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Rise and Shine is our new short (2 minute) clip showing a morning of an Angel -
from getting up and getting ready for school in the township, to arriving at his school in East London.
Meet Likhaya and his family - and don't forget to take notice of our new shiny Angel Bus. Enjoy! xx Lou
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=374557205662&oid=8292561753
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African Angels is an educational sponsorship programme. We find sponsors to send orphaned and vulnerable children living
in rural areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa to good schools, taking a unique partnership approach with parents.
African Angels is a registered tax deductible organization in South African (PBO No 9300028481). We work with
two informal settlements in Chintsa (Chintsa East and Ntushu Ntushu) which are located 40km outside East London in
a semi rural area.
African Angels was formed in 2007 by Lou Billett , an Australian now living in South Africa, and Tracy King,
the owner of the King’s Playschool in Glen Eden in this project. A trust has been established in South Africa,
with 3 trustees, Lou Billett, Tracy King and Peter Meier.
We belive the that the most effective way to drive positive change in South Africa, is to ensure children receive
a good quality and continuous education in Africa, from pre-school to matriculation.
In most cases with families living in informal settlements or ‘townships’, this cannot be achieved without additional
financial aid from sponsors.
A partnership approach has been designed between parents and the school, where parent(s) must contribute a
nominal fee each month, and more importantly must ensure their child arrives for school each day, is picked up
on time, and has a packed lunch. A hot meal is also provided at school. School fees are covered by the sponsor.
Unlike other organizations, a minimum 95% of sponsor’s contributions are used to pay for school fees, with the
African Angels organization fund raising to pay for running costs such as domain hosting and administration fees.
A mixture of South African and international families, businesses and individuals sponsor the Angels.
We have a long list of children still awaiting sponsorship, and welcome new sponsors who can commit to
supporting a child through their education for the long term, and we always welcome donations to support our
costs of driving the Angel Bus that transports the Angels in primary school to and from East London.
To support our work you can Sponsor an Angel, or make regular or once off donations, or volunteer your time and skills.
Please contact us for more details.
Thank you!
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 In December 2003 an Australian traveller, Lou Billett, arrived at Buccaneers Backpackers in Chintsa, a small seaside village on the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and fell in love…with Chintsa, the family who run Buccaneers and their outreach projects, and the local Xhosa people. At Buccaneers Lou met Akha
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We have just had two new Angels for 2010 sponsored, and so this will be our first intake this year - yay!
We now have 31 Angels from very poor and disadvantaged backgrounds going to great schools,
with supportive parents and sponsors.
We have many more kids on the waiting list, as well as a bus that needs petrol and a driver every month,
so please feel free to donate or sponsor!
If you'd like to fundamentally change an Angel's life, or donate to us,
please contact Lou on 076 555 4711 (SA number) or email
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