Focus Area
The Letsatsi Borutho Trust supports social and economic advancement within a 50 kilometer radius from the Droogfontein Solar Power plant. The Trust does this by partnering with local people and their organisations to build strong, vibrant, safe, and prosperous communities that have more social and economic equality than in the past. It supports community-driven initiatives through grantmaking, capacity building, and other activities.
After consultation with communities, a review of grant applications that it has received in the past, and analysis of needs, gaps, and opportunities in the places where it works, the trust has
decided to give priority to community organisations that focus on the following activities for now:
- Market and enterprise development: The development of small businesses by young people, especially those that supply food products to community-based nutrition programmes.
- Youth education and life skills: The promotion of positive life skills amongst young people, including addressing substance dependence and gendered violence.
- Food: Community-based nutrition programmes for vulnerable groups including children and elderly people.
The Letsatsi Borutho Trust supports social and economic advancement within a 50 kilometer radius from the Droogfontein Solar Power plant. The Trust does this by partnering with local people and their organisations to build strong, vibrant, safe and prosperous communities that have more social and economic equality than in the past. It supports community-driven initiatives through grantmaking, capacity building and other activities.
The Trust provides grants to organisations that apply for support to run these activities. Grants are given through a competitive process where many groups apply and their applications are assessed in comparison to each other, normally through an open call for grant applications.
The Trust also runs its own programmes including programmes to support young people in school and out of school develop life skills that prepare them to be job-ready or ready to participate in further education and skills development opportunities, and giving educational and skills development bursaries to young people.
In addition, the trust has set up a standing disaster relief fund to be able to respond to unexpected emergencies that affect communities as they arise, which it has used to respond to urgent community needs such as during the COVID-19 crisis, for example. It was able to provide food and blankets to those who were not able to benefit from feeding schemes which had to close, and provide protective equipment to enable feeding schemes to resume their activities.
