Charity Golf Tournaments
THE 4TH ANNUAL
LUCKY POINT AND ARABELLA EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST GOLF DAY
Arabella Golf Club, South Africa, 2024
Lucky Point in Botrivier – approximately 100km from Cape Town, South Africa – strive to create better opportunities for children by teaching them to care for their living environment, providing a safe area to play and learn in and, of course, teaching a good work ethic.
The Lucky Point Foundation is the product of Margrit Schwendimann’s initiative.
In 2008 she commenced the project by introducing the Recycling and Point Shop to an area in the Western Cape called Botrivier – approximately a 100 kilometers from Cape Town – close to the town of Hermanus. Her local partners, Elizabeth Jacobs and Claudia Delport, demonstrated the same desire to help the local children and their families.
“My motivation for setting up Lucky Point grew from the desire to provide the disadvantaged children in this beautiful area greater opportunities.” Margrit says: “I chose Botrivier as the location because living close by I was familiar with some of the local people and their challenges.”
Her heart lies in South Africa and its children, whose reaction to the generosity of our friends in Switzerland encouraged her. Thanks to the support of these many friends, our project grew extensively to where it is today. Without their generosity, we would not have been able to provide a healthier, safer well-being to the many children and their families who work tirelessly on our Recycling project.
In 2011 our first After School Care opened its door followed two years later by a second After School Care.
In 2014 we opened and registered our Crèche as an NPO (non profit Organisation).
In 2018 we commenced construction of a Youth Centre and Recycling Station, which opened in February 2019.
Western Cape, South Africa
Charity Golf Tournament “Building Skills”, Crans Montana 2024
4th Charity Golf Trophy for better education for socially disadvantaged children and young people in South Africa
July 18th - 19th, 2024 in Crans-Montana and Leuk, Valais
Building Skills Welfare Switzerland (formerly Hope and Light) is committed to children from the poorest backgrounds in the Cape Town region to provide them with daily meals, comprehensive schooling and thus better opportunities for the future. In cooperation with established education centers in Stellenbosch and Somerset West, we want to become more involved in providing qualified vocational training for school leavers. We will also be collecting donations for this pioneering project in 2024. We were all looking forward to the 4th Charity Golf Trophy as a 2-day event from 18 to 19 July 2024 in beautiful Valais and we thank you for your support, with which you give socially disadvantaged children and young people the chance for a better future. Margrid Bill Ursula & Markus Pfister Bettina Dervey OK President Silverboom Host Building Skills Welfare Golf Pleasure Taste sponsored an extra lottery.
