From The CEO SleepOut™
Thursday, the 18th of June, 2015, saw the inaugural South African CEO SleepOut™, with Sun International and 702 as the Joint Title Partners, held on Gwen Lane in Sandton, Johannesburg, also known as Millionaire’s Mile. In one winter’s night, business leaders from around the country, inspired by true empathy, raised in excess of R26 million, making it the single most successful philanthropic event in South Africa’s history. The funds were awarded to the Founding Primary Beneficiary, Girls & Boys Town.
The funding helped Girls & Boys Town to achieve its goals that empower the vulnerable to SHINE. SHINE stands for:
- SIGNIFICANCE – Enabling youth to develop a sense of self-worth and unique value
- HOME – Providing youth with the safety of home and family and the ability to function in these environments
- INDEPENDENCE – Equipping young people with the courage and skills to fare in the world
- NURTURE – Caring for the youth of today with sensitivity and compassion and enabling them to care for others in the same way
- EDUCATION – Cultivating the knowledge and practical skills to succeed.
To support these goals, The Girls & Boys town’s legacy projects has used:
- R2 400 000 to purchase seven new vehicles in December 2015 to empower the vulnerable to SHINE.
- R1 000 000 to enable youth to attend Holiday Safety and Development Camps between December 2015 and December 2017.
- R7 880 000 to renovate residential cottages and buildings at Girls and Boys Town Kagiso campus and Magaliesburg campus between January 2017 and mid-2017.
- R10 400 000 to conduct workshops, interviews, resilience assessments, treatment feedback process and reporting that, since 2015 into 2018, have helped and continue to heal and develop young people and enhance the skill sets of youth support staff.
- R3 000 000 to train 519 educators and 49 social workers to help more than 17 000 youth and enable 403 hours of out-of-office support to develop community outreach programmes since 2015 into 2018.
- R1 700 000 to fund a Home Schooling Process that has helped youth to transition into independent studies and mainstream schooling since 2015 into 2017.
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