This has been a whirl wind year! We set ourselves the ambitious goal of incorporating 200 new children into our programmes in 2024 … I am pleased to report that we have exceeded that goal with a total of almost 300 new children already! These children have been benefitting from our programmes since the start of 2024 and continue to enjoy the benefits on a daily basis. We extended our reach into the Elgin valley at the start of the...
The Harvest season is always a time of celebration, and this year’s Harvest Parade 2024 in Stellenbosch was no exception! We are incredibly proud of our learners from Neethlingshof and Kanonkop Wine Estate, who represented their farms and the Anna Foundation with joy and enthusiasm. Showcasing Farm Communities and Our Learners The Harvest Parade offered a fantastic platform for our learners to shine, showcasing the values of their communities and the Anna Foundation’s mission. Dressed in colourful attire and radiating pride, our...
Rawsonville, South Africa – The Anna Foundation has launched a new after-school project atthe Merwida Wine Farm in Rawsonville, aimed at supporting the holistic development of 90children between the ages of 5-18 years. The project opened its doors on Monday, January23rd, 2023, making structured Educational, Sports, and Life Skills support available to thechildren. The farm’s Social Worker, Mercia Prince, said, “When I started here 4 years ago, it becamemy vision to develop an after-school centre on the farm. And thanks to...
On Friday 13 January, the Anna Foundation welcomed a team of American University students to kick off the year in style with a soccer skills clinic. As part of their sports tour to South Africa, the Case Western University Women’s Soccer team chose to visit the Anna Foundation’s after-school project in Robertson for a day filled with fun, games and skills development. After taking a tour of the after-school’s facilities and learning about the educational, sports and life skills support offered...
The Anna Foundation’s afterschool programmes are located on various working farms throughout the Western Cape, and the majority of our learners are farm workers’ children. Having grown up on the farm, the children are accustomed to sights of the surrounding vineyards and the visitors entering the tasting rooms, but many of them have not put together the entire puzzle of what exactly is happening around them. This past term, we collaborated with our agricultural partners to organize educational farm tours...
Our partnership with Wonderdal is one which began in 2019 and has continued to blossom since. Wonderdal is a state-of-the-art interactive edutainment centre for children on the beautiful Hazendal Estate. The wonderful world of Wonderdal is a magical and educational experience, with the power to open a child’s mind to the worlds of science, nature and learning in a new way. Not all children have the resources to access this wonderful world of...
Running is one of the three pillars of our 3 Rs Programme, so it is only fitting that our children LOVE TO RUN! And certainly nothing has changed in 2022. The Anna Foundation children have already taken part in three running events this year, and plan to do many more. Trailfun hosts a league of trail running events on various wine farms throughout the Western Cape on Saturday mornings, and they have kindly hosted the Anna Foundation in three of...
To celebrate 320 years since its establishment and 25 years of the Voloshin family ownership, Hazendal Wine Estate would love you to join them for a Night of Wonders on Friday 8th November, a benefit gala and auction in aid of youth education. Joining forces with The Anna Foundation, Hazendal is launching their newest initiative – introducing education through play to children in disadvantaged communities – inspired by the development of their immersive fantasy Edutainment Centre on the estate,
Saturday, 11 May 2019 The kids from our Leipzig after-school enjoyed a beautiful trail run through the vineyards and valley as part of the Nuy Valley Festival this past weekend. They even took first, second and third place in the 5 km trail run. We are very proud! A warm thanks to Run the Vines, who provided us with free entry into the race, as well as to the hosts for making this day possible. Nuy Winery at Nuy on the Hill Willow Creek Olive...
On a recent visit to Asia for the Wines of South Africa Road Show, Kanonkop’s importers in Hong Kong – Northeast Wines & Spirits Ltd – raised about R50,000 for the Anna Foundation during a silent auction. As you might know, Kanonkop is one of the farms who partner with the Anna Foundation and has an after-school on its premises. “Six lots went on auction and raised nearly R50 000 for an organisation...