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Gender-based violence is an emergency in South Africa. While young boys are victims of all forms of violence, there are shocking levels of violence, especially sexual violence including rape, perpetrated against girls and young women. The legacy of extreme inequality from South Africa’s past is compounded by high poverty and unemployment in the present. This have turned many children at risk of substance abuse, high crime and sexual abuse. Bomore foundation in collaboration with other organizations that mainly deal with...

Lack of Pre-schools and fees affordability in rural areas are of high scale. Many kids stay at home and have no opportunity to go to school due to distances and lack of funds to go to preschool, as well as food for the child to carry and eat while at school. This affects Kids opportunity to learn at early age. Bomore Foundation believes that every child in South Africa has a right to quality pre-school education in a safe and...

Two-thirds of the total SA population is based in the rural 2. The crime rate (especially murders) are equal to the urban areas but often not reported. 3. Three-quarters of the total land mass of SA is rural. 4. Poor rural communities are struggling to feed, clothe and educate their families which in turn makes their children poor and the cycle repeats itself. 5. The rural communities are not producing or manufacturing anything to help them build wealth due to...