Mokaleng Charity

Mokaleng School has a great need for funds. Although a government-run school, the government does not provide food, accommodation or clothing. This is despite the fact that most of the children live on less than US$1 a day. Almost all children board at the School, as they live several hours’ walk or donkey-cart ride away, and lessons begin before sunrise and breakfast due to heat later in the day. Once a week the whole school eats meat when the seniors slaughter a donkey.

Most learners are unable to pay the boarding fees, and the School, with its care and attention to each child, survives on donations.

A Voice in the Desert is a social entrepreneurial product; a CD that blends charity and commerce. Acis will donate half its UK and USA profits from this CD to the school. The school and learners receive all the income from their selling their product in Namibia through distributers Kirky’s Agencies and Universal Sounds. Building self-reliance through trading is an essential part of development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

One Africa Television news coverage of Mokaleng’s recent trip to Namibia’s capital, Windhoek.

Funds from this CD help the community celebrate its home-grown talent, and develops self-reliance towards the ultimate goal of fundraising significantly for its School.

Purchasing this CD directly impacts the lives of hundreds of kids, in a country with a tiny population (2 million). That’s a big impact. It was this School, and some of these singers, who helped start the national Our HIV ABC video project, with Sekolo Projects. In 2008, the HIV prevalence rate for 15-19 year olds dropped for the first time, by 50% as a direct result of Sekolo’s work.

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