the work that we cannot get formally funded through large corporations.  

At Keep The Dream196 we recognise that not everyone is able to come and see what is happening on the ground in Limpopo, the logistics and resources that are required far out way the financial means of many of our supporters. I know you would visit if you could and you would be most welcome if you would like to see the impact of our work first hand.

Your investment has yielded the following impact to date:

1. Reduce Teenage Pregnancy from 13% to 0.07% within KTD196. 12 girls in 21yrs have become pregnant instead of over 4,000;
2. Reduce 70% of children involved in crime or victims of crime to 1 child involved in crime in over 30,000 children in 21yrs we have had one child arrested and was deemed incompetent to stand trial;
3. Reduce teenage suicide from 12.9% deaths to 0% in our program
4. Increase matriculation pass rates from governments 65% to KTD196 pass rate of 93%

 Are you aware that:

$5 enables one child to attend KTD196’s program for 1 month

$50 gives 2kgs worth of seeds for 25 children to build their own food gardens and develop their farming skills

$250 a month sponsors a group of 50 children attending the program for a month.

$270/month employs a Field Officer to visit the groups and implement the program in per month including transport.

$1,500 enables us to take 50 scouts to camp for 7days and train them as HIV Peer Educators, First Aiders and empower then with Leadership Skills

Also we have:

1. 80 Self Help Groups which is assisting
2. 1,417 ladies and their families who in turn
3. Support 3,819 children
4. They have saved R1.9million and
5. Utilized R8.9million in loans
6. 70% of these ladies now have small businesses and are no longer reliant on government or loan sharks or anyone else for that matter!

 Which means through our services we are impact over 6,000 peoples lives!

We need to continue our services to the children of Limpopo Province. Please partner with us and help us expand our services to touch and change more lives.

On #GivingTuesday! The more money we raise in comparison to our peers on GlobalGiving on the 3^rd December, GlobalGiving is giving $750K in matching funds, so as you donate we get an increased share! Can you help?

Also, if you start a new monthly donation any time from now until December 31^st, GlobalGiving will double your first donation after 4months. These are all ways you can maximise your gift to the children of Limpopo Province.

I am asking for your ongoing support and I thank you in anticipation

Thank you

Louise

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