Supporting children in need since 2004
The organisation “Hope and Light Community Welfare” was founded in 2004 with the aim of supporting children in need in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village (South Africa) by providing them with educational training opportunities through sponsorships for kindergartens and schools. Through our sponsorships, we not only ensure them a better future but also a better future for their families, communities, and country.
Dianne and Paul Cruickshank founded Hope and Light UK in 2009 to seek sponsors and to raise funds in the UK in support of our village and kindergarten. Hope and Light UK can issue donation receipts also for England.
In September 2019, the non-profit association “Hope and Light Community Welfare Switzerland” was founded to provide financial support for diverse projects in South Africa. The Swiss association is entitled to issue donation receipts as well. The association is headed by the board members Bettina Dervey and Margrith Bill, who live close to the school in South Africa.


Help support children in the Cape region.
Sponsor a Child
Kindergarten
Taking care of 80 to 100 girls and boys in the age range of 2-5 years old
School
Individual assistance through an extensive range of care
Orphanage
A home for AIDS orphans and abused or abandoned children
Help support children in the Cape region.
Sponsor a Child
Our Objectives
In the middle of a poverty and violence cycle, Hope and Light wants to be a sign of hope in the townships around Sommerset West! As everywhere in the country, unemployment, violence, abuse and HIV/AIDS are putting the residents, especially the children, through terrible hardships.
Hope and Light’s help starts with the children. Who else can bring about a change for the better and lead the country out of desolation and lethargy? It’s the young, well-educated, confident and mature people who have to take on this task!
Hope and Light’s primary goal is to create the proper conditions for the appropriate schooling and vocational training for children and adolescents by paving the way for a more attractive future for them.
Board of Directors & Advisory Board
Germany

Rainer Winge
Chairman

Bernd Schreier
Deputy Chairman

Thomas Hoering
Chief Financial Officer

Christian Kugelmeier
Board Member

Simone Stein-Frey
Adviser

Stefanie Barth-Spiekermann
Adviser
South Africa

Judith Hill
Director

Anthea Jacobs
Director

Pat Williams
Director
Switzerland

Bettina Dervey
Chairman

Margrith Bill
Board Member
Contact Germany
Hope and Light e.V.
c/o Rainer Winge
Binauer Weg 6
68766 Hockenheim
+49 171 2224486
Contact South Africa
Hope and Light Community Welfare
20 A Alpine Crescent Fernwood
Somerset West
7130
South Africa
+27 60 9761792
Contact Switzerland
Hope and Light Community Welfare Switzerland
c/o Bettina Dervey
Feldpark 1
CH-6300 Zug
+41 76 555 0 221