Your Legacy Today, Tomorrow and Beyond

SOS Children’s Villages has a bequest programme where people like you and I can include SOS Children’s Villages as a beneficiary. Your thoughtfulness today will ensure a brighter future for our children.

13-17 September 2021 is National Wills Week. During this important week, South Africans are reminded of the importance of leaving a Will.

Some attorneys across the country are offering their services to members of the public to put in place a basic Will drafted by them, free of charge. This is an opportunity that all South Africans should take advantage of, SOS Children’s Villages also informs the public that they can include SOS Children’s Villages as a beneficiary in their Will.

When one makes a Will, they express their wishes for what will happen to the people they care about after they are gone. But that Will could make a wish come true for a child who has never had the kind of care that ordinary South Africans provide to their own loved ones. SOS Children’s Villages National Legacy Officer Rashilla Francis, encourages people to consider drawing up a Will and including a bequest for the SOS Children’s Villages.

SOS Children’s Villages offers loving, family-like care for children and young people who have lost or are at risk of losing the care of their families. Instead of growing up on the streets or in a cold institution, a child could be given a mother of his/ her own, a family and a comfortable home – complete with a garden to play in – at an SOS Children’s Village.

Established in 1984, SOS Children’s Villages in South Africa has eight programmes across the provinces, supporting more than 700 children. In these villages, the children are provided with a family, healthcare, education, and all that they need to become contributing members of society.

This is the warm-hearted legacy that South Africans could leave behind simply by including a bequest to SOS Children’s Villages in their Will.

“One little sentence in your Will today to include SOS Children’s Villages, will make a big difference tomorrow in the future of our precious children”, says Rashilla Francis.  

After providing for loved ones, there are several ways South Africans can leave a gift to charity in their Will:

Residual Gift

After all loved ones have been looked after and debts paid, one can leave a percentage of the remaining estate.

Specific Gift

Leave a fixed sum of money, household contents or pieces of furniture.