"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" - Nelson Mandela

Mission Statement

The mission of Miss Vicky's Children's Education Fund is to finance the airfare from NYC to Cape Town, South Africa for at least one American teacher to donate his/her tutoring services each summer for several weeks to the children and mothers in Khayelitsha Township District "C" and to provide classroom instruction in the local public school to facilitate a learning environment focused on the improvement of overall literacy. Any additional funds raised will be used to establish a dedicated school library for "C" District. Eventually the hope is to provide each child with a school back pack filled with school supplies and their own reading book during the Holidays.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Fundraising Efforts

“Change for Children” at Maureen M. Welch Elementary School submitted by Tanya Anderson

Students and staff at Welch Elementary School recently held a book drive to collect gently used books for children in South Africa. Students also gave any loose change they had to help ship the books to South Africa. More than several hundred books were brought in by students/staff which will be donated to Miss Vicky’s Children’s Education Fund, a local organization created to help children in South Africa. The mission of this organization is to build a library for the children in Khayelitsha Township (outside of Cape Town), South Africa and send a teacher each summer to educate the children.

MMW’s student council members helped organize the book drive and change collection after learning more about the struggles children face in South Africa. Students were really excited to support the cause and did a fabulous job contributing in order to create change for children around the world!

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