eMedia Investments and HCI Foundation COVID-19 relief fund reaches over two hundred thousand people in need
In a time of enormous inequality, desperate need, and a call for assistance, South Africans rallied together to help eliminate hunger for countless vulnerable communities countrywide. The nation opened its heart to deliver an amount of R19 million to the eMedia and HCI Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund.
The 2020 HCI Foundation Annual General Meeting was held online on Friday 3 July from 10h00 until 12h00.
This was our first online Annual General Meeting.
HCI and HCI Foundation Board members, HCI Trustees, Foundation project partners and bursary recipients attended.
The theme of the meeting was “Navigating the new normal – COVID-19”
Community Engagement, Events, News
Our annual celebration event for our Community Transport Support Programme took place on 19 March 2018 at the Nelson Mandela Boulevard Garden Court Hotel. This year we extended invitations to 34 organisations on our transport programme, which is run in conjunction with Golden Arrow Bus Services, as well as to many of the NGOs that we fund in the Western Cape. Over 120 representatives from diverse fields came together to engage with our theme: “The winds of change – Harnessing Hope”.
Community Engagement, Events, News
Our annual event of the Community Transport Support Programme, 34 organisations that benefit from our programme through Golden Arrow Bus Services were represented.
We recently visited some of the projects in Mpumalanga that are funded by HCI Foundation.
On Saturday, 13 May 2017, the HCI Foundation Bursary Team hosted an Amazing Race event for funded students from UKZN.
The HCI Foundation National Peer to Peer Mentoring Programme has grown significantly since 2013, and is now active at 12 universities nationally.
Two HCI Foundation bursary recipients are really making a difference to their own and their families’ lives by running in marathons every weekend.
There was excitement at LEAP 3 School in Linbro Park, Alexandra, when Bursary Department staff visited to talk to Grade 12 learners about applying to the Foundation for tertiary level bursaries for 2016 academic year.
Following the workshop, community engagement staff were able to spend time on site with several KZN based organisations and see some of the successes and ongoing challenges of their work for themselves.
