Established with the sole purpose of making a difference in young children’s lives and impacting the education system, the Youngage Foundations NPC in collaboration with Siyamthanda Care Projects, Southern Sun, and Intercontinental Linen visited Phumula Primary School in the East Rand and donated school shoes, hygiene supplies, and shared health and personal hygiene awareness with the learners.
Youngage Foundation has been in operation since 2018 with the sim and vision of impacting South African communities positively, particularly in education, healthcare, and social development.
The organization was founded by Louisa Molise with the idea of supporting those community members in need of support.
The impact has been spread across different townships from Pretoria, Soweto, eastrand, and Far East townships supporting and empowering children with a new pair of school shoes.
The foundation has to date supported 3400 learners across South Africa since 2018 and further wishes to support more children in the next five years.
“Walking to school without propped shoes can have consequences for children particularly during the harsh winter months and worse case other learners miss out on school lessons because they lack school shoes,
“Others are bullied and left demotivated and low self-esteem and confidence levels go down, which is why Youngage foundations exist today to ensure that all children are empowered and uplifted,” said Molise.
Youngage Foundations NPC has been fully supported by various businesses and organization including Assupol Life, Rand Mutual Assurance, Avbob, Hungry Lion, Vumatel, BMW IT HUB, Bata(Toughees), Matla Life, Liberty Life, Standlib, and many more, this also includes other NPO collaborations such as Siyamthanda Care Projects, The 100% Foundation, and many others.
Louisa strongly believes that every child in South Africa has the right to a pair of school shoes and has full rights to education.
During their visit to Phumula Primary School last week, 100 learners from various grades from 1-7 benefited from this outreach.
“The learners were identified by the school as children who needed school shoes and reached out for support and assistance, We then responded positively and collaborated with Southern Sun and Intercontinental linen to ensure dreams are brought into reality,” she added.
The selected learners were gifted with a new pair of school shoes and all the grade seven girls got a hygiene pack that included, shower gel, body lotion, shower conditioner, and washing cloth.
“Every school girl also has the right to clean personal hygiene and good health,” Louisa ended.
Speaking to Thandeka Mzizi, founder of the Siyamthanda Care Project mentioned that their role was to give out Hygiene Care Packs.
“Having these basic toiletries gives the learners confidence so they can perform well at school. The learners no longer miss school, and they can focus on schoolwork without being self-conscious.”
By Simphiwe Nkosi
