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De Beers shows off its development projects
De Beers Kimberley Mines says it has made funds available for a bursary scheme that will enable disadvantaged and disabled pupils to attend the Kimberley International Diamond Jewellery Academy, launched two years ago, and an initiative by the diamond trading company in partnership with the provincial government.Hospice gets school
Vulnerable and disadvantaged children of Rammulotsi, Viljoenskroon, in Free State, were given a boost when a school was specially built for them.Orphanage gets food project going
The Mangwana Day Care Centre, an orphanage in Ramatlanbama outside Mahikeng is to get a food security project after two private sector companies partnered to help the vulnerable kids.End of the road for Big Shoes NGO
Devastating. Tragic. A disaster. These were the words used by children's homes and orphanage owners to describe the impending closure of the Big Shoes Foundation this Friday.Strides made on Aids front
As we approach World Aids Day, it is a relief to know that UNAids keeps working towards the goal of ending all new HIV infections in children by 2015 and of keeping mothers alive.Funding crisis affects angels
The number of orphans in South Africa has reached critical levels. This is according to the 2011 Census released last week, which indicated that more than 3.37 million children aged between one and 17 have lost either one or both parents.The forgotten families who live in squalor
It's just after noon and thick black clouds gather ominously over an informal settlements in Protea South, Soweto. Children walk gingerly next to the ramshackle shacks, trying to avoid puddles of water.Fuzzy article says orphan numbers up
Growing concern over the state of South African families is the focus of a rather ‘fuzzy’ article appearing in The Citizen today.
According to the article, South African families are crumbling due to HIV and AIDS, poverty and unemployment, leaving a vast number of orphans and vulnerable children in their wake.
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