Oak Tree Fine Press

Who Benefits

The Oak Tree Fine Press was founded to raise money for organisations offering assistance to children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. All proceeds from the sale of all our books go towards the more than 2000 children around the world who become HIV-positive every day of the year. Since the publication of its first volume in 2006 a number of organizations have benefited from the sale of these books.

Miracle Mission

Miracle Mission, established in 1999, is a small residential care facility for children in South Africa. It provides a home for children in distress - children abandoned, abused, neglected, and those who have been infected with the HIV virus. Most are newborn and initial care is critical. In their words "our goal is to ensure the very best long term care for these children and to see them settled in that environment as soon as possible"

Cecily‘s Fund

Cecily‘s Fund helps over 8,500 Zambian children, who have been orphaned by AIDS, to go to school by giving them shoes, uniforms, books, pens and help with fees. Education reduces their risk of catching HIV and helps them thrive as adults. They also help train orphans as teachers and peer health educators, so they can share life-saving knowledge with thousands more children. It was set up in memory of Cecily Eastwood who died in an accident while volunteering in Zambia.

Kids Haven

Kids Haven was founded in 1992 as a response to the plight of street children, and consists of a drop-in programme, shelter, bridging school, practical skills programme, childrens' homes, family reunification and community development programme.

It has been noted as an example of best practice in social development by numerous individuals and organizations, including the MEC for Social Development and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

TAC

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was founded in 1998 in Cape Town, South Africa. The organisation campaigns for treatment for people with HIV and to reduce new HIV infections. Their efforts have resulted in many life-saving interventions, including the implementation of country-wide mother-to-child transmission prevention and antiretroviral treatment programmes.

The TAC also runs a treatment literacy campaign: this is a training programme on the science of HIV treatment and prevention.

The Thusong Children's Centre, Kimberley, South Africa

The Thusong Children's Centre was established in 1994 as a shelter for abandoned and abused children living on the streets. Since its inception, more than 300 children have been placed back into society equipped with the social and economic tools to have a fair chance at creating lives for themselves. There are currently more than 150 children living in the centre.

Nkosi's Haven

Founded by Gail Johnson in April 1999 and named in honour of her 12 year old foster son and in memory of his biological mother who was unable to look after him, Nkosi's Haven was officially opened on 14th April 1999. Infected with HIV from birth, Nkosi passed away on 1 June 2001 from an AIDS related disease. Today more than 250 children are cared for in its centers.

The Sugarbush Foundation

The Sugarbush Foundation is based Johannesburg, South Africa, the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa. It is a registered non-profit organization whose primary objective is the support of children in need.

Riders for Health

Riders is an award-winning social enterprise working to make sure all health workers in Africa have access to reliable transportation so they can reach the most isolated and vulnerable people with regular and predictable health care.

Karoo Animal Protection

The Karoo Animal Protection Society is the only organisation providing a mobile welfare service for animals in the deprived areas of the Little Karoo in rural South Africa. In these deprived communities, poverty is a way of life. People who can barely feed their children will keep a dog chained up and feed it potato peelings.

KAPS takes free welfare services on a daily basis into an area approaching 5,000 sq km. As well as dipping, deworming, feeding, sterilising and rescuing animals, volunteers work to assist and educate the thousands of owners, transforming communities.