Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

BC/EFA INTERNATIONAL GRANTS
AWARDED TO SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANIZATIONS
FROM FUNDS RAISED BY
THE BROADWAY SHOW & NATIONAL TOURS OF THE LION KING

BC/EFA’s International Grants Program has had its biggest impact in South Africa where $1,310,500 has been sent in the form of 139 grants to 33 organizations in appreciation of the efforts of the South African members of the Broadway and national touring companies of The Lion King. Begun after the Easter Bonnet Competition in 1998, BC/EFA offered to share 50/50 all money raised by the cast of The Lion King with AIDS service organizations identified by the South African actors in the cast. Since then, these efforts have expanded to cover two national touring shows. BC/EFA is very proud of its collaboration with Disney Theatricals and The Lion King cast members whose extraordinary efforts during our twice annual six-week appeal periods in the theatres makes these resources possible.

Most recently – in January 2006 - $775,000 was wired to 17 service providers in such South African cities as Johannesburg, Greytown, Cape Town, Springs, Durban and Port Elizabeth for such projects as sanctuaries for abandoned or abused HIV+ children, health care centers, food parcels and soup kitchens, prevention and education workshops and shelters for women and children with AIDS.

The following is a breakdown of BC/EFA grant allocations to South African AIDS services organizations from June 1998 through January 2006:

AIDSLINK, Johannesburg, $10,000, July ‘99 – Jan. ‘06
Advocacy and services organization

ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA $40,000, Mar. ‘02 - Jan. ‘06
Based in USA

AWARENESS SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, $10,000, June ’98 - Jan.’99

BUCA – ADRA, Mamabatho, $57,500, Jul. ’01 – Jan. ‘06
Care for families with AIDS and orphans- meals, clothing, healthcare

BUMBANANI CRECHE, Greytown, Kwazulu-natal, $85,000, Sept. ’99 – Jan. ‘06
Daycare and school for children with AIDS

COTLANDS HOSPICE, Johannesburg, $10,000, June ’98 – Jan. ‘99
Baby sanctuary for abandoned, abused HIV+ children

The DARLING TRUST, Cape Town, $20,000, Mar. ’05 – Jan. ‘06
Peter Dirk-Uys organization; community outreach, school visits, sex education

EAGLETS EDUCATIONAL CENTRE $10,000, June ’04 – Mar. ’05
Home-based care and orphanage

ETHEMBENI COMMUNITY SERVICES, Springs, $20,000, July ’05 – Jan. 06
General social services, education and job placement

FOUNDATION OF SURVIVAL BIBLE CHURCH, Tembisa, $10,000, June 2004
Youth program

GELUKSDAL’S CHILDREN AND WOMEN’S INITIATIVE, Geluksdal, $20,000, Mar. ’02 – Jan. ‘04
Services for homeless women and children with HIV

KARABO FOUNDATION, Johannesburg, $60,000, July ’01 – Jan. ‘06
Lebo M’s organization- housing

KWA-THEMA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, Springs, $72,500, Mar. ’99 – Jan. ‘06
HIV/AIDS Campaign- food parcels and medications

KWA-THEMA CENTER for CHILDREN with DISABILITIES, Springs, $5,000, March 2005
Provides day-care facilities and assists with care-giving skills to parents

LESIDI LA, Daveytown, $30,000, Mar. ’05 – Jan. ‘06
Raising awareness of sexual health for women and young girls

LIVING FOUNDATION MINISTRIES, Middleburg Mpumalanga, $30,000, June ’00 – Jan. ‘04
Helping families affected by HIV/AIDS

MAJEKE HEALTH CENTER, East Rand, $25,000, Mar. ’05 – Jan. ‘06
Blending traditional and Western medicines

MASISZIANE HLABISA Development Project, Pinetown, $15,000, June ’02 – Mar. ‘05
Providing prevention education, workshops and services for adolescents & teens

MOLEMONG CLUB, Durban, $40,000, June ’04 – Jan. ‘06
Run by women for women and children with HIV/AIDS

NALADI YA AFRICA $57,000, 1999 – 2001
A work project for destitute HIV+ women; BC/EFA purchases decorative beadwork/ornaments made by these women for sale in the Holiday Catalogues and at The Lion King companies

NAZARETH HOUSE, Cape Town, $10,000, Mar. ’05 – July ‘05
Day-care center for children with HIV/AIDS, and HIV+ mothers

NKOSI’S HAVEN, Johannesburg, $65,000, July ’99 – Jan. ‘06
Provides shelter and care for mothers and children with HIV/AIDS

PRAYER TOWER CENTRE, Nelspruit, $5,000, June 2002

SHEMBE, Kwabuwayo, $10,000, March 2005
Works with orphans and HIV+ women and their children

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES, Springs, $30,000, Mar. ’05 – Jan. ‘06
Works with HIV unemployed and orphans in skill development

THABONG DOMINICAN PROJECT FUND, Brakpan, $12,500, Mar. ’03 – July ‘05

THEMBELETHU BEADERS $336,000, 2001 – 2005
A work project for destitute HIV+ women; beads for sale in Holiday Catalogues and at The Lion King companies; $5,000 grant in Jan. ’04 went to support beaders’ school building and kitchen.

THUSANANG SERVICES, Brakpan, $40,000, June ’04 – Jan. ‘06

THUHUKANI SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB, Tongatt, $15,000, July ’05 – Jan. ‘06
An agency specifically for grandparents looking after the children of parents who have died of AIDS

TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN, Johannesburg, $60,000, Oct. ’00 – Jan. ‘06
Campaign to raise public awareness and to pressure the SA government into action

UMBUNTU EDUCATION FUND, Port Elizabeth, $10,000, January 2006
US-based agency providing counseling, prevention/education and support for families with AIDS

UMLAZI CHILD CARE CENTER $65,000, June ’99 – July ‘05
Soup kitchen for 100 HIV+ children and their families

WOLA NANI, Cape Town $25,000, Mar. ’05 – Jan. ‘06
Case management, focusing on the needs of HIV+ women and their children

TOTALS: $1,310,500
139 GRANTS….
33 ORGANIZATIONS….
June 1998 – January 2006

* Note: BC/EFA has purchased over $100,000 in beaded ornaments and animals that are made in South Africa, by the women of the Thembelethu Beaders, sent to us here in NYC, and re-sold by the companies of The Lion King – providing employment and wages to the women who make the ornaments, as well as a means to raise additional funds.