Star for Life

Involvements

Star for Life

Star for Life is a non-profit organisation that works to create better circumstances for young people. Through a unique training programme, our coaches work to help young people strengthen their self-esteem and motivate them to devote themselves to their education, take care of their health, and make wise life choices. This gives them a chance to influence their future.

The idea for Star for Life came to Dan and Christin Olofsson when they were starting a business project in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region. They saw first-hand how many people were affected by HIV and AIDS. In 2005, the devastating consequences of these diseases led them to start a project at a local school. That was the start of Star for Life.  

Today we work in 120 schools in South Africa, Namibia and Tanzania where, so far, 450,000 young people have taken part in the Star for Life programme. We are also investing in preventive health care. Our three mobile health clinics visit the schools, provide information about health, and offer students health checks.

Star for Life now also operates outside Africa. In Sweden, Motivationslyftet by Star for Life has been active since 2013, and in 2022 Star for Life Ukraine and Star for Life Jerusalem were also launched.

In addition to the collaboration and support from Danir, Star for Life has many committed partners in several countries who together fund the training programme and our work.

Contact

Jessica Grundström Ahldin, Secretary General

Website

https://starforlife.org/en/

Read more about Star for Life  in the yearbook

Involvements

Star for Life Jerusalem

Star for Life Jerusalem is a foundation whose vision is to promote sustainable development for the people of East Jerusalem through various initiatives. Our mission is to develop, finance, and implement programs targeting education, employment, IT skills development, and IT entrepreneurship.

Motivationslyftet

Motivationslyftet is part of Star for Life International, which has operations in Sweden, South Africa, Namibia, Jerusalem and Ukraine.

FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård has Sweden’s best women’s football team, and 2022 was a year for the record books, as the team took home Swedish Championship gold, cup gold and competed in the Champions League group stage.

Uppstart Malmö

With a conviction that entrepreneurship creates jobs while reducing segregation and exclusion, Uppstart Malmö was founded in 2011 by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo.

Swedes for Ukraine 

Millions of Ukrainians are still fleeing the horrors of war following Russia’s brutal attack on their homeland. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians arrived in Sweden early this spring. The need for shelter quickly became acute. In March 2022, the non-profit site swedesforukraine.org was launched.

Bitprop

The world is facing a large-scale unemployment and land distribution problem. Out of the belief that good-natured entrepreneurship offers a faster, grassroots, more sustainable and empowering route to addressing these issues, Bitprop was founded in early 2019.

Project Kaxås 

Project Kaxås is an initiative that invests in young families who want to change their lifestyle and move to a scenic rural environment. The starting point for the project was to break the trend towards centralisation and save the rural school in Kaxås.

Thanda Foundation Trust

The Thanda Foundation Trust was established to engage with the socio-economic, educational, and developmental needs of the three tribal communities neighbouring Thanda Safari in the Umkhanyekude District.

Expect a Better Tomorrow – a foundation

This year’s Expect a Better Tomorrow initiative is Heja Klubben! This initiative seeks to demonstrate the invaluable benefits that Swedish association life provides throughout our expansive country.

Special Olympics Sweden 

Special Olympics is a part of the Swedish Parasports Federation that offers wide-ranging and recreational athletic activities for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Hugos Stiftelse and Glädjeruset

The Hugos Stiftelse foundation raises money to support associations and organisations that work to ensure an active life and better health for children and young people with disabilities.

Emerging Cooking Solutions

Around the world, more people die as a result of cooking over smoky, open fires than from malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined. The climate impact of charcoal and firewood burned for cooking is as great as that of the entire aviation industry.

Jewish Community of Malmö

The Jewish Community of Malmö is there for all Jews regardless of age, lifestyle, background and degree of religiosity.

The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism

The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism is a non-religious and non-political organization whose purpose is to work against and raise awareness of anti-semitism and racism.

Entrepreneurship Forum

The Entrepreneurship Forum is an independent research foundation that initiates, conducts, and communicates policy-relevant research which creates better conditions for entrepreneurship, innovation, small business, renewable energy, and growth.

Offerdals SK

The Olofsson family has a long-standing commitment in Jämtland. Here we support the local club Offerdals SK with the ambition to promote sports activities in Offerdal, and skiing in particular. Offerdals SK was founded in 1961 and currently has around 500 members.

Offerdals Spelmanslag

Since 1985, Offerdals Spelmanslag has performed their music at venues ranging all the way from the forests of Jämtland to the United States, Russia and South Africa. At home, they make various stage performances throughout Jämtland.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is committed to continuing Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy to stand against oppression and strive to achieve a more just and peaceful world. Since 2018, Dan Olofsson is a member of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leadership Council.

UWC Dilijan College

UWC Dilijan College in Armenia is a part of the UWC network, a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.