The Foundation continues to support the Italtile Group in maintaining its community-centred sports fields in Meadowlands and Steelpark, Vereeniging, in Gauteng, Thohoyandou in Limpopo and Acornhoek in Mpumalanga. In addition, in partnership with the brands and business units in the Italtile Group, annual soccer and netball tournaments are hosted for schools situated in the respective communities where the sports fields are located.
The Foundation continues to provide support to the Dreamfields organisation, which conducts soccer and netball clinics for schools in:
- Mpumalanga (52 schools)
- Thohoyandou (16 schools)
- Vereeniging (12 schools)
- Hammanskraal (8 schools)
- Kagiso (8 schools)
- Soweto (8 schools)
The Foundation has added eight new schools from the Empangeni area in KwaZulu-Natal to the programme.
The Foundation funds the erection of combi-courts in primary schools that are members of the Dreamfields’ programme, therefore also benefitting from sports development training provided by the organisation. The combi-courts are designed to be used for netball, basketball, and volleyball.
Other sports-related projects undertaken during the year include the purchase of wheelchairs for Hope School. The wheelchairs are specifically designed to be used when playing basketball and tennis.
