FIRELIGHT FOUND ATION

GRANTS 2004
BELABELA WELFARE SOCIETY, Belabela
$4,000 – Regrant Belabela Welfare Society operates in a rural
underserved area, providing home-based
care, orphan outreach, and support groups
for vulnerable children and people living
with HIV/AIDS. Firelight’s first grant paid for
school fees and recreational activities for
children. Funds also covered staff training in
psychosocial counseling and administrative
costs. This new documentation grant is
funding the development of a website and
other materials aimed at raising awareness
and highlighting the work of the Belabela
Welfare Society.
BOTSHABELO BABIES HOME, Kyalami
$15,000 – Regrant Botshabelo Babies Home provides care
to HIV-positive and abandoned babies
through hospice and adoption services and
a family reunification program. In addition,
they offer caregiver training and assistance
with income-generating activities in the
surrounding community. Previous grants
supported shelter and salaries for a social
worker and two caregivers. Regrant funds
help cover administrative costs and salaries,
allowing staff to focus on expanding their
community home-based care program.
$11,000 of this grant was funded through Firelight’s Donor Advised
Fund, at Tides Foundation.
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CENTRE (CRC), Durban
$30,000 – Regrant CRC works on a range of child rights issues
throughout South Africa. With a prior grant,
the Children’s Rights Centre developed
Play Rights Packs for children in institutional
settings such as social welfare offices, police
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