Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has agreed to serve as Patron of The Thoughful Path: Munsieville, Project HOPE UK's signature programme based near Johannesburg, South Africa.
Speaking to Project HOPE UK Executive Director, Paul Brooks on Monday (9 August), he said that despite his very recent announcement of his intention to withdraw from public life, "the Thoughtful Path: Munsieville is most worthwhile and I am very happy to support Project HOPE UK in this vital initiative to provide a future to our most vulnerable citizens. The programme's emphasis on sustainablility and on the mobilisation of the entire community to improve the health of children is most welcome and deserves widespread support".
The Thoughtful Path: Munsieville represents a long term commitment from the Board, staff and volunteers of Project HOPE UK, aiming to create a new "gold standard" for the way orphans and other vulnerable children are supported within the community, covering every stage of child development and seeking to remove the root causes of poor health in children, including poverty, violence, lack of education and poor nutrition, in addition to disease and other medical challenges.
Archbishop Tutu, one of the most effective and respected anti-apartheid activists and architect of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cited by some as one of the most significant factors in avoiding a civil war as the country transitioned to democratic majority rule in 1994, grew up in the township of Munsieville, host to The Thoughtful Path. He is a frequent visitor to his former home and knows intimately of the difficult slum conditions in which the majority of Munsieville residents live.
Speaking to Project HOPE UK Executive Director, Paul Brooks on Monday (9 August), he said that despite his very recent announcement of his intention to withdraw from public life, "the Thoughtful Path: Munsieville is most worthwhile and I am very happy to support Project HOPE UK in this vital initiative to provide a future to our most vulnerable citizens. The programme's emphasis on sustainablility and on the mobilisation of the entire community to improve the health of children is most welcome and deserves widespread support".
The Thoughtful Path: Munsieville represents a long term commitment from the Board, staff and volunteers of Project HOPE UK, aiming to create a new "gold standard" for the way orphans and other vulnerable children are supported within the community, covering every stage of child development and seeking to remove the root causes of poor health in children, including poverty, violence, lack of education and poor nutrition, in addition to disease and other medical challenges.
Archbishop Tutu, one of the most effective and respected anti-apartheid activists and architect of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cited by some as one of the most significant factors in avoiding a civil war as the country transitioned to democratic majority rule in 1994, grew up in the township of Munsieville, host to The Thoughtful Path. He is a frequent visitor to his former home and knows intimately of the difficult slum conditions in which the majority of Munsieville residents live.
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