The Blaqpearl Foundation
Transforming and uplifting our communities through Life skills, Arts and Sports
Overview
About Us
The Blaqpearl Foundation is a non – profit company registered as 2016 / 405426 / 08 NPC. It is co – founded by the well known arts practitioner and youth development activist Blaq Pearl (a.k.a Janine Van Rooy – Overmeyer) alongside her partner Shane Overmeyer who’s the South African Table Tennis Champion 9 times. The organisation is built on the practices and methodologies used by these two professionally established people who want to share the positive outcomes & success with individuals, organisations / companies, and communities.
Purpose
Our main purpose is to uplift, provide tools to unlock true, full potential and for transformation. We offer various programmes and services.
1227
In 2024, 1227 people including women and children benefited through our various initiatives.
+2500
people benefited from our programmes, events, hygiene and food relief initiatives.
32
Since 2016, we launched 32 programmes, for an average of 4 programmes a year.