GIVING BACK
The Children's Hospital Trust
The Children’s Hospital Trust is a nonprofit organisation that raises funds to support the advancement of child healthcare across the Western Cape and the Continent. Working in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health and health facilities and UCT Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Trust has invested over R1 billion towards improving public health infrastructure, training specialist paediatric health workers, and enabling the establishment of child public health programmes, both within the RCCWMH and across Western Cape district health services.
As part of the Lionel Smit Studio giving back programme we sell a range of handpicked prints, donating 100% of proceeds towards various non-profit organisations we support. These include the local Heartlands Baby Sanctuary and Patch Helderberg (both of whom are local non-profit organisations that help children in need), as well as the two NPOs listed below.
Heartlands Baby Sanctuary harbours children who have been abandoned, abused, neglected, orphaned, who are disabled and or sick. In the past ten years, they have cared for over 300 children.
PATCH specialises in the prevention and treatment of minors that have been sexually abused. The NPO operates in the Helderberg area of Cape Town, South Africa
MAD Leadership Foundation
MAD Leadership Foundation focuses on identifying, supporting and developing the future leaders of South Africa. They provide a comprehensive, personal and long-term scholarship programme, offering scholars support in the areas of mentorship and personal, academic and leadership development. They achieve this through a multi-disciplinary team, skilled in various professions to ensure that we remove any barrier the scholar is facing in the most effective and efficient manner.
Art Angels (The Click Foundation) deploys online English literacy programmes in under-privileged primary schools across South Africa. The programmes offer young learners the opportunity to work at their own pace through fun and enjoyable activities, navigating their learning journey by means of technology. In doing so, the Click Foundation is not only addressing the literacy crisis but also equipping these young learners with the technological skills required to achieve their future success.
Art Angels (The Click Foundation)
Absolution, 2024 (Charity Print)
Edition of 20
Gicleé print on archival paper
Signed by the artist
50 x 50cm
