In response, our mission is to provide care and relief for the needy, while actively protecting the environment. We focus on the upliftment of education; the protection of women and children; healthcare to the destitute; and protection to the environment. We partner with similar organisations to use existing structures as well as using the infrastructure that we have in our diocese.
The primary challenge facing vulnerable communities is their inability to recognise that the world in which they live is not limiting and that there exists the opportunity to develop beyond their current situation.
Our Mission is to provide care and relief for the needy, while actively protecting the environment. Through holistic development initiatives and upliftment programmes, we strive to empower individuals and communities in KwaZulu-Natal, nurturing their extraordinary resilience, promoting sustainable practices and catalysing positive change for generations to come.
Driving the Foundation’s activities forward is a Board comprising five Directors, Archbishop Mandla Jwara – Archbishop of Durban; Father Brett Williams – a Priest of the Archdiocese and Chair; Deacon Mike Ronald – a CA (SA); Ms Olivia Swaddling – an attorney and Dr Thandeka Mbhele – a medical doctor.
The Board is responsible for the management of Foundation
programmes, projects and donations, safeguarding the transparency of operations and ensuring total adherence to the legal and fiscal framework of South Africa and those countries with which the Foundation interacts and collaborates.
In the 1960’s, Archbishop Hurley, a world-acclaimed leader in the then anti-apartheid movement, initiated a programme designed to improve the lives of the people living in rural KwaZulu-Natal – the Zulu Missions project.
With his appointment as Archbishop of Durban in June 1992, Cardinal Napier assumed responsibility for the Zulu Missions building on what was established by his predecessor.
This project was actively supported by concerned local donors, and those in the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, all of whom have made a significant difference in the lives of the rural people of KwaZulu Natal.
Much has changed over time and now, under the leadership of Archbishop Mandla Jwara, the Archdiocese of Durban has established the iKhwezi Foundation, to manage fund-raising and projects linked to the Zulu Missions.
The South African Government lacks the resources to satisfactorily address the economic disparities which currently beset the country and its ability to develop.
The pathway to resolving the prevailing inequality must lead to equal opportunity to nutrition, education, housing, health care, skills development and employment. Unless we open these doors for all our citizens, instability will increase and this country’s future as a meaningful player in the global economy will remain bleak.
Accordingly, all sectors of our society, including the private sector and individuals have a moral obligation to intervene, and address these societal inequalities. Particular emphasis must be given to the disenfranchised youth, women and children as well as to protection of the environment
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