Dear Viva Friends,

We thank you dearly for your donations to the Viva Foundation during 2024. 
Your support for our Projects, Programs and Initiatives made a remarkable impact to our beneficiaries, in particularly underprivileged and very vulnerable children and their families. 

1. 8 Container Classrooms were moved from the Mamelodi Campus to the Refilwe Campus.
2. 110 Children from pre-school to the 3rd grade, received education and care at the Mamelodi Campus.
3. 109 Children from pre-school to the 7th grade received education and care at the Refilwe Campus.
4. 116,000 School meals were served, and food parcels were sent to vulnerable families of school children.
5. 47 critically vulnerable families in the Refilwe Township were registered on our Feeding Scheme and also received assistance in the form of blankets, food parcels and clothing.
6. 29 full-time staff members including teachers, administration and support staff, maintenance staff, cooks and cleaners, were employed and are registered for Unemployment Insurance Fund, Pension, Workman’s Compensation and Income Tax.
7. Events including the Viva Sport Day, the Grade 7’s Camp, a trip to a Nature Reserve, Entrepreneurs Day, Heritage Day Concert and Party, Participation in Inter-School Athletics and Choir Camps were conducted. Consider that most of these are not offered to underprivileged children in other township schools.
8. 500 new winter blankets as well as quality pre-owned clothing and household articles were distributed to underprivileged families.
9. Building, expansion and improvements to the Education Centres at both campuses were undertaken and is continuing into 2025.
10. The Viva Independent Schools were registered as a Non Profit Company, lead by principal Nonkululeko Khumalo. The reason for the registration is purely to protect the Viva Foundation from tax implications. The support of the school, its vulnerable learners and orphans, as well as the school feeding scheme continue as before.
11. The Viva Foundation [South Africa and Germany] continues to build on the programmes of support to Orphans and Vulnerable Families, the Music and Art Development, Feeding Scheme, Poverty Alleviation and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response.
12. Every Child received a Christmas gift consisting of a pencil case, stationery and sweets.
13. The Viva Choir performed at several large Events including the Women’s Development Business Annual Event, the opening of the new Medical Faculty at the University of Pretoria, a Heritage Day Event and others.
14. 34 Choir Members undertook a successful tour of the Western- and Eastern Cape from the end of November to the middle of December, conducting concerts and performances.
15. Work on the Container Classrooms at the Refilwe Campus continued. The containers are being renovated and a new quad was created. Work on top-storey access, walkways and gardens began.
16. The Schools participated with great success on District level athletics and District- and provincial levels Mathematics competitions.
17. Viva assisted staff members with Study loans, and two staff members with loans to secure property and build houses.
18. With the assistance of donors, the Music Teacher and 2nd Grade Teacher’s salaries were provided for.
19. Viva cooperated with faculties of the University of Pretoria on research projects, particularly the impact of flooding on children in informal settlement in Mamelodi East.
20. Our team, with the help of individual volunteers and groups of volunteers from companies conducted much needed renovations and cleaning operations at the police station in Cullinan, as part of the Mandela Day initiatives in August and also provided meals for everyone arriving at the police station that day.
21. Viva Foundation e.V. and the Viva Foundation of South Africa once again submitted successful audits to the South African Revenue Service and the German Finanzamt. In both countries Viva’s status as a Non-Profit and Public Benefit Organisation has been confirmed.