A child needs more
than food to grow up
Every child needs support not only with food, healthcare and shelter, but in order to grow up as a self led, stable individual with strong values, self esteem and the will to have a positive impact on its surroundings, a child also needs to be given the tools and support to develop on both an emotional and psychological level.
These are the skills that Star for Life teaches children – to get to know themselves, identify their dreams and work toward them, bearing through challenges on the way to reaching their goals. In order to reach all the way, staying healthy is of high priority.
Star for Life is a non-profit organisation founded in 2005 with the mission to inspire young people to believe in their dreams for the future and support them to live an AIDS-free life. We now operate in over one hundred schools in southern Africa.
Our Vision
A future in which young people are empowered to realise their dreams as responsible members of caring communities.
Our Mission
To inspire young people to value learning, acquire the knowledge and skills they need for productive work and live healthy and meaningful lives.
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Meet our partner: Volvo Trucks
Star for Life operates with the help of a number of big and smaller partners. Most partners take on funding the Star for Life program in a high school, but some go on to making the partnership both bigger and Read more
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Youth Dialogue "Change starts with me"
South Africa is becoming increasingly unsafe for women to live in according to the South African statistics femicide is times higher than the global average, and experience Xenophobic attacks at the same time where foreign national was attacked. “Change starts Read more
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A former student's success story
My name is Legoadi Princess Ramabele, I am a 19 year old UWC graduate from South Africa. In 2014 I … Read more
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Star for Life at Africa's main AIDS conference
Star for Life is currently participating in Africa’s largest AIDS conference ICASA. Nearly 10,000 people have gathered in Kigali with … Read more
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Arts Workshop
Our Arts Department recently held an art workshop for creative arts educators working in star for life’s 13 full package … Read more