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 aims to improve the living situation in East Jerusalem through different initiatives for education, employment, IT skills development, and IT entrepreneurship programs.

Motivationslyftet

Motivationslyftet is a part of Star for Life's operations in Sweden that offers self-leadership educational programs to students from middle school to high school in various schools across Sweden.

FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård has one of Sweden's best and most well-merited women's football teams. The team had a historic 2022, winning the Damallsvenskan and Swedish Cup and competing in the Champions League.

Uppstart Malmö

Uppstart Malmö was founded in 2011 by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo. They firmly believe that entrepreneurship creates jobs, which in turn reduces segregation and exclusion.

Swedes for Ukraine

Swedes for Ukraine is a digital platform, developed in record time, that connects Ukrainian refugees in Sweden in need of accommodation with Swedes who have accommodation to offer.

Utfallsfonden

Utfallsfonden funds organizations that offer solutions that create measurable improvements within health, well-being, education, the labour market, integration, housing, and security.

Bitprop

Bitprop enables landowners to transform their properties into profitable assets, believing that entrepreneurship provides both immediate and long-term sustainable solutions.

Project Kaxås

Project Kaxås invests in young families who want to relocate to a scenic countryside and change their lifestyle. The project aims to counteract centralization and preserve the Kaxås rural school.

Thanda Foundation Trust

Thanda Foundation Trust contributes to the socio-economic, educational and developmental needs of the tribal communities adjacent to Thanda Safari in the Umkhanyekde District in South Africa.

Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation

Every year, the Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation launches an initiative to highlight a problem, an injustice, aiming to contribute to a better tomorrow. For someone, for some, or for all.

Special Olympics Sweden

Special Olympics Sweden offers wide-ranging, recreational athletic activities for people with intellectual disabilities, aiming to give everyone a chance to have an active life, regardless of ability.

Hugos Stiftelse & Glädjeruset

Through, among other things, the Glädjeruset races, Hugos Stiftelse raises funds to support associations that promote an active life and better health for children and youth with disabilities.

Emerging Cooking Solutions

Emerging Cooking Solutions has developed a stove that burns waste biomass pellets instead of charcoal. This reduces the extensive climate impact and deaths caused by cooking over smoky fires.

Jewish Community of Malmö

The Jewish Congregation of Malmö welcomes Jews of all ages, lifestyles, and backgrounds. They have a rich offering of Jewish culture, events, religious services, kosher cuisine, and Jewish education.

The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism

The Swedish Committee against antisemitism is a religiously and politically independent organization whose purpose and focus is to counter antisemitism and racism through knowledge, information, and opinion formation.

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum is an independent research foundation that initiates and conducts policy-relevant research on entrepreneurship, innovation, small businesses, regeneration, and growth.

Offerdals SK

Offerdal Ski Club is the village's club for the village's people. The Ski Club is actually a sports club with the aim of promoting and conducting sports activities across the municipality.

Offerdals Spelmanslag

Offerdals Spelmanslag has been performing its music across the world since 1985, including the USA, Russia, and South Africa. But most often, at stage performances at home in Jämtland.

RFK Human Rights

RFK Human Rights is an organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Robert F. Kennedy, continuing his work to fight oppression, and promoting a more just and peaceful world.

UWC Dilijan College

Dilijan College in Armenia is a member of the UWC organization, which aims to use education as a tool to bring people, nations and cultures together for a peaceful and socially sustainable future.