Disadvantaged schools are identified in our communities and in partnership with Barefoot No More, school shoes together with centre branded book bags and stationery sets are donated to all the scholars.
A total of 43 769 pairs of school shoes have been donated in our communities.
There are over 95 million children in Africa who do not have access to a desk at school. An appropriate surface on which to write is crucial to literacy development and basic education*. Under resourced schools are identified in our communities and a lap desk is donated to each scholar. As the desks are portable, the scholar can utilise the desk at school and at home. The desks are centre branded and are printed with educational content.
A total of 43 774 lap desks have been donated in our communities.
*Source: The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign
The sponsorship of an academic prize takes place to participating schools in our communities annually. The academic prize consists of a floating merit board which is engraved with the prize winner’s name, a gift voucher to a selected shop at the shopping centre in the community, and the prize winner’s school fees for the next academic year are paid for in full where possible, or a contribution is made toward the fees.
A total of 368 academic prizes have been awarded to top achieving scholars across 90 schools.
A partnership has been established with reputable organisations including MinaCup and Subz Pads to empower young girls in our communities with access to sustainable sanitary products. An educational talk on the products accompanies the handover of the dignity packs.
A total of 1 653 dignity packs have been donated in our communities.
Founded in 2019 by Capital Land Asset Management (Capital Land) and Futuregrowth Asset Management (Futuregrowth), the Rialto Project provides and manages educational bursaries to leading schools across South Africa for deserving children. The Rialto Bridge spans the Grand Canal in the city of Venice. As one of the most iconic historical bridges in the world, it provides a representative symbol of the ideals and objectives of our programme.
The Rialto Project aims to bridge the education divide of historical disadvantage in South Africa, giving deserving children from compromised backgrounds access to world-class education, opportunities and support through a structured bursary programme. In doing so, we aim to change the lives of the individuals, their families and communities.
The Rialto Project currently has seven bursary recipients and a total of R2.4 million has been pledged by the sponsors including Capital Land Asset Management, Futuregrowth Asset Management and Futuregrowth Community Property Company.
A total of 10 Rialto Project Bursaries have been awarded to date.
For further information on The Rialto Project please visit www.rialtoproject.co.za
Cangro aims to empower children with the knowledge, skills and capacity to successfully nurture and care for their very own upside-down tomato plant, simultaneously teaching them to nurture and care for themselves and their environment. The real value underlying the entire project is the cans’ ability to connect. Usually involving entire households, it connects teachers to parents, and through branding and marketing it connects the shopping centre to the community. Through innovation focused on the use of recycled material, Cangro hopes to inspire a generation of young thinkers and future entrepreneurs who can contribute in a meaningful way to a sustainable South Africa.
A total of 4 631 Cangro Cans have been donated in our communities.
