Meaningful Moments with MORE Family Collection
September 26, 2023
Enrich your stay with a ‘Get Your Hands Dirty’ Community Experience. Gain insight into the community work we do through actively engaging in projects focused on improving living standards, infrastructure, and education. You’ll make a memorable and meaningful connection with our local communities.
The More Community Foundation (MCF) plays a pivotal role in managing MORE Family Collection's sustainability initiatives.
Our investment in people focuses on self-sustainable community projects adjacent to our Lodges and Hotels. You can visit and actively participate in these projects, making a tangible impact as all contributions directly support the Foundation’s beneficiaries.
You can choose where and how you want to help, using the skills that fit best the task at hand. Activities may include planting and caring for school vegetable gardens, tree planting, renovation work, facility maintenance, food preparation for school children, water collection, health education sessions, sports engagement, nursing home support, and environmental awareness.
These immersive experiences offer you a profound connection to a deeper purpose, while contributing to local education, health, and infrastructure needs.
This captivating 3-hour journey invites you into the life of rural Huntington and Justicia B communities that lie on the outskirts of the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve and Kruger National Park
The tour includes visits to Henna Pre-school in Huntington (the inaugural project by More Community Foundation in 2002) and Jabez Pre-school in Justicia B. Here, you can chat with the teachers, bond with the children, and witness ongoing efforts and challenges.
You’ll visit the Huntington Digital Learning Campus, a collaborative venture with The Good Work Foundation. This facility creates opportunities for local learners and adults, bolstering employability and self-sufficiency.
Insightful discussions shed light on how the boreholes we assisted with have added immeasurable value to a community that was previously plagued by water scarcity]
Experience the authentic rhythms of Obakeng village life on this eye-opening tour that sheds light on the challenges faced by its community members.
This active immersion showcases our most essential projects, featuring Heuningvlei Primary School and Itsoseng Daycare Centre, situated on Honingvlei Farm, the sole educational hub for the area. You will be moved by the dedication to providing quality education to local farm workers' and reserve staff’s children. Connect with the teachers and children who invite you into these vital institutions.
Be immersed in the heart of the Woodlands Community, a farming-dependent cluster of four villages on the outskirts of the Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve. The experience includes a visit to Masuwe Primary School, the area's only educational institution.
MCF's involvement at Masuwe Primary School extends to supporting teachers, improving living conditions with new infrastructure, and hygiene training for students. The community is in dire need of a secondary school, and plans are underway through Zimbabwe's Ministry of Education. You can witness the progress and meet school leaders as they connect with the children in their care.
Water scarcity is a pressing issue in Woodlands, especially as community members strive for self-sufficiency through agriculture. You will learn about our borehole projects here. This profound experience offers an inspiring glimpse into a resilient community determined to create a brighter future in spite of adversity.
MCF also champions conservation, backing the Victoria Falls Black Rhino Conservation Project. Don’t miss the Black Rhino Conservation Experience, an educational game drive that introduces you to this critically endangered species.
Cape Cadogan and More Quarters in Cape Town
This experience gives a very personal and authentic look into life in the townships of Cape Town. We visit Injongo Educare Centre in the Mfuleni township where you can help to make or serve the children breakfast, read, play ball and have singalongs. We take also visit the home of inspirational founder, Mavis Ngcongolo who will be there to warmly meet us.
Hatima Khanya Drive
Hatima Khanya Drive (meaning ‘shine’ in Tsonga, Nguni, Zulu, Xhosa & Ndebele) strives to provide young girls in Africa with reusable sanitary products, ensuring menstruation doesn’t hinder their education. It is estimated that one-third of these girls miss school during their menstrual cycle if they have no products - an absence that significantly hampers their education and prospects.
In partnership with Nourish Eco-Village, these reusable packs are made by the community for the community. All it takes is R280 (US$15) per care pack.
Pack for a Purpose
We are affiliated with Pack for a Purpose, a global initiative that encourages travellers to bring much-needed supplies for school projects. Our properties are listed on their website with a list of needs. So, if you have a little space in your suitcase…
Please note that Get Your Hands Dirty experiences are subject to availability, community needs, projects’ statuses, and school terms and public holidays. For those inspired to further make a difference, do consider a donation to the projects that resonate with your heart.
