Hillcrest Advice Bureau and Bursary Fund
Introduction
Our mission is to empower the underprivileged community around Hillcrest, KZN, out of poverty through education, personal development and economic and social advice.
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Community Development & Human Rights
Rural Upliftment
About
'A Better South Africa, One Degree At A Time...'Â is the motto of Hillcrest Advice Bureau and Bursary Fund (HABandBF), a small, mostly voluntary NPO & PBO based in the Valley of 1000 Hills surrounding Hillcrest between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Established informally in the 1970's by 3 members of the Black Sash, HABandBF was formally registered in 2002. Four different funds work in parallel to help underprivileged community members to lift themselves out of the poverty cycle by providing assistance in overcoming the barriers of poverty at key points in their lives: the end results are that
- Children (and adults) without birth certificates because their parents never had a birth certificate are assisted in obtaining late birth certificates by the paralegal staff at the Advice Bureau. Caregivers (often the grandparent) are then able to receive the associated grants to support and feed the children. The Advice Bureau provides many other paralegal services free of charge to the underprivileged rural community of KwaNyuswa. Food parcels are often provided on a temporary basis to families in need.
- School children are given the gift of dignity by the Schools Fund providing uniforms and underwear
- Grade 9 learners in 9 High Schools benefit from subject choice workshops provided free of charge. This means that when they reach G12 they are taking the right subjects for their dream career
- Grade 12 learners in 9 High Schools and 1 children's home benefit from a series of tertiary and career choice workshops after identifying their personality type and their preferred learning method. Tertiary options are sense checked against academics and the top 10 high flyers from each school is sponsored with the R250 Central Applications Office application fee for tertiary education at TVET and Universities. Completion of the CAO application ensures that NSFAS funding is available for tertiary studies the following year.
- Vocational and academic tertiary students, who meet our strict criteria, are assisted in completing their qualification through one on one mentoring, life skills workshops, advice and small amounts of additional financial support where NSFAS funding is inadequate - for example, one medical book costs the whole year's NSFAS book allowance. Over 95% of the tertiary students who we support complete their qualification and 100% of those who complete enter into a subject orientated career, becoming economic and social contributors to our society.
NPO / NGO / PBO Number
930005871
Physical Address
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 9 Nqutu Road, Hillcrest, KZN, 3650
Coverage Area
Kwa-Zulu Natal
Contact Information
Tanya Beatrice Harvey
info@habandbf.co.za
082 422 9683
www.HABandBF.co.za
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How the Public Can Help
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Current Needs / Wish List
Volunteer:
- Help with our CAO Project workshops - delivered to Grade 9's and Grade 12's in rural quintile 1-3 schools
- Help with our Schools Fund uniform deliveries
- Prefer admin tasks? Book-keeping and record keeping volunteer positions are available
- Good at making connections? Please help us with fundraising and finding the right person to talk to about CSR.
Donate:
- Without financial donations we cannot do the work we do. Whatever you can afford is welcome and tax deductible. Corporates also benefit from BBBEE skills development and CSI points
- We often need decent second hand laptops and smartphones which are essential tools for our tertiary students. Donations go through our laptop consultant who ensures that all personal data has been removed and that the devices have the latest updates etc.
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Donation Links
www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/help-us-change-lives
www.globalgiving.org/donate/103040/hillcrest-advice-bureau-and-bursary-fund/
EFT: ABSA
Account Name: Hillcrest Advice Bureau and Bursary Fund
Branch Code: 63 20 05
Cheque Account Number: 0712905743
Admin & Management
Date Organisation Was Established
Informally established in 1972. Formally established 2002
Organisation Structure
Public Benefit Organisation
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