Rays of Hope e.V. - a vision alive!

In 2002 a handful of colleagues who work for a major German airline and who therefore are regularly exposed to the daily difficulties experienced by many less fortunate South Africans decided to extend a helping hand. It was primarily due to our intimate interaction with an indefatigable and altruistic South African, Mrs Milly Jarvis, that a project was set jointly in motion which now allows a more dignified life to some of the poorest of the country's society with the prime focus being their children.

Soon joined by friends and acquaintances, our organisation aims at sending sustainable rays of hope for a more stable life to at least some of the underprivileged South Africans - particularly to the children in dire need. This approach is designed not only to secure survival during their childhood days; rather it attempts to prepare them to step out of the shades of the townships by flanking social, educational and schooling measures. The ultimate objective is to allow the children in the near-term an active and fully-fledged participation in the bustling life of the rainbow nation. In order to be able to work at highest efficiency we have strongly interlocked our activities with Milly's social programmes.

Our local counterpart

Already before our involvement Milly had organised a feeding project for the pupils of a primary school near Diepsloot Township where some 90% of the children do not know their fathers and the majority struggle a sad life without sufficient food intake, without access to clean water, without scholastic education and ... without any hope for improvement.

In order to finance herself as well as her social projects, Milly organised Safari tours for airline crews during their layovers and this is how we from Rays of Hope e.V. got to know and to love this remarkable lady. [...]

Please do not hesitate to contact us since we welcome your questions and suggestions. Subsequently, you find our contacts as well as the account details for donations:

Contact Information

Email: kontakt(at)raysofhope.de

Account for donations:

Postbank Dortmund
Kontonummer: 995 912 467
Bankleitzahl: 440 100 46
IBAN: DE32 4401 0046 0995 9124 67 BIC PBNKDEFF

German Contact:

Rays Of Hope e.V.
c/o Dr. Katrin Emmrich-Haag
Nordendstr.34
60318 Frankfurt
Tel. +4916329x39216

South African Contact:

Changing Lives Ministries
c/o Milly Jarvis
Tel. +27 82 854x5 853