Spirit Community Foundation
Entrepreneurs are vital for our country’s economic development as they create business opportunities, the effects of which cascade into their families and…
Over 90% of visually impaired people live in low-and middle-income countries and 51% of blindness is due to age-related cataracts. In many…
Entrepreneurship education that is well coordinated can positively impact skill acquisition, capacity building, entrepreneurial development, economic development and growth. The Big Issue…
More than 100 million people are categorised as visually impaired due to uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism). For most, normal…
Major threats to our rivers include construction projects, mining, road laying and others while human encroachment, living close to and on these…
Ms Patricia Schutters was born in the Cape Town southern suburb of Wynberg in 1943. She had three sisters and one brother.…
Aiden Arendse, dropped out of school and dropped out of the Bonnievale 418 employment readiness course. But a subsequent mindset change led…
We facilitate our next parent support group. At our support group meeting this month, the focus is on orientation and mobility. We…
To address some of the misconceptions about blindness, and to educate children on important principles to keep in mind when interacting with…
In July, we managed to improve three of our vendors’ homes. One of the vendors who benefited from the Home Improvement project…
With National Women’s Day on 9 August, we acknowledge our stakeholders involved in the support and empowerment of girls who are blind…
Mrs Rosaline Paynter was born in 1936 in District Six, Cape Town. She was born with a twin brother and was one…
Whilst schools were closed country wide for holidays, we returned on July 22nd, and welcomed back our students. They were excited to…
In June Big Issue held two maths classes. We have allowed our students to take a well-deserved break just like other students…
Parents with children aged between three and six years who are enrolled in our Early Childhood Development pre-school class will participate in…
The recent storms have also given us guidance on changes which need to be made to areas adjacent to some of the…
This month LOFOB’s Education and Awareness Outreach teams will engage with the communities of Ocean View and Worcester on care of the…
Mrs Eksteen is a 92-year-old woman born on Jordaan Street in District Six. She lived there with her parents and three brothers.…
June has been a very busy month, with mopping up after the storms, trying to save the banks from erosion due to…
With Mandela Day coming up on 18th July we are appealing to people to take action and inspire change by supporting LOFOB…
Preparing our beneficiaries for the mid-year examinations – education support for children, youth, and adults who are blind and visually impaired. With…
We focus on the protection of children with disabilities, National Child Protection Week The Constitution of South Africa (1996) protects the rights…
Mrs Farieda Howell was born in District Six in the 1950’s. She attended school at Trafalgar High, worked at a factory and…
Throughout the month of May, LOFOB teams will engage with schools, companies and organisations to encourage them to join us and show…
April has been an exciting and memorable month for the HearInAfrica team and the Spirit Community Foundation as we continued our services…
Mathematics class: We continue to observe the determination and dedication of our learners. Every month, significant progress is identifiable in terms of…
Mr Elias Kamaar, a 72-year-old man was born and raised in District Six. He attended Trafalgar High School and enjoyed participating in…
Ian Kilbride, Guest Editor for The Big Issue and Chairman of Spirit Invest and Spirit Foundation, and Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch Business…
Little Leaves is a weekly group that focuses on nature-based play and exploration for toddlers between the ages of 12 – 24…
Mrs Beatrice McGrath is a 97-year-old woman. She is a mother to 13 children and to many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs…
Mathematics class: In March we saw an increase in the Big Issue maths class attendance. A total number of 10 students participate…
WELCOME TO THE SPIRIT FOUNDATION FULL CIRCLE PUBLICATION – REVIEW AND ACHIEVEMENTS Former President Nelson Mandela was undoubtedly correct when observing that,…
At Jakes Gerwel Tegnies Skool we go the extra mile. The ideal is that every learner completes school with a driver's license.…
Mr Alan Salisbury, a 77-year-old man who moved from Bridgewater, England to South Africa in 1976 to explore the world and experience…
Our school year is well underway. Through a range of education support interventions, LOFOB reaches 130 children and youth who are blind…
Desiree Adonis was born in District Six and lived there until she was eight years old when she was forcibly removed with…
My name is Rebrencia Siegelaar. I was born and raised in Bonnievale. I am currently employed at De Wijngarten Boutique better known…
The start of the year is a busy period for most school children and their parents. There is pressure for children and…
The Liesbeek flows from the back of Table Mountain for a distance of some 9 km (through Kirstenbosch and the southern suburbs)…
Sulayman Fredericks is a 70-year-old man originally from District Six. Due to the Group Areas Act during apartheid, Mr Fredericks and his…
The JGTS driving programme remains popular amongst students. Obtaining a driver’s licence has become essential in securing formal employment opportunities within the…
Mrs Marlene Adams is 67 years old, lived in Cape Town her whole life and is a mother of two and grand…
Help the Spirit Community Foundation to provide the necessary support to preserve this river through the work we do with Upper Liesbeek…
Did you know: Of the one billion population of persons with disabilities, 80% live in developing countries? One in every five women…
Only 21,8% of women possess a driver’s licence in South Africa, compared to 40,1% of men. This glaring and disempowering disparity between…
“The change in your pocket makes a big change in the lives of vendors”, is a mantra of The Big Issue. It…
Did you know: The Liesbeek River is named after a river in the Netherlands? It flows for approximately 9kms from Table Mountain…
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”, wrote Helen Keller. Help the Spirit Community Foundation to…
There are key factors that determine employment readiness. Our work with Bonnievale 418 assists youth with their critical thinking skills, personal presentation…
Despite the efforts to promote educational opportunities for youth, approximately 263 million children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out of school. In…
Trees are important for our environment. 5 things you should know they are good for: 1. Purifying air 2. Saving water 3.…
The Upper Liesbeek River Garden (ULRG) is situated along both banks of the Upper Liesbeek, adjacent to the suburbs of Bishopscourt Village…
At least 2.2 billion people worldwide have a vision impairment. The World Health Organization recognizes the vital role in educating citizens on…
The Full Circle It is unusual to be in a position to make a meaningful difference to the lives of scholars, communities…
The Spirit Community Foundation assists the hard of hearing. Here’s just one such story: Ms Jacobs, the youngest of 10 children, was…
The Spirit Community Foundation (SCF) partners with the Upper Liesbeek River Garden (ULRG) team to maintain and upgrade the river garden so…
8 September 2022 is International Literacy Day “The earlier the blind child starts to read, the better. Early literacy experiences create a…
The appearance of Prince William on the front cover of the South African edition of the Spirit Community Foundation-sponsored Big Issue magazine…
The Big Issue, in collaboration with Spirit Foundation, recognises the struggles that the female vendors face and acknowledge their remarkable efforts to…
APPLETON SUPPORTS LOFOB AND LEARNS FROM OUR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED FRIENDS Appleton shared a special and memorable Mandela Day on Monday…
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wilderness. We must never forget that it is our…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela In honour of Madiba, our Warwick…
The Spirit Community Foundation Support for the League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) Occupational Therapy - supporting the early childhood needs…
One of the recent major achievements at the ULRG has been the replacement of the deteriorating log tables and seats with recycled…
It is remarkable to record that during the past 18 years, we have planted more than 250 indigenous trees at the Upper…
Alex Iwobi savoured an “amazing” and belated opportunity to witness Everton in the Community’s “life-changing” work on a visit to the charity’s…
Everton Women’s Courtney Brosnan and Hanna Bennison took a trip to Springwell Park Primary School in Bootle to find out more about…
In light of mental health awareness week, we're shining the spotlight on Everton in the Community’s mental health programme, Imagine Your Goals…
Saturday the 23rd of April was a massive day in Warwick Masiphumelele Rugby Clubs history. It fielded for the first time ever…
Throughout her pregnancy Anushka had great expectations for her unborn child. Like most parents she never anticipated her baby being diagnosed with…
We believe that humans are holistic beings, hence we strive to prevent them from being broken. In as much as the people…
Entrepreneurs are vital for our country’s economic development as they create business opportunities, the effects of which cascade into their families and…
Over 90% of visually impaired people live in low-and middle-income countries and 51% of blindness is due to age-related cataracts. In many…
Entrepreneurship education that is well coordinated can positively impact skill acquisition, capacity building, entrepreneurial development, economic development and growth. The Big Issue…
More than 100 million people are categorised as visually impaired due to uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism). For most, normal…
Major threats to our rivers include construction projects, mining, road laying and others while human encroachment, living close to and on these…
Ms Patricia Schutters was born in the Cape Town southern suburb of Wynberg in 1943. She had three sisters and one brother.…
Aiden Arendse, dropped out of school and dropped out of the Bonnievale 418 employment readiness course. But a subsequent mindset change led…
We facilitate our next parent support group. At our support group meeting this month, the focus is on orientation and mobility. We…
To address some of the misconceptions about blindness, and to educate children on important principles to keep in mind when interacting with…
In July, we managed to improve three of our vendors’ homes. One of the vendors who benefited from the Home Improvement project…
With National Women’s Day on 9 August, we acknowledge our stakeholders involved in the support and empowerment of girls who are blind…
Mrs Rosaline Paynter was born in 1936 in District Six, Cape Town. She was born with a twin brother and was one…
Whilst schools were closed country wide for holidays, we returned on July 22nd, and welcomed back our students. They were excited to…
In June Big Issue held two maths classes. We have allowed our students to take a well-deserved break just like other students…
Parents with children aged between three and six years who are enrolled in our Early Childhood Development pre-school class will participate in…
The recent storms have also given us guidance on changes which need to be made to areas adjacent to some of the…
This month LOFOB’s Education and Awareness Outreach teams will engage with the communities of Ocean View and Worcester on care of the…
Mrs Eksteen is a 92-year-old woman born on Jordaan Street in District Six. She lived there with her parents and three brothers.…
June has been a very busy month, with mopping up after the storms, trying to save the banks from erosion due to…
With Mandela Day coming up on 18th July we are appealing to people to take action and inspire change by supporting LOFOB…
Preparing our beneficiaries for the mid-year examinations – education support for children, youth, and adults who are blind and visually impaired. With…
We focus on the protection of children with disabilities, National Child Protection Week The Constitution of South Africa (1996) protects the rights…
Mrs Farieda Howell was born in District Six in the 1950’s. She attended school at Trafalgar High, worked at a factory and…
Throughout the month of May, LOFOB teams will engage with schools, companies and organisations to encourage them to join us and show…
April has been an exciting and memorable month for the HearInAfrica team and the Spirit Community Foundation as we continued our services…
Mathematics class: We continue to observe the determination and dedication of our learners. Every month, significant progress is identifiable in terms of…
Mr Elias Kamaar, a 72-year-old man was born and raised in District Six. He attended Trafalgar High School and enjoyed participating in…
Ian Kilbride, Guest Editor for The Big Issue and Chairman of Spirit Invest and Spirit Foundation, and Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch Business…
Little Leaves is a weekly group that focuses on nature-based play and exploration for toddlers between the ages of 12 – 24…
Mrs Beatrice McGrath is a 97-year-old woman. She is a mother to 13 children and to many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs…
Mathematics class: In March we saw an increase in the Big Issue maths class attendance. A total number of 10 students participate…
WELCOME TO THE SPIRIT FOUNDATION FULL CIRCLE PUBLICATION – REVIEW AND ACHIEVEMENTS Former President Nelson Mandela was undoubtedly correct when observing that,…
At Jakes Gerwel Tegnies Skool we go the extra mile. The ideal is that every learner completes school with a driver's license.…
Mr Alan Salisbury, a 77-year-old man who moved from Bridgewater, England to South Africa in 1976 to explore the world and experience…
Our school year is well underway. Through a range of education support interventions, LOFOB reaches 130 children and youth who are blind…
Desiree Adonis was born in District Six and lived there until she was eight years old when she was forcibly removed with…
My name is Rebrencia Siegelaar. I was born and raised in Bonnievale. I am currently employed at De Wijngarten Boutique better known…
The start of the year is a busy period for most school children and their parents. There is pressure for children and…
The Liesbeek flows from the back of Table Mountain for a distance of some 9 km (through Kirstenbosch and the southern suburbs)…
Sulayman Fredericks is a 70-year-old man originally from District Six. Due to the Group Areas Act during apartheid, Mr Fredericks and his…
The JGTS driving programme remains popular amongst students. Obtaining a driver’s licence has become essential in securing formal employment opportunities within the…
Mrs Marlene Adams is 67 years old, lived in Cape Town her whole life and is a mother of two and grand…
Help the Spirit Community Foundation to provide the necessary support to preserve this river through the work we do with Upper Liesbeek…
Did you know: Of the one billion population of persons with disabilities, 80% live in developing countries? One in every five women…
Only 21,8% of women possess a driver’s licence in South Africa, compared to 40,1% of men. This glaring and disempowering disparity between…
“The change in your pocket makes a big change in the lives of vendors”, is a mantra of The Big Issue. It…
Did you know: The Liesbeek River is named after a river in the Netherlands? It flows for approximately 9kms from Table Mountain…
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”, wrote Helen Keller. Help the Spirit Community Foundation to…
There are key factors that determine employment readiness. Our work with Bonnievale 418 assists youth with their critical thinking skills, personal presentation…
Despite the efforts to promote educational opportunities for youth, approximately 263 million children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out of school. In…
Trees are important for our environment. 5 things you should know they are good for: 1. Purifying air 2. Saving water 3.…
The Upper Liesbeek River Garden (ULRG) is situated along both banks of the Upper Liesbeek, adjacent to the suburbs of Bishopscourt Village…
At least 2.2 billion people worldwide have a vision impairment. The World Health Organization recognizes the vital role in educating citizens on…
The Full Circle It is unusual to be in a position to make a meaningful difference to the lives of scholars, communities…
The Spirit Community Foundation assists the hard of hearing. Here’s just one such story: Ms Jacobs, the youngest of 10 children, was…
The Spirit Community Foundation (SCF) partners with the Upper Liesbeek River Garden (ULRG) team to maintain and upgrade the river garden so…
8 September 2022 is International Literacy Day “The earlier the blind child starts to read, the better. Early literacy experiences create a…
The appearance of Prince William on the front cover of the South African edition of the Spirit Community Foundation-sponsored Big Issue magazine…
The Big Issue, in collaboration with Spirit Foundation, recognises the struggles that the female vendors face and acknowledge their remarkable efforts to…
APPLETON SUPPORTS LOFOB AND LEARNS FROM OUR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED FRIENDS Appleton shared a special and memorable Mandela Day on Monday…
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wilderness. We must never forget that it is our…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela In honour of Madiba, our Warwick…
The Spirit Community Foundation Support for the League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) Occupational Therapy - supporting the early childhood needs…
One of the recent major achievements at the ULRG has been the replacement of the deteriorating log tables and seats with recycled…
It is remarkable to record that during the past 18 years, we have planted more than 250 indigenous trees at the Upper…
Alex Iwobi savoured an “amazing” and belated opportunity to witness Everton in the Community’s “life-changing” work on a visit to the charity’s…
Everton Women’s Courtney Brosnan and Hanna Bennison took a trip to Springwell Park Primary School in Bootle to find out more about…
In light of mental health awareness week, we're shining the spotlight on Everton in the Community’s mental health programme, Imagine Your Goals…
Saturday the 23rd of April was a massive day in Warwick Masiphumelele Rugby Clubs history. It fielded for the first time ever…
Throughout her pregnancy Anushka had great expectations for her unborn child. Like most parents she never anticipated her baby being diagnosed with…
We believe that humans are holistic beings, hence we strive to prevent them from being broken. In as much as the people…