The fund’s USA office kept up to speed with new strategy

​The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (Fund) has completed the new strategy for the period 2016 to 2021 following a comprehensive research on current issues affecting children and the youth.
The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer Bongi Mkhabela has been spearheading the process of unveiling the strategy to the organisation’s stakeholders locally and internationally.

​USA Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Board: right to left: Mark Weinberg, former New York Mayor David
Dinkins, Franklin Thomas, Sibongile Mkhabela,CEO, Susan Wagner, Mary Zients, Mary Tiseo
Board members absent: Donald Gips, Maryana Iskander

Ms Mkhabela is seen in the picture with board members of the Fund’s affiliation office in New-York USA.  Accompanied by the Fund’s Resource Mobilisation manager Mpaki Pule; they presented the Fund’s five year strategy and the organisation’s sustainable prospects.
The strategy’s focus areas have been clustered into three overarching themes for interventions:

• Child Survival and Development  with a particular attention on the first 1000 days of life
• Child Safety and Protection anchored around safe schools; and
• Youth Leadership through think tanks that will advocate interventions in ethical Leadership, Youth Entrepreneurship, Civic Participation and Human Rights.

Challenges facing children are global; hence the Fund’s historical ties with international partners to better the lives of the vulnerable children and the youth.
The Board has been instrumental in fundraising in the US for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust campaign.