Cape Wine Auction’s “The Gift of Giving’ Lot Raises R2.9 million

This was part of the final tally of R17.5 million raised, all of which will go towards education in the Cape winelands.

What makes it even more impressive was that those who bid for the lot were not after fine wine, valuable artwork or a glamorous getaway; they were simply pledging in R100 000 increments towards specific educational goals identified by the Cape Wine Auction Trust. 

The Gift of Giving lots comprised the following (with what each R100 000 contributed will provide):

• Lot 1. Nutrition: 35 000 nutritious school lunches to 175 vulnerable children every day.
• Lot 2. Psycho-Social Support: 500 hours of counselling for children at their school, by qualified psychologists, counsellors or social workers.
• Lot 3. Technology: 20 computers to be installed at a school, facilitated and managed by the Click Foundation.
• Lot 4. Staff Training: 44 Pebbles Project permanent employees for a year to ensure the staff stay informed of the latest developments in their respective fields.
• Lot 5. Mother-Tongue Instruction: 10 Afrikaans educational computer programmes for after-school projects in the rural Robertson and Montague areas, facilitated by the Anna Foundation.
• Lot 6. Empowering Girls Through Technology: Eduvate enrols 20 Grade 10 girl learners from the Stellenbosch area in an 18-month coding programme with Code4CT – an organisation that focuses exclusively on teaching female high school learners to code.
• Lot 7. Transport: Transport services to 80 children in the winelands for a year.
• Lot 8. Literacy: A reading corner in four classrooms from Grades R to 3 at a school, including books, floor cushions, mats, easels for big books, posters and teacher packs, plus fully-illustrated dictionaries for the children to use.
• Lot 9. Training for Early Childhood Development Practitioners: The training of 42 Early Childhood Development practitioners and provide them with resources to run Early Childhood Development programmes.
• Lot 10. Pre-School Centre: A pre-school centre for 25 children for an entire year including the provision of educational resources, training for the centre staff, stationery and furniture.

Says Nedbank Private Wealth's Head of Philanthropy, Noxolo Hlongwane: “As Nedbank Private Wealth, we believe in comprehensive and holistic support towards education and so it was a natural fit to become the sponsor of The Cape Wine Auction. Nedbank Private Wealth supports several initiatives aimed at empowering young people, and education is a critical cornerstone. Education remains an important lever through which we can transform our country. In addition, our philanthropic expertise provides invaluable advice to ensure that non-profit organisations such as the ones supported by the CWA optimise their finances and have a sustainable, long-term impact. We are delighted with the amount raised this year which will make a long-lasting and tangible difference to the many children the CWA Trust is able to reach.”