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Welcome to our NewsCatcher Blog where you can keep up to date with all the latest developments at Dreamcatcher.

A New Home Office in Melkhoutfontein – celebrating Workers Day

We are delighted to have settled into our new Home Office in the heart of Melkhoutfontein — a welcoming and inspiring base from which to grow our work, support enterprises and strengthen community connection. As well as being our administrative office the Dreamcatcher Kids visit twice a week and during (Click to read more)

Tourism That Benefits Communities
Homestay and CookUp Kamammas host visitors from various countries, offering community homestays, traditional meals, guided tours, and cultural exchanges, supporting local economies. Recent highlights include the Lynn family’s immersive experience with Dreamcatcher children and art projects reflecting Khoekhoe and San heritage. Upcoming hosts include groups from Belgium and the Netherlands. (Click to read more)

Investing in the Future: Over 20 Years of Working with Local Youth and Melkhoutfontein Primary School

Engaging with local youth has always been at the heart of Dreamcatcher’s work. For more than two decades, we have built a strong and meaningful partnership with Melkhoutfontein Primary School — working together to create opportunities, inspire learning, and support the wellbeing of young people in the community. Over the (Click to read more)

Nutrition, Food Growing and New Enterprises

At Dreamcatcher we have an ethos of developing self sufficiency including growing our own food. Food poverty continues to be a challenge in communities where we work. Our nutrition and food-growing programme continues to flourish, helping provide meals for Dreamcatcher children while also supporting hospitality for visiting guests. We are (Click to read more)

Celebrating 50 Years of Love, Community, and Joy in Melkhoutfontein

What a truly special day it has been, celebrating Coby and Hans’ 50th wedding anniversary in the heart of Melkhoutfontein — a milestone filled with love, meaning, and the joy of sharing it with community. We were especially delighted to welcome members of the Dreamcatcher Nederland Board, who joined us (Click to read more)

A Full Circle Collaboration with the University of Sussex
Dreamcatcher emphasizes collaboration as central to its mission, partnering globally to enhance impact. Recently, the organization collaborated with the University of Sussex’s Career Lab, engaging five students who provided innovative marketing ideas and explored digital tools to improve outreach. (Click to read more)

It’s Tourism Month – and Sustainable Transformative Tourism Shines in South Africa
This Tourism Month, under the theme ‘Tourism and Sustainable Transformation’, Dreamcatcher South Africa celebrates the power and concrete impact of inclusive tourism and the extraordinary people making it possible. Behind every Dreamcatcher initiative stands a dynamic network of women and youth, driving innovative tourism services and transforming communities. (Click to read more)

Celebrating the Power of Women in Tourism
At Dreamcatcher South Africa we’ve been very busy with our passion — working in communities. With Women’s Month closing yesterday and Tourism Month and Heritage Month both starting today, this feels like the perfect moment to share updates from the Dreamcatcher world. We are reminded of the powerful story behind (Click to read more)

Unique musical production re-awakens lost culture in a South African rural community
Youth – and community development to improve quality of life in communities across South Africa, are a key cornerstone of Dreamcatcher South Africa’s work. The cultural identity of the community of Melkhoutfontein has been hidden for a long time, causing uncertainty about their ancestry and their legacy. Identity emerges during (Click to read more)

Happy 92nd Birthday Lisa!
Happy 92nd Birthday Lisa ! This weekend we were delighted to spend precious time with Lisa Daries to celebrate her 92nd birthday. Our founder Anthea conveyed best wishes from all at Dreamcatcher and Lisa was thrilled with her gifts. We have had the privilege of knowing Lisa for 40 years. (Click to read more)

2025 starts with a bang at Dreamcatcher
A belated happy new year……2025 started with a bang for Dreamcatcher! On the very first day of the year we were delighted to welcome and host sustainability staff and students from Paul Smith’s College Natural Sciences, New York, USA. This is the second group from Paul Smith’s we’ve had the (Click to read more)

Unique Photo Project Celebrates the People of Melkhoutfontein enters its second phase
In 2019 Hans, Chair of our sister organisation Dreamcatcher Nederlands, embarked on a project taking over 200 portraits of residents and their homes in Melkhoutfontein – with each family receiving their own portrait. The images were also collated in a book and featured at the Festival voor het Afrikaans held (Click to read more)