The organization Kidz 4 Kidz held a fundraiser this spring and performed music from We Are Together. Check out the clip here. Or check out their website at www.kidz4kkidz.ca. Special thanks to Ashley Duarte Devlin!

Our student Khumbulani just completed the first level of his driving course at Dees Driving School!  He is on to a code 14 license. He is really enjoying the course and the instructors have told us that he is a fast learner. You can see from the photographs that he is happy about his latest achievement.

Congratulations Khumbulani!!!

As on April 15th 2010 our new address and number are:

The Rise Foundation

46 Berwick Street

London, W1F 8SG

UK

Tel: 0203 214 6073

We're pleased to announce that our student Khumbulani will be starting a Coach Bus Driver training course this year. The Rise Foundation will be covering the costs of the programme and Khumbulani is currently working hard as a waiter saving extra funds. We're so happy to see how motivated he is to succeed on the course and how much determination and hard work he is putting in to prepare. We can't wait to post some photos of our new coach driver!

We were so proud to hear that one of our students, Sbonelo, has been named a school Prefect for becoming the highest achieving student of his class! Sbonelo has set himself a goal of achieving staight A's by the end of this year and we're sure that he's well on his way!

Sbonelo second from left ( looking a bit grumpy!) and some of our other students.

St Mary's & St Peter's C.of E. School, Twickenham
Collis School, Twickenham
East Sheen School, London
St John the Baptist, Hampton Wick
Nelson School, Whitton
Forest Preparatory School, London
Centro Ibn Gabirol, Madrid, Spain
Lytchett Minster School, Dorset

Reshma and Mike from New York who held a Luxury Free August and saved money for us by eating in instead of out and spending their weekends doing free activities in NY ( like walking the Brooklyn Bridge). In doing so they saved over a $1000 for The Rise Foundation! If you'd like to do something similar, download the email Reshma wrote to her friends to let them know about her plans here

Marjan and her church Oecumenische Basisgroep Ommelanden in the Netherlands who held a fundraiser for the children of Agape

Stanley Park Infants School in Surrey, UK who are sending letters to all the Children of Agape this month.

9 year old Ripley from the UK who raised £715 by asking all her birthday party guests this month to make a donation to The Rise Foundation instead of buying her birthday presents!

Gab from London, UK who ran BOTH the London and Paris marathons this year and raised over £1000 in support of our education fund for the Children of Agape

Its been a successful year for the children of Agape! They have now finished their exams and the school year in South Africa has come to a close. Here at the Rise Foundation we are knee deep in stationary and uniform orders for the next school year which begins in mid January, evaluating report cards for 50 children and of course fund raising to ensure the children continue to have good quality education!

We are thrilled to announce that we were able to facilitate a donation of 16 Pentium 4 PCs to Wyebank Secondary in South Africa through the UK charity Computer Aid. The computers arrived in November and will be used in the ITC classes giving students the opportunity to expand their skills and employability.

Thank you so much to the Carlisle fam for spending this Halloween fundraising for the Rise Foundation!

Instead of collecting sweets at other people's houses the Carlisle kids got all dressed up and handed out sweets and cakes to their neighbours in return for donations. They raised over £100! What an incredibly creative idea. 

If you'd like to help give a good education to disadvantaged kids in South Africa this Halloween, download the Carlisle fam's Halloween Action Plan here and two handouts to let your neighbours know about your idea: here and here.