End of Year event

Safir Utilis, a financial company, hosted 15 children on 28 December 2023 for lunch. These students received gifts from Safir Utilis and Hoolooman Associates.

Gift of material

Members of the Rotary Club distributed school material on the 16th December to 25 children. Rotarians who also sponsor students had the opportunity to interact with their beneficiaries.

Landscope partnership

As part of its 7th anniversary celebration, Landscope committed Rs105,000 towards the sponsor of our beneficiaries. Our members attended the event held by Landscope.

Beechand event

Beechand partnered with We are Youth and held a Christmas party on 2 December 2023 where 20 beneficiaries obtained gifts, food vouchers and enjoyed games.

Food voucher donation

We are Youth scheduled several food voucher distributions on 1 November and 7 October 2023. In total 80 families in Mauritius and Rodrigues benefited from the food voucher distribution.

Visit to Rodrigues

SAC members visited Rodrigues in July 2023 and met with students and parents from schools across the island. A get together was organized on the last day and 14 students received gifts and food vouchers

JTC Xmas gifts

Thirty students participated in the Xmas celebrations held on Saturday 10 December 2022 and  supported by JTC staff. Each student received school material, food stuff and a personalised gift.

Odysseo outing

Fifty beneficiaries and their siblings visited the Odysseo aquarium on 25 November 2022 thanks to the generosity of SANNE. The jelly fish and the shark were the star attractions!

Fun and games

After the Odysseo visit, children were able to enjoy games and afternoon snacks at Les Salines.

Transport

Transport to and from schools and insurance cover for the Odysseo outing was kindly provided by RLB Hooloomann.

Winners Vouchers

We are Youth, a group of young volunteers active in the district of Riviere du Rempart, donated 100 Winner’s vouchers worth Rs2,000 each.  Some vouchers were handed over to children at a food voucher distribution on 19 December 2022. Others are being

Divali cakes

SANNE donated cakes for our beneficiaries and staff to celebrate the Festival of Light.

IQ-EQ anniversary

To mark their 30th anniversary of doing business in Mauritius, IQ-EQ will sponsor 30 of our beneficiaries. They have committed to a three-year program. Our Treasurer received the cheque at  a ceremony held on 13 October 2022.

JTC sponsorship

On 27 September 2022, JTC renewed its sponsorship at the event commemorating their relocation to new quarters in Ebene. The staff also contributed by donating school material.

COVID-19 Food pack

One of our major sponsors, SANNE, graciously provided 30 food packs so we could distribute to our most deserving families. Students and their parents came to the office during the third week of June to collect their pack. It was an opportunity to learn how the students coped with online courses during the lockdown.

Visit to Rodrigues

 In July 2020, one of our members visited the students we sponsor in Rodrigues. SAC is currently sponsoring 16 students in four schools across  the island. The visit provided the opportunity to meet with more needy families to assess their requirements in view of future sponsorship.
Since then, visits have not been possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interact Ebene

The young members of Interact Ebene organised an end of year party in 2019 for some 20 of our sponsored students so they could distribute the school materials purchased through the club’s fundraising activities. Interact members entertained the students, their parents and our members with songs and dances.

Interact MGI

The students of Mahatma Gandhi Institute State School members of Interact raised funds to supply our deserving students in a range of school materials. Mrs Bundhoo, the team leader and several students attended our office to hand over the material.

We are Youth

SAC is partnering with “We Are Youth”, an association of volunteers working with the students of the small village of Panchavati in Rivière du Rempart. The group applies the principle of ‘Know your child’ and meet regularly with the students and the families for coaching and mentoring. In 2020, 5 of the students receive monthly allowances from SAC.

Winner’s campaign

Winner’s partnered with SAC during their December 2018 campaign ‘Nous et vous contre la faim” and collected over Rs100,000 worth of food items at Winner’s Candos. The Winner’s vouchers were distributed to students enrolled in subjects such as Food & Nutrition, Art & Design.

Flag day

With the help of members , friends and rectors amongst others , using boxes offered by Mr Ronald Daurat of Metal Can Manufacturers Ltd , SAC held its Flag day on 22 , 23 and 24 November 2017. A sum of Rs 77,289 was raised.  Thank you to all who contributed.