Dear Friends,

I am delighted to participate in this important endeavor. Your support here today will make a tangible difference in the lives of many South Africans. It will enable this foundation to continue supporting education, financial empowerment and leadership training among women and youth in the townships of Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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. PPF continues to position itself in response to South Africa’s most urgent needs. Those needs are becoming more critical each day. We need your help.

Black women, often caring for their children alone, have the highest unemployment rates in the country and when they are hired, their income is the lowest of all other race and gender groups. The poverty of many of our people is exacerbated by the second highest HIV prevalence rate in the world. 900 South Africans are dying every day from HIV/AIDS related causes and there are over one million South African AIDS orphans.

Your support today is bringing hope into this desperate situation. The Project People Foundation is making a difference. Join me in helping to realize God’s dream to make this world a place of compassion, of caring, of sharing. Our sisters and brothers are hurting. Support the outstanding work of Project People Foundation and let us realize God’s dream together.

God bless you,

Desmond M. Tutu

Archbishop Emeritus

18 April 2007
Project People Foundation
The Hon. Rev. Linda Tarry-Chard
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027

Dear Rev. Tarry-Chard,

The relationship between Project People Foundation and South Africa began over 11 years ago in 1995 with the Black Doll Project. Over 15,000 dolls were sent to SA in a single year and were distributed to children in the townships who had never seen dolls in their likeness before.

Project People Foundation is dedicated to changing lives on the African and American continent and the Celebrating Life: Concert Series is a way for the foundation to make this possible. The foundation has touched the lives of South Africans, old and young alike in so many ways. We are grateful for their continued work in South Africa and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Project People Foundation on the work it has embarked on in South Africa.

Thank you for reaching out to people in South Africa with the many projects that the Project People Foundation has undertaken. IT is through the support of organizations such as The Project People Foundation that South Africa will secure its future and development.

The Project People Foundation truly represents the principles of Batho Pele (creating a better life for all South Africans and putting people first.)

I wish to thank you for your support and friendship.

Yours Sincerely,

FIKILE MAGUBANE

CONSUL GENERAL