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The Botswanan publication Woman to Woman features and celebrates the impact that women have in socio economic development The November December 2021 edition focused on women in travel tourism and hospitality and we were elated that our founder Anthea was interviewed to share the Dreamcatcher South Africa integrated model addressing (Click to read more)
At Dreamcatcher we have been lobbying for improved waste management for over a decade Our activities are documented on our website including timeline of work to date and the Made in Melkhoutfontein programme where enterprises were provided with the skills and resources to make crafts from waste materials A key (Click to read more)
Since our inception over 30 years ago we have worked on a range of integrated projects focusing on youth development This month we are elated to be appointed as project managers for the STEPi Squaring the Education Pyramid Institute programme in South Africa Sharing a passion to improve literacy and (Click to read more)
In 2018 and 2019 Hans Mooren an enthusiastic photo journalist and Chair of our sister organization Dreamcatcher Nederlands visited Melkhoutfontein to launch a photo project with us and the community Affirming humanity at the heart of the project and celebrating the people diversity and heritage of Melkhoutfontein Hans took over (Click to read more)
This month Anthea was invited to share the Dreamcatcher model at the 3rd edition of the Africa Youth In Tourism Innovation Summit Challenge organized in collaboration with the United Nations World Travel Organisation UNTWO and Ghana Tourism Authority The theme of the event held in Ghana was empowering African youth (Click to read more)
In 2014 we were approached by the then priest Father Susan Rhode the church wardens and the community to extend our work and help restore the historical St Augustine s church in Melkhoutfontein Stilbaai which was abandoned and in a poor state of disrepair with anti social behaviour taking place (Click to read more)
We were elated to be big winners at the 3rd Africa Tourism Leadership Forum ATLF held in Kigali Rwanda This major African tourism event had over 650 delegates and 70 renowned speakers from over 40 countries (Click to read more)