Monthly Archives: August 2024

On August 29th, the Harry Crossley team attended the Women in Philanthropy South Africa (WiPSA) Networking Breakfast, a gathering of influential women leaders in philanthropy. The event brought together those spearheading social impact projects, NGOs, and philanthropic foundations, all united by a common goal: addressing South Africa’s pressing challenges. A highlight of the morning was [read more]

The HCF team attended the second IPASA Higher Education Funder Seminar, titled “Higher Education Funding in Crisis,” held at the Wits Business School. This event was jointly hosted by the Independent Philanthropy Association South Africa (IPASA) and The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI). The seminar focused on funding solutions for student access [read more]

The Harry Crossley Foundation team headed out to Stellenbosch on the 20th of August to meet with the MOVE4FOOD team at the University of Stellenbosch. The #Move4Food fundraising campaign was launched in August 2018 with the goal of raising funds to help sustain the food security initiatives at Stellenbosch University. We met with Lizzie Witbooi [read more]

  The Harry Crossley Foundation has been funding a wraparound initiative that Stellenbosch University makes available to their postgraduate students. On a recent site visit to Stellenbosch University on the 20th of August, we met with Hugo Steyn and Nugent Lewis who presented a very comprehensive report on how many students are making use of [read more]

The Harry Crossley Foundation team spent the morning of the 15th of August at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, in Rondebosch, Cape Town, visiting three of the programs that are funded through the Foundation. This included getting feedback from Professor Jo Wilmshurst and Helen Maintjies on the African Peadiatric Fellowship Program. As always it [read more]