Empowering low-income South African women and youth to attain a quality education,
create a sustainable livelihood, and achieve financial independence.
Did You Know?
- 43% of South Africa’s population is under age nineteen.
- 75% of South African children live on less than US$2 a day.
- 57% of Black South African women are unemployed.
- 1.2 million children have been orphaned by AIDS.
"The staff of Project People Foundation have worked tirelessly for over a decade – through our transition from apartheid to democracy and now in the rise of the AIDS pandemic... I commend them for their commitment"
Desmond M. Tutu,
Archbishop Emeritus, South Africa
