{"id":47166,"date":"2024-02-06T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kids-charity-closes-20240205\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:07:41","slug":"kids-charity-closes-20240205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/kids-charity-closes-20240205\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Point children\u2019s fundraising NPO closes after 18 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The non-profit sector has been dealt another financial blow with the announcement by StreetSmart South Africa of its permanent closure.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Green Point-based organisation raised funds for street children\u2019s education, skills training and family reunification programmes. This it did through partnerships with restaurants, benefactor organisations and sponsors.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Since its establishment 18 years ago, the organisation raised about R14 million for children\u2019s charities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The non-profit sector has been dealt another financial blow with the announcement by StreetSmart South Africa of its permanent closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Green Point-based organisation raised funds for street children\u2019s education, skills training and family reunification programmes. This it did through partnerships with restaurants, benefactor organisations and sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its establishment 18 years ago, the organisation raised about R14 million for children\u2019s charities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>StreetSmart ceased fundraising last week, but not before disbursing a final R500 000 to 19 children\u2019s charities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisation was founded under the leadership of Margi Biggs and the late Archbishop-emeritus Desmond Tutu as its patron. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board chair Zaid Adams said in a press statement, restaurants and business patrons of participating fundraising partners would donate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe organisation is shutting its doors because it can no longer cover its own running costs,\u201d he explained. \u201cUntil now these have been funded by sponsorships, fundraisers, corporate and other donor organisations, whose own pressures have been mounting in the face of the persistently depressed South African economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams said StreetSmart\u2019s aim was to always ensure every rand raised by their fundraising partners goes towards helping children to build life and learning skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said since the post-Covid bounce-back fundraising partners had started to return, but clearly not enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe simple reality is that in the present economic climate financial support from other sponsors, donors and various fundraising initiatives has proven insufficient to cover our own costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat makes it impossible for us to continue operating. We will cease fundraising at the end of this month. This will be followed by a final audit before winding the company down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that since 2005, StreetSmart has: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disbursed R14 million to 36 charitable organisations working with children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded more than 304 different programmes to improve the lives of children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helped more than 18 000 vulnerable children and their families<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colleen Pietersen, founder of TLC Outreach Projects, based in Table View, said they were one of the organisation\u2019s first beneficiaries 18 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI fully understand that funding was scarce,\u201d she said. \u201cWe took a bit of a knock because obviously we\u2019re dependent on that. But I am grateful and appreciative of all the years that the agency helped us. 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