Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
“We were driving back to the Presidency in Cape Town one cold winter’s evening, when I saw a group of street children and stopped to talk to them. The children asked me why I love them. This astounded me and I asked them why they ask this and they said that because every time I get money from overseas, I share it with them”.
Nelson R. Mandela
© Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund was founded by Mr Mandela in 1994. He committed one-third of his annual Presidential salary to found and perpetuate the Fund – R150,000 each year for five years.
Mr Mandela’s vision was to protect, nurture and develop the next generation of South Africans, to ensure a better life for them and a stronger future for the country he loved.
By participating in or supporting Enduro Africa you will be both sharing his commitment and helping The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund to improve the lives of the most vulnerable children and young people in South Africa.
They face many challenges, and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, a charity run by committed and expert South Africans, has developed creative and culturally sensitive programmes to help them overcome many obstacles to lead healthy, productive and fulfilled lives.
Children affected by HIV and Aids are a major focus. NMCF, through its Goelama programme, has developed a way of strengthening communities so they can care for vulnerable children that is so effective it is now being used in other southern African countries. The emphasis is on identifying and supporting orphaned children or those who are living in child headed households. Communities work together to make sure these children are safe, educated and fed. They start pre and after school clubs and develop businesses that will sustain the community in the long term. The Champions for Children campaign is another way that the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund is taking care of the most vulnerable. Started during the 2010 World Cup this national movement uses web and mobile phone technology to educate children about abuse and how to alert adults, and to encourage adults to identify children at risk and become their Champion.
Developing leadership potential and skills amongst young people is another key aim of NMCF. Sport, arts and volunteering are used as the means to engage with youth, helping them to recognise and take pride in their own abilities and potential, and in many cases, become a role model for others.
There is so much that NMCF still wants to do to continue to improve the lives of young South Africans, and we are very grateful to all who participate in and support Enduro Africa, as the funds you raise help us to make Mr Mandela’s vision a reality.
For further information about the work of the
Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, please contact:
Rachael Ward, Head of Fundraising, UK Rachael.Ward@nmcf.co.uk
Kathi Scott, Executive Director, UK Kathi.Scott@nmcf.co.uk
or Telephone +44 20 3077 1231/ 1218/
WWW.MANDELA-CHILDREN.ORG.UK
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