Young Heroes

Supporting HIV/AIDS orphans in Swaziland

Started by Amy Burnett (Waterford Kamhlaba UWC) when she was still a UWC student and led by current students a Waterford, the Young Heroes Challenge has also become a UWC-wide alumni initiative.

The Young Heroes group at St Andrews University, Scotland, which includes UWC alumni from four UWCs won a vote to become one of the university’s nominated charities for 2009/10 which will fund a health care programme. They won the vote in the category of student run charity.

Another  alumnus Jiggs Thorne (Waterford Kamhlaba UWC) set up the festival Bushfire – a festival that creates an explosion of arts and culture in a single place in Swaziland. His aim is to create a huge social awareness of the Young Heroes programme. www.bushfire.co.sz

Email: youngheroes.wk@gmail.com.
Photo: Waterford student with children from Mbalenhle Primary School, Swaziland which  is supported by Young Heroes and Waterford Kamhlaba UWC.