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Give Hope
The world in its uniqueness offers uncountable miracles with its marvellous landscapes, breathtaking nature and last but not least all the warmth and kindness of people everywhere in the world.
Contrariwise, contemporaneous the same amount of suffering and poverty is to be found all-around aswell. And especially children are afflicted with those tough and difficult living conditions as they are not able to help themselves yet.
Due to its multicultural population as well as numerous attractions, South Africa is considered to be one of the most stunning and fascinating countries worldwide. But at the same time the discrepancy between rich and poor is enormous.
We wish to share our fortune with those who face less favorable instances. Feeling bonded to South Africa and its people we decided to start our first supporting initiative in this country.
Roots and Wings Trust
Together with South African businessmen and current trustees Connel Ngcukana, Velile Dube and Almo Lubowski, Dr. Heinz Guentensperger founded the Roots & Wings trust in March 2010. The core purpose of the trust—education—is rooted in the conviction that all human beings should have opportunities for personal growth. Vast inequalities in access to basic educational infrastructure in childhood are the root cause of most social issues; in South Africa these issues are perpetuating themselves and need to be vigorously addressed. The trust has chosen the pre-school “Understand Hope and Care” in Cape Town’s township Khayelitsha as its first project. The pre-school is in desperate need of improved basic infrastructure and a self-sustainable educational concept (read more… this could then link to the “our projects” – Understand Hope and Care)
Sp(i)eel Collective
Sp(i)eel arts therapies collective runs various arts-based psychosocial programmes within predominantly rural communities in South Africa. We are made up of arts-based practitioners and HPCSA-registered arts therapists. Our programmes are delivered to children, their families and teachers, as well as their wider community.
Sp(i)eel is passionate about the development of a community-based mental healthcare practice that is accessible and relevant to people from various backgrounds and cultures. They have created a series of workshops called Arts for Psychosocial Support (APS) that offers trauma-informed approaches to community mental health and well-being and the development of collective resilience. ALET and Sp(i)eel are working together on the Vukuzenzele project to assist the process of the development of the project to be done with the utmost care considering all stakeholders.
Tony Grubenmann and
Yvonne Noser Grubenmann
Tony and Yvonne Grubenmann feel immensely privileged to have grown up and be able to live in Switzerland, one of the most beautiful, secure and stable countries on the planet. The entire world offers innumerable miracles in its extraordinary landscapes and breathtaking natural wonders. Last but not least is the miracle of human warmth and kindness everywhere. The Grubenmanns consider South Africa to be a particularly stunning and fascinating combination of all these miracles. At the same time, they recognize that the country suffers from an enormous discrepancy between rich and poor, with all the complex problems that such inequality entails..
“We wish to share our fortune with those who face less favourable prospects. Feeling bonded to South Africa and its people, we decided to start our first supporting initiative in this country. Thanks to close friends we finally found out about Imizamu Yethu and have future plans of developing the school further. We intend to aid the youngest with their upbringing and endow them with hope regarding a better future. Hence the name of the project was born: Give Hope. Visit www.givehope.ch for more details.”
