The programme Runs daily: Monday - Friday
Learn how to surf and teach less privileged children how to surf
We aim at making a difference to less privileged children’s lives by teaching them how to surf free of charge. Our Project aims to change as many children’s lives as we possible can, the Project has been running for over a year now and has already made a valuable impact on the community. It welcomes volunteers coming over from all over the world to help teach the children and make a difference to the community and help the less-privileged. The project was founded with the aim to get children off the streets and away from begging, to give them something constructive to do with their time whilst ministering into their lives and telling them about Jesus Christ.
Mandy the Director says: “We have started the project to add back to our community in South Africa, too many children are suffering with no food and places to live, so we thought it was time we did something to change the sad suffering. We aim at getting the children’s lives focused on going to school, engaging in healthy eating habits and to also create a stable Christian based foundation in their lives and make them happier. I was sick of seeing children resorting to substance abuse because of disadvantages in their upbringing. I wanted to make them happier so I decided to do something about it. Now it’s so amazing to see the change that has taken over their lives since the project started. They are much happier and healthy now. This is the most rewarding feeling for me and “You” the Volunteer”.
During surfing advice on healthy eating and teaching the children manners and private counselling for if the children needs someone to talk to about their day to day problems at home- the counselling is done by Mandy and Our other Co-ordinators and possibly the volunteers.
We currently teach 50 children per week, and have our fulltime boys that we are trying to encourage not to resort to substance abuse for short term relief from their circumstances (they say they have stopped). We have made them leaders, so they pray with the other children and they are taken to Hillsong Cape Town church every Sunday (Thanks to Hillsong for sponsoring the buses that take the children to church).
