Katherine Scott, The Glamorous Good Life supporting Ubuntu Education Fund
- By: Katherine Scott
- Short URL: http://www.backabuddy.co.za/katherinescott
Personal message
For my birthday this year, I am asking my dear friends and family to help me raise R100,000 for Ubuntu Education Fund (www.ubuntufund.org). Ubuntu is an incredibly inspiring organisation that provides over 40,000 orphaned and vulnerable children and their families in the townships of Port Elizabeth, South Africa with life saving HIV support services and essential educational resources.
If we reach this goal of R100,000, together we will support Ubuntu’s efforts in placing another 50 vulnerable children into university on full scholarships this January.
Katherine Scott, The Glamorous Good Life
“It takes so much more than a cup of soup or a wind-up computer to change a child’s life. The key is to invest in a child, their family and their community for the long-term. This means utilising significant financial and human resources. It’s not an easy solution, but Ubuntu has shown that it’s working.”
Jacob Lief, Founder and President
Donations
| Name | Comment | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Essex | A fantastic cause. Good luck Katherine. | Feb 07, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Paola Bassanese, Energya | Good luck with the fundraising. Paola Bassanese | Nov 16, 2009 | R 500.00 |
Ubuntu Education Fund |
In 1999 two men, Jacob Lief and Malizole “Banks” Gwaxula, founded Ubuntu Education Fund on the philosophy of ubuntu; a universal bond of sharing that connects all of humanity—I am because you are. With the goal of transforming the lives of the children of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Ubuntu was started in a broom closet with a raffle on a university campus and today has over 80 full time staff in South Africa with fundraising offices in London and New York. The Ubuntu Model has become a blueprint for organisations around the world that strive for culturally appropriate, community-based development. Ubuntu’s child-centred approach highlights the difference between merely touching a child’s life versus fundamentally changing it.
“It takes so much more than a cup of soup or a wind-up computer to change a child’s life. The key is to invest in a child, their family and their community for the long-term. This means utilising significant financial and human resources. It’s not an easy solution, but Ubuntu has shown that it’s working.” Jacob Lief, Founder and President
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