Vulamasango means "Open Gates" in Xhosa. Since 2009, Vulamasango, a Non-Profit Organization (NPO) situated in Cape Town, has been opening its doors to children from the townships of Cape Town, and with the chance for a brighter future.
Since 2018, Vulamasango has been registered as an official Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) by the Department of Social Development (DoSD).
Vulamasango is financially supported through its two affiliated European charity organizations Positiv Leben e.V. (Germany) and Förderverein Vulamasango Südafrika (Switzerland).
The Farm
The Vulamasango farm is a piece of land the size of 5 hectares within the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA), also known as Philippi Farmland, which lies within the vast Cape Flats, surrounded by Cape Town’s endless townships. On this beautiful piece of land we have been building up Vulamasango since 2009, in direct proximity to the township Samora Machel and only 100 metres away from the illegal squatter camp Siqalo.
Vulingoma
A large part of the operating costs for Vulamasango is raised through the biennial concert tours of our Vulingoma Youth Choir. Since 2006 the youth of the Vulamasango project has been performing in Europe every two years to great success. The Vulingoma Youth Choir has thus become one of the cornerstones of the Vulamasango Children’s Project.
