Our VISION statement

Edmund Rice Camps (SA) Inc.

Vision Statement The founder of the Christian Brothers, Edmund Rice, after whom our camps are named, used his wealth talents & compassion to empower the poor of Ireland to realise their potential.

Through personal tragedy & the search to deepen his own faith, Edmund recognised the face of God in those he served.

Following Edmund’s example, we regard each person as created in God’s image & we encourage everyone to realise his or her own potential while recognising the divinity in each.

We aim to develop a community of which the youth are a central & integral part, based on love equality & friendship. We plan for, prepare & conduct camps that will be a quality experience for those present.

As leaders we are called to accept our young friends as they are, & through their openness & honesty face our own limitations. We are challenged to be selfless & to respond as well as we can to their needs.

We work at being good role models for the children & our fellow leaders, consistent & fair with our discipline, & always willing to forgive one another.

Among the gifts the youth bring are alertness, a general honesty, a bright spontaneity, resilience & an ability to survive. While they live in the ‘now’, we try to be instrumental in instilling hope for them in the future.

We hope to share with them some of the happier, more adventurous aspects of being young, & hope also that they will value their time with us as we do with them.