Major corporate support for award-winning Umzi Wethu programme

Above from Left: CEO of the Wilderness Foundation, Andrew Muir, Umzi Wethu student, Thabisile Nomatshila, eneral manager for environmental management in the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs, Albert Mfenyana and Absa CSI Representative, Andy de la Mare.

A total of 50 underprivileged youth is being given an opportunity to obtain jobs in the hospitality and conservation industries thanks to Absa’s R500 000 sponsorship of the Umzi Wethu programme, headed up by the Wilderness Foundation.
The international award-winning Umzi Wethu programme was founded in 2006 by Andrew Muir, CEO of the Wilderness Foundation, and is one of the foundation’s flagship social intervention projects.
There are two Umzi Wethu academies in the Eastern Cape. The hospitality academy is based in Port Elizabeth, and students are trained for hospitality jobs in urban and rural establishments. They gain valuable practical experience at the on-site Conynghams Coffee Shop and Ray Mhlaba Conference Centre.

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Wilderness Foundation nominated for Ernst & Young Award

Wilderness Foundation nominated as a finalist in the Social Entrepreneur category for the 2011 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Awards Programme.
Wilderness Foundation director, Andrew Muir has been selected as one of the four finalists for the 2011 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Awards Programme in the Social entrepreneur category.

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