Educo Camp
It had been a long held dream that the KiDS Foundation would one day be able to send some of its scholars on an Educo Africa Wilderness Leadership Course. Educo, though dating back to Canada in 1969, started in South Africa in 1994 in the same year as the KiDS Foundation - and of course the same momentous year that South Africa elected its first democratic government. Reading and understanding all that Educo (www.educo.org.za) strives for, made us burn with ambition to give this opportunity to our scholars who would grab it with both hands and make it work for them. Besides being impressed with the depth and quality of the actual programme in the wilderness, it was also the pre- and post course workshops that ensure that the whole effort has a lasting effect. Educo has an excellent track record and strives to Heal, Grow and Lead Outdoors. Thanks to the DEUTSCHE BANK AFRICA FOUNDATION we were privileged to send 33 KiDS on an Educo course in April 2009 - a wonderful opportunity to enhance the lives of our scholars who hold the future of our country in their hands. They spent 7 days in pristine wilderness in the Groot Winterhoek and Cedarberg mountains learning about the environment, themselves and their potential.