At Entourage, South Africa holds an especially dear place in our heart, as our Founder Simon Liebel grew up there, so we especially love the charity CTAOP (Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project) and the incredible work they are doing. Created in 2007 by Charlize Theron, Academy Award-winning actor and UN Messenger of Peace, with the hope of making a difference in fighting HIV in her home country of South Africa, CTAOP invests in African youth and their ability to keep themselves and their peers safe from HIV/AIDS. The geographic scope of CTAOP is sub-Saharan Africa; however, South Africa, with the highest number of people in the world living with HIV, has remained the primary area of focus.
CTAOP connect community-based, African organizations (CTAOP’s Program Partners) to funding, capacity building, and broader resources. This allows these organizations to reach more young people with innovative programs and tools to help keep themselves and their peers safe from the disease. CTAOP support Program Partners that use community-specific programming to educate, empower, and invest in young people between the ages of 10-20 years old. They strive to develop collaborative, long-term relationships with Program Partners built on mutual trust and respect, and further this investment through the CTAOP Youth Leaders Scholarship program, which provides holistic support to young people with high potential in their pursuit of a tertiary degree.
To learn more about this incredible charity, please click here.