OUTEN IKWA STARFISH FOUNDATION
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Welcome to the Oute Nikwa Starfish Foundation. (NPO)
The starfish story
By: Loren Eiseley
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed boy picking up and gently throwing things into the ocean.
Approaching the boy he asked, “Young man, what are you doing?”
“Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die,” the boy replied.
The man laughed to himself and said, “Do you realize there are miles of miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make any difference.”
After listening politely, the boy bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the surf. Then, he smiled at the man and said, “I made a difference to that one.”
Moral: Everyone can make a difference — even if that difference affects one person.
Our Mission
The OUTEN IKWA STARFISH FOUNDATION is committed to providing a forum for the people of South Africa to put their needs forward and explore opportunities to support, connect and grow the community in Business. Education and Youth Development. Furthermore, to encourage and promote cultural activities and reading especially among the Youth.
Taking cognizance of the fact that millions of young people come from disadvantaged back grounds – young people of whom a significant percentage just need a hand extended to them to pull themselves up, our ideals will be pursued in honour of the values portrayed in The Starfish Story.
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Our Objective
THE OUTEN IKWA STARFISH FOUNDATION is founded in recognition of the plight of especially young people and children, who have to navigate their lives through extremely trying times.
To empower school learners through reading programs and mentoring to grow into well-grounded and productive citizens.
To work with STUDY SKILLS 4 AFRICA – to get thousands of school learners through
this exciting program to teach children – especially in schools serving under-privileged
- children better STUDY SKILLS, where their aim is:
to inspire and motivate learners to become enthusiastic about studying - to make studying easy and FUN
- to help them to study effectively
- to lead the learners towards accepting responsibility for their own success
The content of STUDY SKILLS FOR LIFE is:
- Managing yourself (brain quadrants, learning styles, motivation, confidence, choices, goal setting)
- Managing your work (summaries, remembering techniques, mind maps, exam techniques)
- Managing your time (time optimisation, prioritising, diarising)
This program has proved to put learner’s personal performances and even the Class Average up by 10-15%.
The organization’s secondary objectives will be to: provide through strategic partnerships with sponsors, other non-profit organizations, leading companies and business schools, on-going events and opportunities to advance the interests and needs of the chosen communities.
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Awards
Afrikoon Award
Simon was honoured by the Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) in 2006 for his contribution to Culture and his work among various communities over the years.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Simon was honored by KYKNET in 2020 with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatre and Television
Community Involvement
Simon has always had a keen interest in community work, which started in his early twenties in George / Pacaltsdorp in the Southern Cape. He is fairly well informed about community and local affairs – being a community leader in the particular towns where we lived throughout the years. While living in the historical village of Pacaltsdorp outside George, he was confronted by the fact that the community – apart from having no electricity – also did not have a proper Post Office and telephone system.
He was a founder member of the Pacaltsdorp Civic Association and led a deputation to the Regional Post Master in 1976. After his submissions to PW Botha – MP for George, Hennie Smit – Min of Coloured Affairs and Louis Rive – Post Master General, he was informed that a full-fledged Post Office and Automatic telephone system had been approved for Pacaltsdorp!
Relocating to Sasol in Secunda into a newly established community in Kinross, Simon was instrumental in settling down the people from all over the country as a community.
As Chairperson of the School Committee of Sasolia Primary School, they succeeded two bring the building of the school two years forward on the Department’s building program.
In 1998 he went as a one-member delegation to Rev. Allan Hendrickse at Parliament in to successfully negotiate that the primary school be upgraded to have standard six (grade 8).
Simon has always had a keen interest in community work, which started in his early twenties in George / Pacaltsdorp in the Southern Cape. He is fairly well informed about community and local affairs – being a community leader in the particular towns where we lived throughout the years. While living in the historical village of Pacaltsdorp outside George, he was confronted by the fact that the community – apart from having no electricity – also did not have a proper Post Office and telephone system.
He was a founder member of the Pacaltsdorp Civic Association and led a deputation to the Regional Post Master in 1976. After his submissions to PW Botha – MP for George, Hennie Smit – Min of Coloured Affairs and Louis Rive – Post Master General, he was informed that a full-fledged Post Office and Automatic telephone system had been approved for Pacaltsdorp!
Relocating to Sasol in Secunda into a newly established community in Kinross, Simon was instrumental in settling down the people from all over the country as a community.
As Chairperson of the School Committee of Sasolia Primary School, they succeeded two bring the building of the school two years forward on the Department’s building program.
In 1998 he went as a one-member delegation to Rev. Allan Hendrickse at Parliament in to successfully negotiate that the primary school be upgraded to have standard six (grade 8).
Outen Ikwa Starfish Foundation Sponsorship
Outen Ikwa Starfish Foundation NPO) assists young Matriculant to play in a Hockey Tournament in the UK. The opportunities at that event is huge for young Jade from Kuils River near Cape Town, as Talent Scouts will visit the event with scholarships on offer to study in 5 different countries. Your financial support of whatever you can contribute, will be highly appreciated.
