Our Purpose
The Trust’s core Purpose is to play an active and value-adding role in socio-economic transformation in South Africa.
Our Ideals
There is visible and acknowledged reduction in economic inequality brought about by the Trust and its various partners;
Black women who have been empowered by the Trust and its partners are publicly acknowledged for their successes;
Our Guiding Principles
In shaping the Trust’s purpose and future direction, the following key points are seen as critical drivers. These address WHAT and HOW the Trust wishes to achieve its purpose:
INNOVATION
RISK TAKING
Our Values
The Trust has adopted the Distell Group’s set of values with appropriate adaptations. Our values are:
COURAGE
INTEGRITY
Our Vision
The Distell Development Trust has a vision of better-performing schools, substantially improved economic equality, and a significantly higher level of employment in communities where the Trust has invested.
Our Mission
The Mission of the Distell Development Trust is to invest in and help capacitate programmes that take an innovative or entrepreneurial approach to:
Empowering women, particularly black women, in rural communities;
Bringing about improvements in education and work-readiness; and