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“You BELONG and you are LOVED”

Life in post-apartheid South Africa sees Vrygrond – one of the oldest informal settlements in the Cape – desperately overcrowded and under resourced. It is a one square kilometre home to 45 000 residents with no high school, no police station, and no clinic. Every day young people battle the dangers of crime, violence, addiction, abuse, and gangsterism.

Breaking cycles of poverty

In the midst of these challenges stands – a facility and skilled team bringing hope by creating pathways to

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