God, AIDS, Africa & HOPE

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10/16/2025 • 7:37 am Comments Off on Der letzte Geburtstag

Der letzte Geburtstag

Every story, every way walked, needs a motivation. This video clip tells the story of such a motivation for the organisation HOPE Cape Town in South Africa.

www.hopecapetown.org

Filed under: Africa, HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Cape Town USA, HOPE Gala Dresden, Networking, Reflection, Society and living environment, South Africa, Uncategorized, , , , , , ,

08/23/2024 • 12:49 pm Comments Off on Be a hope hero…

Be a hope hero…

Who does not want to leave a legacy and be remembered for being a force for good? How fascinating will it be if your deeds are bearing fruit still in a hundred years time. Seeing the bigger picture and being a hero driven by hope and the imagination, how the world could be; and not only imagining it but putting your money where your mouth is….

We invite you to do exactly this – walk with us while scrolling down…

Thank you for walking with us until this point. You have certainly done the first steps. The question, which remains, and only you can answer: Do you want to go one step further and become a hope hero in-deed?

If you do, please feel free to contact trust@hopecapetown.org

It is a ringfenced email address and all correspondence remains confidential.

Tax receipts can be issued by HOPE Cape Town in Germany, Austria, South Africa and the USA if the donation to capital is received in the respective local HOPE Cape Town related bank account.

Thanks for considering being a HOPE hero…

Filed under: Africa, Catholic Church, General, HIV and AIDS, HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Cape Town USA, HOPE Gala Dresden, Networking, Reflection, SA-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Society and living environment, South Africa, The Nex - Indawo Yethu, Uncategorized, vocational training, , , , , , , , , , , ,

05/17/2024 • 1:17 pm Comments Off on HOPE Cape Town – good to know…

HOPE Cape Town – good to know…

http://www.hopecapetown.org

HOPE Cape Town has grown substantially and with it its portfolios. This warranted a new webpage design to allow all the work being presented appropriately. Being holistic means at times also confusing people with the variety of scopes of work.

Please feel free to visit our new page www.hopecapetown.org

If you want to see the work of HOPE Cape Town in one minute, then please check out the following video on our YouTube page:

Filed under: HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, Uncategorized, , , , , , , ,

02/22/2024 • 1:25 pm Comments Off on Explainer: HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung

Explainer: HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung

Next to HOPE Cape Town Trust and HOPE Cape Town Association in South Africa, you might have heard about “HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung”.

This sounds very German, and indeed it is an organisation based in Germany.
Since a long time the German Aids Foundation, the only national foundation in Germany addressing HIV, is a partner of the HOPE Cape Town Trust in South Africa. A partner in terms of content and strategy, but also a sponsor for certain work portfolios within the South African organisations.

In 2007 both entities decided that it would be good to create what is called in Germany “abhängige Stiftung”, translated: dependent foundation. It describes a foundation whose administration and oversight lies with a full-fledged German foundation. It has its own reporting and accountability, but remains in this case in the framework of the German Aids Foundation in Germany.

The dependent foundation fundraises for the work in South Africa; it took over the legal responsibility for the HOPE Gala in Dresden. A management team, consisting of representatives of the German Aids Foundation and HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, is overseeing its business. All funds received are transferred without deduction to the HOPE Cape Town Trust in South Africa.

HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung has all necessary credentials in Germany as an NGO and NPO and is an essential tool to foster relationship with the big donor base and circle of friends of HOPE in Germany.

The biggest fundraising event is the HOPE Gala in Dresden, launched in 2006 by Mrs Viola Klein, who is also the Chairperson of the management board of the German entity.

HOPE Kapstadt Stiftung is called a sister organisation of the two HOPE Cape Town entities in South Africa. Besides the financial relationship, there is an emphasis on knowledge transfer in both directions.

Filed under: HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Gala Dresden, , , , , , , , ,

02/11/2024 • 8:32 am Comments Off on Explainer: HOPE Cape Town Trust or HOPE Cape Town Association?

Explainer: HOPE Cape Town Trust or HOPE Cape Town Association?

People can be confused when dealing with HOPE Cape Town. It seems to be one organisation, but there are different additions to “HOPE Cape Town”: either Trust or Association. “What’s the difference?” they ask often.

When HOPE Cape Town was founded in 2001, an Association was created and named: HOPE (hiv outreach program & education) Cape Town Association. In the years to follow, the Association grew from a 1 employee organisation with a small board into a more sizable entity.

In 2006 the Board decided after long and intense discussions: There is a need for oversight. The HOPE Cape Town Association should in future be functioning as the working horse. The HOPE Cape Town Trust was founded as an oversight entity, looking after the financials and overseeing the marketing/fundraising part of the organisation. The trustees generally don’t get involved in operational questions, but assist from time to time in a very limited and clearly defined role.

The HOPE Cape Town Trust also became the face of the organisations for all marketing/fundraising related activities.

Once a year, the HOPE Cape Town Association presents the budget to the Board of Trustees, which in turn exams and gives approval to the projected spending.

Both entities, Trust and Association, are each a NPO and a PBO in their own right with all the necessary credentials in South Africa. Both entities have a board – the Association’s board is called the “Board of Expertise”, being exactly this: experts in the various fields of work. The chairperson of the Association is ‘ex officio’ part of the Board of Trustees with voting rights and vice verse.

While the Board of Trustees meets formally twice a year, the Board of Expertise meets quarterly to conduct business.

More info: www.hopecapetown.org

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