Swaziland Charitable Trust - Working for the people of Swaziland

The SCT makes grants equalling approximately £40,000 annually. Donations made to the Trust, increase the assistance we can give. The selection of projects, recipients and partners below will give a flavour of the Trust’s programme. Further details can be found in the Trust’s newsletters.

Recent Grants
Grants are made 3-4 times annually. These are some of the applications that were approved recently.

Recipient Organisation	Purpose of Grant
Swaziland Skills Centres - N.A.S.T.C	Purchase of tools and equipment for training
Children's Cup Swaziland	Veranda & playground equipment for Madonsa Orphan Carepoint
Enjabulweni High School	School Library
McCorkindale Trust	Building materials & fittings for orphanage upgrades
St. Benedict Primary School	Building materials for kitchen roofing
Manzana Nazarene Primary School	Building materials for classroom roofing
Moya Centre	Tools and materials for school trench gardening projects
Gundvwini Primary School	Home Economics equipment - Two handy-gas stoves
Sinethemba Pre-school	Playground equipment

Orphan Sponsorship
Started in 2004, two hundred and twenty primary school children are now being sponsored by individuals. The first sponsored students have graduated to high school. The cost of education increases dramatically at High School with higher school fees and uniform costs and longer distances to travel. They are usually beyond the means of an individual sponsor and to ensure that all the sponsored children’s education can continue, a fund has been established.

Bacons College Christmas Appeal
The Swazi flag flies in Rotherhithe after a visit to Swaziland by a teacher at Bacon’s College. The school went on to raise the astonishing amount of over £10,000 in its Christmas 2006 Appeal. Thanks to the extraordinary endeavours of students and teachers together, thirty two students are now being sponsored, a library is being established at St Francis High School and classrooms built at St Benedict’s, a rural primary school. Bacon’s and St Francis Schools have now been twinned.

Wrington Community
A wonderful evening of African food, song and dance was organised this May by Sandy, Hazel and friends to raise funds for the SCT orphan support scheme. Hazel worked at the Swaziland adult literacy centre in 2001, returning with a love of the country and a determination to continue helping it. Over £2,000 was raised to support orphans. An orphan will be supported throughout its primary school education, building materials will be purchased to assist in the construction of a rural primary school and the balance will help with the high school education of orphans.

The Luxembourg Christmas Bazaar
Last Christmas the SCT was chosen as one of the recipients for the money raised at the British stand of the annual International Bazaar. The £2,412 donation was put towards the secondary education of Nhlanhla Mawelala, a sponsored orphan who had completed his Primary school education with flying colours.

St Philips School
The SCT was the charity chosen for the St Philips School summer appeal and over £1,000 has been raised to date. The school has sponsored an orphan throughout his entire schooling.

Primary Schools
Support for primary education is central to fulfilling our aims. The SCT assistance has included classroom construction, school electrification, the provision of agricultural equipment, boreholes, libraries, domestic science equipment and orphan support.

Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show
The proceeds from the 2005 Edinburgh University Charity Fashion Show were donated to Swaziland Charitable Trust. The students raised £18,500. This money was used to construct classrooms at four schools; St. Holy Ghost, Ekutsimleni, Malkerns Valley and Hhohho AME. The extra classrooms will make an enormous difference to the learning environment for students and teachers.