Palabora America Limited
VERMICULITE DIVISION

Palabora Foundation

The Palabora Foundation Rixile Education Center has as one of its students Tryphina Mabunda. Tryphina was born in a rural village in the Northern Province of South Africa 24 years ago. Her paintings depict the rural life that surrounds her and has made her art truly indigenous to Lulekani.

It is works such as this beautiful artwork and such as the brick making facility described below that give us a sense of pride in The Palabora Foundation.

The Foundation's Mission is to promote and support the holistic development of disadvantaged people and communities. We also believe in initially retaining operational involvement in the projects we undertake.

All our projects aim to develop the communities they serve to the point where ownership of the project can be progressively transferred to them once sustainability through community committees has been established.

In all its work, the Foundation takes a long term view of community development and strives in partnership with communities, to encourage the growth of the following:

>A significant pool of technically skilled, educated and literate people

>An efficient community management structure.

>Community pride and loyalty

Our main fields of service are Education, Technical Training, Small Business Development, and General Community Development.

The Foundation's financial support is derived mainly from its sponsor, the Palabora Mining Company, which contributes 3% of its after-tax profit on an annual basis. Over the years, the Foundation has also succeeded in entering into partnership arrangements with the private sector, governmental and non-governmental organizations for the provision of both financial and technical expertise in the running of its programs.

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