Volunteering

Get Involved

There are a number of ways you can get involved with KTD 196 and help us impact on the lives of the amazing kids we work with:

Volunteering

This experience is for GAP students and those who are considering a career in development, or who have a heart to serve others and learn about new cultures. We can organize short stays of one month to extended periods, depending on your needs. You will get an opportunity to visit some of the 120 villages in which we work, and assist with the childrens/youth program depending on your interests. Included would be a short stay in a local village, living as the locals do, where you will experience the warm and wonderful Sotho and Shangaan culture. The proceeds of this program go to supporting the activities of Keep The Dream196, as well as those of the communities you visit and work with.  Click here to download an application form to be a volunteer.

Other Opportunities

•Another opportunity is to sponsor Mark McNamara as he cycles from Kampala in Uganda to Cape Town in South Africa. We already have some schools getting involved because their pupils can learn as he cycles as well as fundraise on our behalf. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch  here..

•Other opportunities include holding morning teas or the old lamington drive to fundraise on our behalf. Proceeds can be deposited directly via the  donate button.on this site or through the following.

•If you reside in Australia we have contacts with Mercedes College who have agreed to act as our funding conduit, and will be able to give tax receipts for any donations made. Contact them here .

•For those of you in South Africa Keep The Dream 196 is registered as a Charitable Organization and we can give you tax receipts directly. To give you an idea about what your donation can do: $10 for one child to attend Scouts for 1year $15 for 1kg of seeds for the Food For Life project (support 25 gardens for 6months) $32 for 1kg of seeds for the Food For Life project (support 50 gardens for 6months) $40 for 400 investiture badges for 400 children $50 for 50 scout scarves to be given to the children $63 to transport a Field Officer/Mentor to visit 20 Scout groups for 1 month $87 to provide a Scout box with all the necessary equipment to start scouts in a new village, impacting 50 children $100 to provide in-service training for one day to 50 Scouters including venue hire, transport and catering.

This experience is for GAP students and those who are considering a career in development, or who have a heart to serve others and learn about new cultures. We can organize short stays of one month to extended periods, depending on your needs. You will have an opportunity to visit some of the 60 villages in which we work, and assist with the children’s/youth program depending on your interests. Included would be a short stay in a local village, living as the locals do, where you will experience the warm and wonderful Sotho and Shangaan culture. The proceeds of this program go to supporting the activities of Keep The Dream196, as well as those of the communities you visit and work with. 

For the extreme adventurer – Mark McNamara cycled from Kampala in Uganda to Cape Town in South Africa. A number of schools were involved because their pupils learned as he cycled throughout the continent. It was an education especially to the Australian Schools involved as well as fundraised on our behalf. Just to get the creative juices flowing.

For the not so extreme adventurer – other opportunities include holding morning teas or the old lamington drive to fundraise on our behalf. I could connect with you and actually virtually attend your gathering and share about KTD196.

For the Crazy Supporter – one of our long timer supporters did a presentation at his 70^th Birthday on KTD196 and in lieu of gifts asked for donations for KTD196.

The sky is the limit people, get involved, and make an amazing difference in the life of a child!

To give you an idea about what your donation can do:

·       $10 for one child to attend Scouts for 1year

·       $15 for 1kg of seeds for the Food For Life project (support 25 gardens for 6months)

·       $32 for 1kg of seeds for the Food For Life project (support 50 gardens for 6months)

·       $40 for 400 investiture badges for 400 children

·       $50 for 50 scout scarves to be given to the children

·       $63 to transport a Field Officer/Mentor to visit 20 Scout groups for 1 month

·       $87 to provide a Scout box with all the necessary equipment to start scouts in a new village, impacting 50 children

·       $100 to provide in-service training for one day to 50 Scouters including venue hire, transport and catering.