HERE’S HOW:
- Sign up by making a pledge on Giving Tuesday through May 30th.
- Share with your friends and family and ask for their support by sponsoring you!
- Pick your route, find the best place to walk 3.7 miles; it should be in a low populated area where you will have little contact with others.
- Carry a jug of water on your walk if you would like. This symbolizes the struggle women and children face all around the world, walking long distances carrying water.
- Share with us how you are preparing! #ASOHWALK4WATER
- Join us on Saturday May 30th for A Spring of Hope’s Walk For Water! Share your walk on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #ASOHWALK4WATER.
Sponsor A Participant!
- If you have a friend for family member participating in the walk, consider making a donation to A Spring of Hope to show your support of them and their walk
- We will send an email to the participant you are supporting, telling them that you made a donation in support of their walk
- Keep sharing! Pass the support along by sharing that you donated and asking others to support your friend or family as well.
Our Unique Approach Makes Us Different
Of course we think we are different, and we think you will too. Watch this informative video to see what we mean.
We have touched the lives of over 70,000 individuals directly through our work in the WASH+ areas: WAter, Sanitation, Hygiene + Permaculture Education. Here are some of the highlights of what we are doing in each area.
Our Vision
We seek to combat severe poverty in rural South Africa. If rural schools have the appropriate resources to invest in their students, students can be better equipped for fulfilling employment and leadership in and out of the workplace. A Spring of Hope invests in the development of South Africa’s future leadership so that they can, in turn, address pressing problems in their communities.
Boreholes
The core of our program is to provide water to underprivileged schools. When schools get a reliable source of fresh, clean water the health of students improves and economic development can begin.
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Permaculture
Once schools have water, they can begin to cultivate gardens. We provide them with seeds and irrigation equipment, and school staff learn how to maximize resources through our permaculture program.
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Sanitation
Most rural schools only have crude, unhygienic pit toilets which spread disease. Because water tends to be scarce in this region, environmentally-friendly waterless toilets are the best solution.
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Safer Kitchens
By improving the conditions of our partner school kitchens for the volunteers who prepare the meals, we create a healthier work environment and eliminate the time spent hauling wood and standing over large fires inhaling smoke.
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Girls Programs
Our Strong Girls Make Strong Women campaign helps empower young women by offering them the resources they need to stay in school, teaching life skills, setting S.M.A.R.T goals, and providing them with menstrual health products.
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Junior Acheivement
In order to address the massive challenge of youth unemployment in South Africa, A Spring of Hope partnered with Junior Achievement to teach young people about the management of economics, business, entrepreneurship and personal finances.
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Partnerships
A Spring of Hope is proud to work with several organizations who are equally as committed to stimulating economic development in impoverished rural South African communities and improving the lives of South African school children.
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Permaculture Centre Progress
Thanks to our generous supporters we have reached our goal.
We raised enough for the construction of the centre and broke ground on July 2018. Since then, we have made significant progress. The sanitation buildings are complete and the outdoor classroom is also finished, with the first permaculture classes held in the fall of 2019. The construction of the main centre is underway and security cottage will be starting soon. The netting is finished for our permaculture gardens and we have been harvesting vegetables for our partner lodge, Thulani.
