Helwel Trust currently mainly supports two NPOs (Non Profit Organisations) in South Africa. Our money enables these charities to extend their work into the areas which Helwel traditionally has supported, that is Northern KwaZulu Natal, particularly around Nqutu, Melmoth and Nkandla.

TREE

Training and Resources in Early Education has its headquarters in Durban. It trains pre-school teachers and makes and distributes educational toys and equipment to the pre-schools. In the poverty stricken rural areas most children are ill-prepared for learning and pre-schools are invaluable. They are also a resource for education of the parents and encouragement of the community.

ACAT

African Co-operative Action Trust has its headquarters in Howick near Pietermaritzberg. It works by encouraging the formation of groups of five people in the rural areas to assess their own needs for sustainable agriculture or entrepreneurial development. This is followed by training and local support. It has a strongly Christian ethos running through its training programmes and also aims to deliver HIV/AIDS awareness and literacy in all that it does.