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Blue Crane Foundation
Development is the key
Sustainable development is when...
Indigent Communities have gained the capacity to
identify, diagnose, own and solve the problems of
their impoverishment.
Blue Crane Foundation’s Vision is to see a country
where the informal and rural communities are
developed with sufficient ability to identify and
sustainably address their own psycho-social and
economic needs.
Blue Crane Foundation’s Mission is to strengthen
informal and rural Community Based Organizations
(CBOs) in rural and semi-urban settings through
• Capacity building and training
• Mentorship
• Provision of customized aid
Development not relief: Philanthropic efforts
and resources in the past have concentrated on
relief work and not sustainable development.
Relief efforts, however noble they are, deal with
the symptoms and not the roots of community
struggles. This has led to dependencies on relief aid.
CONTACT DETAILS: Communities within themselves often lack the
Andre Bezuidenhout 073 150 4020 vision, organisational capacity and access to
65 Smartt Road best practices which can enable them to make a
Nahoon sustainable impact in their own communities.
East London
andre@blue-crane.org
www.blue-crane.org
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