African Exclusive Travel's Social Responsibility

When considering our place in the communities around us, it is so obvious that there is always someone far worse off than us, and that in fact we are so blessed to have as much as we have. We don’t need to look very far to realise the struggle many people have, and it’s practically on our doorsteps.

Realising this fact, African Exclusive Travel is committed to doing its part for those who are less fortunate, and with the many foreign hands that we shake every day as you, our clients enter this country, we have endless opportunities to give back to the enormous amounts of poverty and stricken results of our previously discriminatory governmental decisions in South Africa, which still overpower our international media every day.

African Exclusive Travel supports Uthando South Africa, in a monetary contribution in every booking and through the support and motivation
of its daily “field trips” to our clients. Uthando (meaning LOVE) South Africa is a Cape Town- based non-profit organisation aimed at providing a means for upliftment and support of this country’s most impoverished and destitute communities. Uthando provides a platform and infrastructure to raise funds from individuals, such as yourselves, and organisations like African Exclusive Travel, and many other Tour operators in South Africa who have an interest and awareness in our social responsibility to give back in love, and create hope for a better future for those who now have a rather drear one.
The money generated will support a broad range of local community based sustainable, innovative and empowerment projects that are directed towards mitigating conditions of poverty, hunger, homeless-
ness, unemployment and other forms of deprivation and suffering. 

For every tour or itinerary you book through African Exclusive Travel, a fee is donated to Uthando South Africa, but over and above that contribution, we encourage you to please visit one or two of the projects that you have thus supported by travelling to Africa with us, which we will gladly facilitate for you, including collection and drop off at your hotel, accompanied by an Uthando guide who can give you that first-hand reveal of how your contributions are helping, and building communities.

These are the Projects that are supported by the Uthando South Africa
initiative:

Abalimi Bezekhaya (the Planters of the Home) - Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Greening

Beauty for Ashes - Rehabilitation and support for female prisoners

Dance for All - Youth development through dance

Esinqobile Therapy Centre, in conjunction with HNO - Catering for children with mental and physical disabilities

Green Futures Horticultural and Life Skills College - Sustainable Conservation and Social Upliftment

Home from Home - Home from Home is an organisation providing homes for orphaned and vulnerable children, in a family environment within their local communities. These children would otherwise be placed in institutionalised care.

Hout Bay Music Project - Provision of music and arts tuition to children from disadvantaged communities of Hangberg and Imizamo

Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project - Theatre development in poor communities

Ixopo Village School, in conjunction with HNO - Education and issues related to health, arts and culture

James House "The home that love built" - Child and Youth Care Centre

JIKELEZA: a chance to dance - Empowering, uplifting and improving the quality of life of children and youth from impoverished communities through creative dance and music interventions.

Jungle Theatre - Environmental and social education through theatre and skills development

Khayelitsha Special Needs School - School for mentally disabled children

Khumbulani Centre - Creche and day care centre for children from distressed backgrounds.

Mandela Park Mosiacs - An empowerment project in which previously unemployed people (mostly women) from the impoverished township of Mandela Park in Hout Bay, are taught skills in the art of making mosaics and thus giving them a business opportunity.

Mdzananda Animal Clinic - Primary health care for animals / pets in townships and informal settlements

Nazareth House - Caring for children and aged

Neighbourhood Old Age Home (NOAH) - NOAH provides a home to fit and independent older people as well as those who need a bit of extra care.

Pebbles Project - The Pebbles Project offers support to children with special educational needs, particularly those whose lives are affected by alcohol in some way.

Sunflower and Butterfly Project - Assistance to survivors of gender violence

T-Bags Designs - Economic Empowerment

Thola Ulwazi Creche - Day Care Centre

Volcano Arts Project - Working with youth and school to teach arts and life skills.

Contact your African Exclusive Travel consultant to book your tour to the Uthando Projects. 

If you would like to contribute financially to any of these projects, please contact www.Uthandosa.org

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Nelson Mandela

Thank you for your support!!