Eden Campus : Africa’s first Rural Enterprise Campus

Sustainable wealth and employment for African communities

How you can help us

You may wonder why you should support a Rural Enterprise Campus in South Africa when there are an abundance of local and national organizations needing support.

This Campus exists to educate leaders who can bring consensus, cooperation and innovative strategies to the worldwide issues of poverty and land use which eventually impact on all of us. We have actively recruited the leading students from 38 disadvantaged and rural communities in the region. After completing their studies, Eden Campus graduates have one of three options, each one with assistance from Eden Campus:
- Return to their rural communities and help to start community enterprise entrepreneurial businesses
- Further their studies at the local university such as Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Become employed in a local business

Help change a life – Sponsor a student

We are urgently looking for companies and individuals to sponsor and or mentor individual students.
Please download a sponsor form specific to your country from the drop down menu on the left. Or alternatively click below:

For more information contact Graham Lashbrooke 044 356 2789 or 082 452 7693 or email graham@edencampus.co.za

Sponsorship
It costs R25,000 to sponsor a student for a year, payable monthly or annually. This amount covers the cost of tuition, food and accommodation.

Mentorship
This involves building a relationship or formally assisting a student throughout the year.

Donations for Campus renovations

There is an enormous amount of work to be done on the building, most of which is being done by the students themselves after lessons. Local residents share the enthusiasm and are helping in a myriad of ways. But we need more. If your company has equipment, paint or building materials or wishes to sponsor the renovation of a room please please email info@edencampus.org or call 044 356 2789.

There is an enormous amount of work to be done on the building. We have various projects that currently require funding, please have a look and see where you might be able to help:

Corporate donors

By donating funds, time, energy or assistance to Eden Campus, you are helping people to help themselves. Young, deserving leaders are being given the chance to make a difference by transforming their own lives and the lives of their communities. With a donation to Eden Campus, you invest not only in the dreams and hopes of young people in South Africa but also in the future of generations to come. For further information and to arrange a presentation to your company please email info@edencampus.org.

Smaller but important

Currently we are looking for individuals that want to get involved and actively participate. Everyone who visits the Campus is inspired by the drive and commitment of the staff and students to make the dream of Eden Campus a reality. We need guest lecturers, old business suits, books, computers, printers, furniture, tools and the expertise of horticulturists, architects and other professionals.

To donate money or sponsor a student

Funds can be deposited directly into the Eden Campus bank account. Please deposit funds electronically to:

Eden Campus
Bank: Nedbank
Account number: 1089057733
Branch: Knysna
Branch Code: 108914