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The Little Optimist Sailing Academy @ Battery Park V&A Waterfront. The celebrities and boating and sailing legends rolled in to celebrate this amazing milestone and the first of its kind in…
Bishop Lavis Paradise was lovingly run by Mrs Brikkels for over 20 years. She ran a weekly feeding scheme for children in the surrounding community. As Mrs Brikkels is well…
“I had the privilege to visit a small rural town in the Transkei, South Africa called Malungeni. I got to meet this champion Onwaba. What a sweet, joyful, full of…
2020 Christmas toy delivery was a little different because of Covid - but keeping our sick kids safe was top priority.
Thanks to the V&A Waterfront promotion and our Crazy Store partnership our Teddy Bear Drive was able to collect over 1000 Toys and Teddies. We ran a Christmas promotion in…
Due to Covid we are unable to hold our annual event – Paddle for Presents.This event is the main drive to get teddies in for kids in hospital over Christmas.This…
Bertie Phillips set out to row in the open ocean from Kommetjie to Bakoven all in the name for raising funds for The Little Optimist Trust and NSRI. On 17…
This YOUTH DAY... help us feed their minds. Support 2 children for R100.We will be delivering #thelittleoptimistbook and other educational children’s books and workbooks to marginalized kids and communities. PLEASE DONATE…
These ladies and this SOUP KITCHEN served hundreds on the west coast each day. We are proud to be supporting them with food and vegetables we deliver each week. Dankie…
SCHOOL FEEDING .... #rice #maize #pilchards #lentils #bullybeaf and lots of #vegitables FOR THE CHILDREN at the #elandsbay school feeding program.Thanks #laastedrifboerdery and farmer TIAAN for all the veg, thanks @karacombrinck…
FOOD DELIVERY to the soup kitchen in #elandsbay Thanks to #laastedrif farm and farmer TIAAN, to @karacombrinck and to @9milesproject for organizing all the other food supplies. YEEEHA! @twooceansmarine@ullmansailssouthafrica@italtilesa#covid19#coronavirus#covidrelief#soupkitchen#donation#communityrelief#youthdevelopment#thelittleoptimisttrust@sailoptimist@sailoptimist@woeskus_magazine@weslander_koerant@deonbinglive@zigzagsurf@wavescapesa@captainkaisworld@52superseries@superyachtradio
Please click here to be directed to the main newsletter by The Little Optimist Team Surfers rally to help coastal town residents Surfers and charities have joined forces to ensure…
What is it about these Bertish brothers? They spend half their lives trying to kill themselves and the other half saving the world. Or so it seems to us lesser…
You have surfed their waves, visited their town NOW THEY NEED YOUR HELP!
On Wednesday 11 March, The Little Optimist Trust held a fundraiser for Dustin Heinze, or Dusty as he is fondly known, at Atlantic Boat Club. Dusty works as a skipper…
On the 10th of March 2020 we officially opened The Little Optimist Sailing Academy. Kids from St Joseph’s Children’s Home took part in sailing therapy while sponsors and friends joined…
INSPIRATION | MOVIE | PIZZA | HOT CHOCOLATE The children at Maitland Cottage Orthopedic Hospital were treated to an evening filled with spoils and inspiration! Caleb Swanepoel, amputee, spoke…
WOW The Little Optimist outdid itself this year - please see the link to the Newsclip report below. An AVE of R1 521 955, 56 in media coverage for the…
Dear Bertish Brothers Thank you so much for your delightful donation of Christmas gifts. Your donation was greatly appreciated and what a treat for our patients who are so grateful and…
In April 2019, Umthawelanga Educare in Mfuleni was on the brink of closure because of health and safety concerns. But thanks to an intervention from The Little Optimist Trust, the…
To the Little Optimist Trust Team Huge thanks to Greg Bertish, who visited us at our Advertising Agency in Amsterdam in November this year. We will be making a nice…
Christmas will be a little more cheerful for the patients at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital after the annual Paddle 4 Presents event collected almost 300 toys that will be donated to…
Greg Bertish, founder and Ambassador of The Little Optimist Trust was honoured to receive the DAME Charity Award at the METS Trade Show in Amsterdam last week. The Trust is…
PR exceeds R4.5 million! The second edition of The Great Optimist Race had PR coverage to the value of R4 565 866, exceeding last year’s total by over R200 000.…
FREE movie night at The V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre Friday 04 OCTOBER 2019 18h30pm
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Kholeka Hanise is a passionate teacher and caregiver who started the Umthawelanga Educare in 2002 to educate and empower the children in her pocket of Mfuleni, Khayelitsha. The school has…
Dutch exhibition group METSTRADE has chosen Cape Town charity campaigner Greg Bertish and his team at the Little Optimist Trust as the 2019 recipient of the DAME global charity award.…
“Little Dewayne Pieters’s face lit up as the shinny medal was placed around his neck.” The Harfield Harriers runners and the little Optimist team visited the Maitland Orthopaedic Hospital on…
Hi GregYou did a talk at my daughter’s school yesterday and she couldn’t stop talking about it yesterday afternoon!Thanks for the difference you are making!Irene Van Schalkwyk
Charity Sailing Day Report With a light breeze and plenty of sunshine, The Little Optimist was in perfect condition to meet our 30 special guests and introduce them to the magic of sailing.
Early March 2019 The Little Optimist Trust completed a Fantastic East Coast Roadshow, in partnership with the NSRI. This fundraising trip raised more than R35 000 for the NSRI and our…