Sacred Trust
It is clear that a great deal has been accomplished in a decade of freedom from apartheid and despite such achievements, however, there are a host of formidable challenges which still face the nation, including endemic poverty, spiraling unemployment, and the omnipresent Aids epidemic. The war against poverty and under-development still rages.
Education is critical to the altering of historically ingrained divisions of class and race within South Africa, it is a means to the escape from poverty. Providing children with an education and encouraging as many as possible to go on to attend university and significantly improves their employment opportunities. Increased earning power will enable them to improve their standard of living and that of their families.
SACRED are currently sponsoring the education of 134 children at various levels, and are in the process of funding a mobile lab – to travel between schools. SACRED are also looking into starting a school meals project, placing computers in schools with internet access and providing libraries.
Health is also a major problem as South Africa is currently experiencing one of the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. At the end of 2007, there were approximately 5.7 million people living with HIV in South Africa, and almost 1,000 AIDS deaths occurring every day. AIDS is responsible for leaving 1.5 million children across South Africa orphaned – almost 50% of the total number of orphans in the country..
SACRED are funding AIDS education projects and have recently sponsored the delivery of 120 beds to two health clinincs in Johannesburg.
See the Projects section for more information.
With increased funds we will be able to help many many more – please give freely – visit the Donate section to find out how to ….