Nieu Bethesda Arts Centre
This centre in the Eastern Cape of South Africa provides training, education and a platform for the emerging talents of people in the township communities. Since 2004 Canon Collins Trust has granted funds to the Bethesda Foundation, firstly helping it to set up a library/resource room and develop an education programme aimed at the community of Nieu Bethesda. The library is now fully set up and the education programme is, according to feedback, "beginning to change lives."
The programme runs classes, tutorials, discussion groups and workshops. Adult learners are supported to study for school examinations and embark on tertiary courses and diplomas through distance learning. The Centre also aims to offer qualifications in computer skills and basic literacy and numeracy, and establish a family literacy programme.
For more information, visit www.bethesdafoundation.org
