Current Project
The HOPE Foundation and Caguba Children's Library
Our current beneficiary is HOPE Foundation. HOPE in SA is raising funds to help the HOPE Foundation build the Caguba Children's Library.
Background
With roughly 400,000 residents, Caguba is a large administrative area governed by a traditional leader of the Mpondo tribe. Community taps and electricity have only been installed in the area in the past three years. Before that, candles/paraffin lamps were used and residents collected rainwater or fetched water from the river. Even now, there are regular power failures and a lack of water in the community taps. Unemployment is high and most people are subsistence farmers and/or rely on State grants (child-support, old age pensions, disability grants). HIV/AIDS is also very high.
There are nine schools in Caguba, serving at least a half dozen main villages, and about 2000 primary school children. None of the schools in Caguba has a library.
With HOPE in SA's help, a public library will be built to serve the community – view a larger picture of the drawings by clicking on one of the images below:
With your help, HOPE in SA can build the first children's library in Caguba, giving the children a safe place to learn.
Please click here to donate.