Outward Bound
Outward Bound is one of the world’s leading international non-profit experiential education organisations. Their programmes are designed to positively affect change in the lives of young people through outdoor activities. The participants face challenges that teach them to draw on their inner resources. The objective is to develop leadership, communication, integration and both team and personal development skills. Primary focus is on sustainability – through reflection and mediation the individual will be able to share these experiences and positively impact the lives of those around them. Youth empowerment and leadership programmes in turn give youth at risk the opportunity to change paradigms in their communities by making the right choices.
Their mission is to empower young South Africans with the character, will, values and self-belief to live their lives to the full and to consistently make the right choices.
Outward Bound South Africa does this through adventure-based learning interventions, providing safe, transformational learning experiences that open the eyes, mind and souls of our participants. In so doing Outward Bound South Africa aims to set thousands of young people free from lives of poverty, mediocrity and destruction, and to contribute to the prosperity, pride and success of our country.
They use outdoor and adventure activities as a profound metaphor through which to promote individual growth and community transformation.
Outward Bound offers holistic sustainable programmes, which focus on empowering youth at risk with constructive alternatives. It aims to transform communities through the influence of transformed individuals. It helps people develop life skills, compassion, and a determined, positive attitude.
Marginalised youth find themselves trapped in perpetuating cycle of unacceptable behaviour that negatively impact society. Through intervention and reflection Outward Bound provides the tools to break the cycles and heal the root cause of crime.
Visit www.outwardbound.co.za to find out more about Outward Bound or click on the link below to download their programme information:
Kiva
Adventure Boot Camp has found a unique and inspiring way to empower the working poor to start their own businesses and become financially independent. Kiva is an international organization that connects people through lending money for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva lends to the working poor and is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.
Visit their website and choose someone to support. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you will receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back or you can relend to someone else in need.
ABC Supports Kiva and so should you!
Go Red For Women
The Heart and Stroke Foundation SA’s Go Red For Women campaign is a national campaign aimed at creating awareness and reducing the incidence of heart disease and stroke amongst the women of South Africa. Adventure Boot Camp is a proud partner of this campaign as it encourages ladies to take positive action to reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke to protect their health.
The movement gives women tips and information on healthy eating, exercise and risk factor reduction, such as smoking cessation, weight maintenance, blood pressure control, and blood cholesterol management.
Did you know?
- Women can no longer ignore their risks for heart disease.
- Worldwide cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes 8.6 million deaths amongst women annually.
It is the largest single cause of mortality, accounting for a third of all deaths in women worldwide.
In South Africa CVD remains one of the major killers and one in four women before the age of 60 will
have some form of heart condition before the age of 60. - Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) affects women approximately 10 years later than men, possibly because of the
protective effect of oestrogen prior to the onset of menopause. Once women reach menopause the risk of heart
disease increases 3 times. - The warning signs for a heart attack in women are less evident than in men. Women are also more
likely to ignore these symptoms, which tend not to be the classic ones such as tightness in the chest
or discomfort and pain. - Go Red For Women empowers women to become aware and take charge of their heart health, whilst taking action to fight women’s heart disease
