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It is a proud year for the Golder Trust for Orphans. 2018 marks our 15th year of operation! We will be celebrating this year by featuring stories per edition to highlight some of the life changing moments in the lives of the children and communities Golder donors have impacted through their support!

As reflected in our “Conversations on our first 50 years” by John Boyd in 2010, the Golder Trust for Orphans began in 2003 after the first Principal’s meeting in Africa. Consultants undertaking development projects in Africa realised the magnitude of the problem of children orphaned within the communities. Due to the number of children, placing children into an institutional organisation like a traditional orphanage would not be possible. As most of the children were from rural areas and the economy mainly agriculturally based, the concept was to have commercial farms where the children could live in the environment that was close to their original community, with the profit from the farm supporting the orphans.

At the time, Rick Firlotte was instrumental in guiding the Trust in understanding what could and could not be achieved and ‘Golderised’ the concept for the Trust. One of the main examples of this, after discussions around the different models, was that the Trust decided to work through established Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). In this way, it would be supporting NGOs that had the same values as Golder.

The Golder Trust is in essence a partnership funding orgainisation that can work with local communities to help locally based orgainsations to improve the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children and young adults in impoverished communities.

Celebrating 15 Years!

GOLDER TRUST FOR ORPHANS

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SETUPGolder Trust For Orphans

Initiated by Golder Principles in the first Principals Meeting for Golder Africa.

ESTABLISHOne of the first enterprises at a Golder Trust NGO Partner

Bulembu Honey! The only producer and processor of honey in Swaziland. Bulembu Honey facilitates the training and education of bee keepers and their trade.

VOLUNTEERFirst Golder Trust Volunteer Trip with international Golder colleagues to an NGO (2009)

Volunteers travelled to Malelane and helped finish the construction of the school and the installation of a jungle gym for the children.

WORKSHOPFirst NGO Workshop (2010)

The NGO Workshop is a unique opportunity offered by the Golder Trust to all NGOs. This workshop allows all NGOs to meet one another and to discuss successes, challenges and plan for future projects. By meeting similar organisations, NGOs are able to share ideas and forge new contacts, all forming part of the greater support network through the Golder Trust.

We are so proud of our leaders, colleagues, supporters, partner organisations, the communities and especially the children for all the many achievements over the last 15 years, we have all come such a long way and look forward to this continued success in the future!

Some of our key milestones over the last 15 years!

OUR THREE OBJECTIVES:

Provide initial grant funding to meet short term needs of locally based NGOs who are trying to help children.

Partner with organisations to develop ideas for long term self-sustaining, income-generating opportunities and for the Trust to invest in those projects. The intention of these entrepreneurial activities is to raise money to go directly to supporting the children.

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Use the talents of Golder people to help support local organisations by implementing projects on the ground.

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ANNUALFirst Annual Face to Face meeting for Golder Trust for Orphans Board of Trustees (2007)

An opportunity for the Board of Trustees to meet and collaborate in person.

LOOK OUT for our new Infographic which gives an overview of the Trust with some highlights of our NGOs and Projects

PROJECTS

Celebrating 15 Years of Life Changing Moments!

A reflection from one of our newest NGOs in Malawi

As we look back over the last couple of months we see a big change in our orphans. These are a few pictures taken on the first day that they arrived at the orphanage. These children were neglected and scared but now things have changed. Not only have the clothes changed, but their faces tell a story. “The orphanage is a relatively new project but so much good has happened. We thank Golder for their input very much.”

Golder Trust began assisting the Malawi project in 2017. We became aware of this new project through one of our current NGO partners. Since our initial site visit, Golder donors have enabled the Trust to survey and drill a water well (borehole). Once the yield was determined, the associated pumps and irrigation works were installed accordingly.

The Trust is grateful to our donors and supporters. Thank you for your continued support over the years, although we are highlighting some of the incredible stories, this is only a glimpse of the difference you have made in the lives of others.

Irrigate crops during the dry months and provide a sustainable food source within those months for the community.

Beyond being a direct water source, having this water has enabled the project to:

Provide employment to farm workers from the surrounding communities all year round.

Supply water to the brick making operation. The project (supported by the community) makes their own bricks to build structures needed for the children, their families and the local enterprises.

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ON ARRIVAL

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AnnouncementNext Volunteer Trip! August 2018!

AROUND THE GOLDER WORLD…

How will you or your office earn your 15 minutes of fame? We are challenging all employees/offices to think out of the box (using the number 15 as your inspiration) to plan or celebrate an event in honour of the Golder Trust for Orphans to raise awareness, but most of all, to have some fun supporting the children and communities of the Golder Trust!

We look forward to receiving your feedback and photos on your events and will be featuring feedback in future newsletter editions.

Calling all Golderites! “15 Minutes of Fame” ChallengeOFFICES

*Date/location could be changed.

Venue Rhotia Valley, Tanzania* (flights will be in and out of Kilimanjaro Airport, Tanzania)

Arrival 13th August 2018*

Please send your name if you are interested and would like to attend to GolderTrustforOrphans@golder.com

Details for the first conference call regarding the volunteer trip will follow once sheduled.

The last weekend will include a leisure weekend trip/activity - tbc)

Departure 19th August 2018*

The GTO team is planning the next volunteer trip!

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Visit: www.goldertrust.org or

eMail: goldertrustfororphans@golder.com

GETINVOLVED

WE NEED YOUR HELPPlease Become a Monthly Donor!

Golder Trust for Orphans is predominantly funded by the generous support of Golder Associates employees. We would not have been able to get so far without them. However, we need YOUR help too.

The donations received by employees that personally raise funds and who participate in fundraising initiatives are immensely valuable and greatly appreciated. However, it’s through monthly donations that the Trust is able to ensure it can provide reliable ongoing funding to our projects.

Please remember there is no minimum amount – every bit helps.

Please consider joining our programme – we really need your help.

Please promote the Trust and encourage your sphere of influence to contribute.

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Thank you! Your donation goes a long way to helping the children by giving them food, education, access to clean water and a secure & loving home.

GivenGain online payments Golder Trust for Orphans Website

Unique to the Golder Trust for Orphans: 100% of your donations go directly to the projects. So you can be assured that every penny goes to making a huge difference to the orphans we support.

15 YEARS!

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