NextAid Update: Youth Projects In South Africa
by JONATHAN HARRIS, Managing Editor
Causecast organization NextAid is feeling the pinch of the struggling economy, but they’ve still been hard at work on community-building projects in Africa. One of their major initiatives, four years in the making, is about to come to fruition. NextAid’s been working with Youth With A Vision to create a fully-functional community center in Dennilton, South Africa, for orphaned children.
from NextAid’s Nexus Newsletter:
Along with many humanitarian organizations right now, we at NextAid are feeling the impact of the economy and have made some programming adjustments to adapt to these challenges. Since 2005, NextAid has been working in partnership with Youth With A Vision (YWAV) in Dennilton, South Africa to build a community center to benefit orphaned and vulnerable children. In this time, we have built over 12 earth-friendly structures and improved the existing 9-acre site with trees and food gardens. Due to fund-raising challenges and YWAV’s desire to be self-sufficient, NextAid decided to re-evaluate the initial vision of building a larger village that would require long-term involvement and major funding. We are currently in the process of transferring the land to the South African-based organization YWAV and their South African board to manage the project autonomously. We are proud of what NextAid and YWAV have achieved so far with the help of wonderful volunteers, donors, interns and board members. This four-year partnership allowed us to build the community center, help YWAV grow their capacity, and introduce other potential partners and funding opportunities to YWAV.
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- Posted by Causecast
Related causes: Community, Human Rights
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