Other Projects

Other Transformational Contribution Initiatives

 Beyond the sectors of health, skills development and education, The Darling Trust also makes a difference in other ways:

•        Senior Citizen Support.  The elderly are invited to Evita se Perron once a month for a treat of free tea, a scone and a movie in the little theatre.  One should see how well they dress to honour the occasion, which is a highlight on their calendar.  The Groeneweide Old Age Home receives their daily newspapers free of charge, courtesy of The Darling Trust.

•       An annual Talent Show is organised to showcase local talent and bring the community together.  Jarred Blake, who participated in such a talent show at the tender age of nine, was then ‘discovered’, has since attended a private school and at the age of sixteen he has come second in the world in his singing examinations in London.

•        Pieter-Dirk Uys donated a piece of land to The Darling Trust for the establishment of a community garden. The community garden is a first for Darling and is located on a piece of land that has been used for years by the community as a thoroughfare on their way home from the town centre. This once barren piece of land now proudly boasts 50 additional young indigenous trees and a number of seating benches and tables. The tables and benches were kindly donated by the well-known Pepino Group.The garden has truly become a vibrant focus area.

•       Excursions are regularly arranged to broaden the horizons of Darling inhabitants. Socially relevant outings are regularly undertaken, e.g. children are taken to see the Zip-Zap circus, the art children attended the Picasso exhibition in Cape Town, the music children attended the Youth Orchestra performance in the Cape Town City Hall, youngsters are taken to experience productions in the Baxter theatre, for example ‘Suip’ and ‘Songbook’, too many to list all here.

•        A Violence Free Darling is another Darling Trust project.  The artwork was commissioned and sponsored for brochures that are to be displayed on every fridge in every Darling household.  These brochures contain a Family Charter in which family members agree how to act within the family, and all the emergency numbers of who to contact when things go wrong, are listed.