Celebrating what is Good and Wonderful in South Africa

Flower Valley Conservation Trust

The purpose of the Flower Valley Conservation Trust is conserving fynbos landscapes, conserving livelihoods and connecting people to nature. The Flower Valley Conservation Trust plays an important role in preserving fynbos in the Agulhas basin region by focussing on alien clearing and sustainable harvesting programmes. The Flower Valley Trust has also been asked to play a leading role in the revision of the strategic plan for the Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI). The ABI brings partners together across the Agulhas Plain, and Overberg, and serves as the platform to foster the region’s biodiversity through collective work as partner organisations, departments and individuals.

For more information refer to http://www.flowervalley.org.za/.

Gary Kirsten Foundation

The focus of the Gary Kirsten Foundation (GKF) is to provide quality infrastructure to township schools and to create sustainable cricket programmes facilitated by accredited GKF community coaches. The Gary Kirsten Foundation has supplied five Township Schools with newly constructed artificial cricket nets, complete kit bags with cricket equipment and a full-time cricket coach, under the guidance of GKF. Millennium Trust supported the building of an indoor cricket training facility that will provide access to cricket coaching to 10 schools in the region who have no sports facilities and allow for the cricket programme to continue in the winter months.

For more information refer to https://www.garykirstenfoundation.org.za/.

Grassy Park Rowing Club

The Grassy Park Rowing Club is based at the Zeekoevlei Yacht Club and is affiliated to Rowing South Africa. The Club aims to bring the sport of rowing to high school students in the Grassy Park and surrounding communities. Grassy Park Rowing Club aims to grow the number of participating athletes and to develop very competitive crews, especially in the U14 to U16 age groups, to provide the athletes with the appropriate equipment and training programs to train to the best of their ability and to afford the athlete the opportunity to take part in competitions and regattas where possible.

Kolisi Foundation / Freedom of Movement Social Impact Project

The Kolisi Foundation Social Impact Projects focus on the development of young people in low-income communities. In the Mbekweni Project the Freedom of Movement team works together with the local community and town administration to contribute to the development of the Mbekweni Youth Centre’s multi-functional establishment in Mbekweni township (Paarl) that focuses on health, wellness, career and personal development of the youth (outside of schools). The aim is that the centre serves as a refuge for kids with a lasting impact on the Mbekweni youth. In the Zwide Project the Kolisi Foundation works together with the local community and the management of the Emsengeni Primary School, the school attended by Siya Kolisi, management to improve the facilities at the school which will include the development of a sports field with adequate facilities, the revamp of bathrooms and the implementation of security measures at the school to protect its facilities. The field will be fully accessible to the young people in the community and will serve as a refuge for kids with a lasting impact on the Zwide youth.

For more information refer to https://kolisifoundation.org/.

National Braai Day

The National Braai Day Initiative aims to position National Heritage Day as South Africa’s annual day of celebration. The initiative calls on all South Africans to unite around fires, share our heritage and wave our flag on 24 September every year. The initiative also includes events such as the National Braai Tour, Jan Braai for Erfenis television series, South African of the Year and National Braai Night.

For more information refer to https://braai.com/.

Team Powerhouse Trust – Rowing South Africa

The objectives of the project are to provide the athletes in the South African National Rowing Squad with a sustainable home-base facility that is geared and equipped to support their training requirements at Olympic medal standards; to build a latent pool of athletes from U16 upwards and from all regions and population groups; to retain the service of the key members in the current coaching team; to appoint the needed additional staff and to provide an adequate measure of financial security for the athletes.