There are an estimated 37 000 000 orphans in South Africa. Almost 57 per cent of the population are living in poverty and an estimated 50 000 children die each year from malnutrition or other diseases that would be curable with adequate medical care. Our main goal is to provide homes, food, clothing and education to the "Street Kids" in South Africa. There are many children who choose to live on the streets, rather than at home with their families because of the unbearable abuse and violence they have to endure at home.

MyHope.org.za is a non-profit organisation which has started in Hermanus, South Africa.

Please visit our website to see how you can make a difference in these children's lives.

Web: www.myhope.org.za

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The Whale Crier‘s Kelp Horn was first heard in Hermanus in August 1992. Pieter Claasen, then an employee of the Old Harbour, was our first Whale Crier.

Picture: Click Production

He received a resounding applause. Later in the afternoon he led the colourful procession of Town Criers, floats from far and wide and a large crowd of onlookers down the Main Street of Topsham.

On that trip he also participated in a presentation on Whale Watching in Hermanus and the Whale Route at the South African Embassy in London. Subsequently a letter received from the Ambassador said that the invited guests had enjoyed the presentation tremendously and congratulated the delegates saying it was one of the best presentations given at the Embassy.
As the information has spread far and wide about the wonderful whale watching in Hermanus, so has the media interest increased both in the Whale Crier and Hermanus. Pieter has given literally dozens of press and TV interviews and these have continued to publicise Hermanus as an important tourist destination.

The South African Breweries Ltd’s (SAB) involvement in the barley and malting industries in South Africa stretches back more than a century. The modern malting era began with the building of a malting plant at SAB’s Isando Brewery in the late 1950s, resulting in an increasing involvement in local malting barley development programmes.

A lunch is included for a full day booking, along with fruit juice, tea/coffee. On booking the venue, a menu will be emailed to you to make your lunch selection.

Additional extras:

- We can arrange team building packages to include in your conference, based on the ‘AMAZING RACE’. Rates for this start at R490 per person. What better way for your delegates to explore Hermanus, and bond at the same time?
- Breakfast at Savannah café (right next door to the venue) at R49 per person, with a choice of a health breakfast or cooked English breakfast.

There are several excellent restaurants within walking distance of Marine Square.
Why not let us arrange your entire conference stay?
Book your accommodation, conference venue, team building and dinners with us, for a complete package.
Please see our rates page for accommodation rates. We have 10 luxury apartments upstairs from the conference venue, with a total of 22 bedrooms.