GVI Blog for Volunteering in South Africa on Community Projects

Welcome to GVI's blog for all of our community projects in South Africa. Here you can keep up to date with all the happenings and information from our field operations in South Africa.

Global Vision International (GVI) is a non-political, non-religious organisation, which through its alliance with over 150 project partners in over 30 countries, provides opportunities for volunteers to fill a critical void in the fields of environmental research, conservation, education and community development.

Facts and figures

  • Offered sports coaching to over 1000 disadvantaged children
  • Increased the level of literacy to grade 6 students by 19%
  • Increased the level of Numeracy to grade 6 students by 15%
  • Given over 2000 hours of individual therapy to disabled orphans
  • Run over 1500 reading workshops to over 1800 disadvantaged children in townships around Cape Town
  • Opened 2 educational centers for pre school children in poverty stricken townships surrounding Cape Town

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  • GVI Charitable Trust
  • Southern Africa Community programmes

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Empowering the Community through Information

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