Helping women and young people move forward in life.
Entrepreneurship is fundamental to us. We’re constantly looking for ways to support entrepreneurs – helping them build successful businesses that positively impact their communities and drive economic development. We work with charities that tackle poverty by encouraging sustainable entrepreneurship and the empowerment of children. All initiatives supported by Betapoint are partner-driven and we encourage employee involvement.
Afrika Tikkun
At Betapoint, we believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to leave the world a better place than when they found it. Which is why we are a proud supporter of Afrika Tikkun.
Afrika Tikkun aims to provide education, health and social services to young people and their families through centres of excellence in South African townships, creating a sustainable future for the youth of South Africa. The credibility of this cause won the support of the organisations Patron-in-Chief in memoriam, Nelson Mandela.
Qhubeka
Qhubeka is an Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa) word that means "to carry on", "to progress", "to move forward", and it is also an exciting initiative that helps empower women and children through the provision of bicycles.
Most of Africa's rural population have no access to transport and people have to walk long distances to access opportunity, education, healthcare, shops and community services. Rural schoolchildren are particularly badly affected by lack of mobility. In South Africa, of the 16 million school going children, 12 million walk to school – many of whom spend up to 4hrs daily walking.
Qhubeka aims to help rural communities move forward and progress by giving bicycles to children in return for work done to improve their environment and their community. Through their efforts, more than 100,000 bikes have been distributed since 2004.
All initiatives supported by Betapoint are partner-driven and we encourage employee involvement. A quick and easy method of donating to Qhubeka is to SMS your name to 44447 to donate R20.00.