Mission statement of the Fondazione Labia

As South Africans, we recognize the deep inequalities besetting our country. These are inequalities not just of wealth but more critically of opportunity. The greatest of them lies with education.

Young South Africans in certain areas of our country are disproportionately affected by these inequalities. They have a very limited safety net, and less than adequate access to healthcare and education. Daily, they face challenging socioeconomic conditions (often which result in domestic violence and abuse) and have an extremely limited voice with which to communicate their suffering and influence the status quo.

They are, in many respects, not just the group most intensely affected by inequality, but also the group with the least power to ameliorate their desperate reality.

It is, more than ever, in all of our interests to do what we can to facilitate change because they are, quite literally, our future.

What is the Fondazione Labia?

The Fondazione Labia (“Foundation”) is the charitable foundation of the Labia Family (“Family”).

Our mission is to do what we can to assist those most in need by providing opportunities in underserved areas of the Southern Peninsula, which is where our roots lie, and across South Africa. We want to provide opportunities at grass roots level; facilitating change and positive growth, and thereby creating the possibility for a healthier, more enriched life for the young people that have benefited from our programs.