The Cape Town International Kite Festival’s annual Pop-Up Fly Event will take place at Melkbosstrand Beach on Sunday, 27 October from 10H00, and will feature extraordinary local professional kiters such as Mari and Bradley Ware-Lane, Bobby Gathoo, Brian Skinner, and others – as well as a few international surprises!
Also make note of the dates for:
- Community Fly at Heideveld Sports Field on the Cape Flats on 23 October 2024
- EduKite Competition at Curro Century City on 26 October
As Cape Mental Health’s flagship event since 1994, it allows artists, mental health ambassadors, staff, mental health care users, volunteers and everyone to share their stories of pain, healing and recovery. Every conversation that matters chips away at the stigma, facilitating non-judgmental and non-discriminatory conversations about mental health.
This year’s theme for the Cape Town International Kite Festival is #HopeOnAString, because despite the fragility of the string, it allows the kite to fly higher and higher – just as we humans rise above the circumstances that life throws our way. #HopeOnAString brings a message of hope, potential and encouragement when faced with adverse circumstances. Each tug of a string is a reminder of the strength and resilience within us all. Cape Mental Health’s primary goal each year is to find a theme that facilitates their massive mental health awareness and promotion campaign, ultimately facilitating a pathway that encourages early intervention and mental health support. It is an opportunity to ensure that conversations regarding Curro Century City mental health are normalised.
As part of Cape Mental Health’s aim to uplift less fortunate communities and the most marginalised of people, the Cape Town International Kite Festival will once again feature its annual Community Fly at Heideveld Sports Field on the Cape Flats on 23 October 2024. Cape Mental Health invites children with intellectual disability from CMH’s Special Education & Care Centres in Heideveld, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to join in the fun at the community fly, as well as other Grade R learners and preschools in the Heideveld community.
The Cape Town International Kite Festival will also host its EduKite Competition – a kite-decorating and kite-making competition for learners from mainstream primary school schools and schools for children with special educational needs, with monetary prizes for the winning teams. This year this exclusive prize giving event will be held at on 26 October – a brand new community supporting mental health awareness.
WE NEED YOUR KINDNESS AND HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE is the appeal from Cape Mental Health.
To continue Cape Mental Health’s vital work and expand their reach, they rely on the generosity and support of compassionate corporates and members of the public.
Whether you can contribute R100 or R10 000, your donation can make a significant difference to the lives of vulnerable children and adults.
By donating to the Cape Town International Kite Festival, you will not only help us sustain our current programmes but also extend our reach to more children and families in need.
TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE. DONATE HERE VIA BACKABUDDY!
Get out ENJOY and support Cape Mental Health with the Cape Town International Kite Festival #HopeOnAString!
WHAT: Cape Town International Kite Festival
WHERE: See locations above
WHEN: 23, 26 & 27 October 2024
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