Story

Why?

• ONE voice: In amplifying the voice of Kwanda Sibiya we are inspiring a voice of hope and opportunity. We are two organisations, Sport for Lives and the Kolisi Foundation coming together, we become one voice.
• ONE boy and ONE girl:To support, educate and mentor one orphaned boy and one orphaned girl for one year.
• ONE community:To create opportunities and bring lasting impact to the Manguzi community through changing the outcomes of two generations.
• ONE generous school: To celebrate Hilton College’s culture of generosity and outward focus.
• ONE campaign at a time: The partnership between Sport for Lives and the Kolisi Foundation will create a blueprint for other organisations, schools and communities to mobilise future change.

With who?

• Sport for Lives in partnership with The Kolisi Foundation.
• Through this Sport for Lives – Manguzi Edition, funds raised beyond R90 000 will be directed to the Kolisi Foundation to further change the narratives of inequality in South Africa through their programmes. Visit www.kolisifoundation.org for more information.

Goals:

To celebrate the power of youth, our future. Leaving on June 16, Youth Day is significant as we remember what people did for us, giving their lives for what they believed in. Now it’s our turn to take up the baton and dream of what’s to come in a South Africa where everyone belongs.

• To raise funds to educate, support and mentor two orphaned children.
• To show that it’s quite easy to be a nation builder in Project South Africa.
• To bring exposure to the Kolisi Foundation and the incredible work they are doing.
• To launch the Sport for Lives movement.

Passionate about where he comes from, Kwanda Sibiya, the initiator of this drive, is himself a story of perseverance and hope, bringing opportunity and tangible change back to his community. The son of a cabbage farmer, Kwanda’s family struggled to make ends meet. But Kwanda was inspired by a clipping of a Mark Shuttleworth story and dreamed of a career in science. Today, after a long road of perseverance and hard work, Kwanda is a Science teacher and Housemaster at Hilton College. Through this Sport for Lives – Manguzi Edition, he hopes to raise enough money to support, educate and mentor two Manguzi orphaned children, ages 5 and 6, for one year . Additional funds raised will be directed to the Kolisi Foundation.

A very big thank you to the following individuals and company sponsors:

Spar Group, Mr Price, Bobums, Anew Hotel- Hluhluwe, Karoo Kitchen, Thirsti Water, Expanda Sign, CMH, Remos, Wedgewood, Racefood, Hatton family, Grant Neil, Gary Booth, Braithwaite family, Bell family, Heenen family, Hathorn family, Canefields Country House, Urban Glamping in St Lucia,  Kosi Bay Lodge, Red Bull, Hilton College, Wimpy- St. Lucia, Ian Gourley, BSN Leuko.