Broad based black economic empowerment

The Bidvest Dinatla Trust

The Bidvest Dinatla Trust was formed to assist predominantly HDI employees earning less than R6 710 a month with education for their dependants. The programme is aimed at promising learners and biased towards those interested in mathematics, science and languages. 

Now in its fifth year, the Bidvest Dinatla Trust receives R1 million in annual funding from Bidvest and has increased the number of students under its mentorship to 336 from 225 in the prior year. An outsourced programme co-ordinator, Gerri Engelman from G E & Asociates selects students and provides counselling services. 

The students' report cards are monitored each term. The programme coordinator leads discussion groups on issues such as peer pressure, HIV/Aids, teenage pregnancy and parental involvement. Students from grades 10 and 11 receive career guidance while matriculants receive assistance with bursary and other applications. There are currently 45 students studying for their Matric while 57 students passed Matric in 2008, up from 28 in 2007. A number of the 2008 matriculants were accepted by a variety of South Africa's top academic institutions.

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