GIVE A CHILD A FUTURE USA, INC.
ATLANTA, GA

Joe and Ann Kolshak formed Give A Child A Future USA, INC. in 2015 to support the educational needs of disadvantaged youth primarily in South Africa. The primary beneficiaries of our organization are disadvantaged youth enrolled in secondary schools across the Western Cape of South Africa. Give A Child A Future USA, Inc. is a US 501(c)3 non profit educational charity. In South Africa even public education is not free. Students are required to pay for tuition, fees and supplies. While the poorest can attend without paying, they are often forced into substandard schools. In addition the poor are often are excluded from extracurricular activities and have little to no access to tutoring. The graduation rate at many of these schools is below 50 percent. Without even a high school education the cycle of poverty continues. To attend the best schools students must have financial support. We provide assistance in the form of tutoring, school supplies, and four “life skills camps”. Here, over a weekend students gather to get more instruction in life skills and mentoring in areas of potential tertiary study such as Accounting, Engineering, Viticulture, and Winemaking to name a few. Some local teachers, District employees and others volunteer their time to enrich the learning of our students. 29. General Motors South Africa was the only manufacturing site outside of the United States to build the Hummer H3 vehicle. Production ceased in 2010. Mandela’s presidency was characterised by the successful negotiation of a new constitution; a start on the massive task of restructuring the civil service and attempts to redirect national priorities to address the results of apartheid; and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up primarily to investigate the wrongs of the past.In the country’s second democratic election on 2 June 1999 the ANC marginally increased its majority and Thabo Mbeki became President. The New Nationalist Party, previously the official opposition, lost ground and ceded that position to the Democratic Party, which later became the Democratic Alliance.In 2004 South Africa’s third democratic election went off peacefully, with Thabo Mbeki and the ANC again returning to power, and the Democratic Alliance retaining its position as official opposition.Then, three years later, Mbeki lost the presidency of the ANC to his former deputy, Jacob Zuma, and power within the ruling party shifted away from Mbeki.After nearly 10 years as president, Mbeki resigned in September 2008, with Kgalema Motlanthe appointed as “caretaker” president by the National Assembly.In the 2009 elections – democratic South Africa’s fourth – the ANC won 65.9% of the vote and Jacob Zuma was elected as president. The Democratic Alliance strengthened its position as opposition, winning 16.7% of the vote as well as the Western Cape.In the 2014 elections – democratic South Africa’s fifth – the ANC won 62.1% of the vote, down from the 2009 election, and Jacob Zuma was elected as president. The Democratic Alliance increased its share of the vote from 16.7% to 22.2%, while the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) obtained 6.4% of the vote. Joe and Ann Kolshak formed Give A Child A Future USA, INC. in 2015 to support the educational needs of disadvantaged youth primarily in South Africa. The primary beneficiaries of our organization are disadvantaged youth enrolled in secondary schools across the Western Cape of South Africa. Give A Child A Future USA, Inc. is a US 501(c)3 non profit educational charity.