CSI · B-BBEE · SECTION 18A
Change a life. Meet your mandate.
The Summit Journey changes the trajectory of a young life — and your CSI budget can be the reason it happens. Sponsor learners from underserved communities onto the mountain, and turn corporate social investment into something you can stand on a summit and point to.
- VEHICLE
- CSI / SED sponsorship
- SCALE
- 1 learner → full cohorts of 100
- RETURNS
- Impact · scorecard · tax
A young person is waiting. You can send them up the mountain.
Life-changing programmes should not be reserved only for those who can afford them. Across Johannesburg and beyond are young people with every ounce of the courage, hunger and leadership the mountain rewards — missing only the fee. Your sponsorship closes that gap, learner by learner.
A SPONSORED LEARNER RECEIVES
- The full five-day Summit Journey — nothing reduced, nothing lesser
- All camping equipment, meals and branded kit
- Every leadership, wellbeing and financial-literacy workshop
- A tax-free savings & investment account, opened and seeded
- The My Ascent Certificate & Summit Achievement Award
- A place on the Ambassador & mentorship pathway afterwards
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
- The learner — confidence, resilience & a plan.
- Their family — a role model who leads.
- Their school — a story of what's possible.
- Their community — a future changemaker.
A HEAD START THAT KEEPS GROWING
Every sponsored learner leaves the mountain with a real tax-free savings & investment account, opened in their name and seeded during the journey — and the option of sponsored contributions for a full year. Long after the hike, the habit keeps compounding.
Purpose that also performs on paper.
CSI & B-BBEE
Qualifying socio-economic development spend that contributes to your scorecard while funding measurable youth development.
Section 18A
Donations routed through the My Ascent NPO can qualify for Section 18A tax-deductible receipts, issued on request.
ESG & impact
A named, photographed, reportable outcome — real young people on a real summit, with an impact report for your stakeholders.
Brand & people
A story your staff and clients can be proud of — and the option for your team to meet the cohort they helped send up.
SPONSORSHIP TIERS · PER SUMMIT JOURNEY
ONE CLIMBER
1
learner
ROPE TEAM
5
learners
WHOLE CLASS
20
learners
WHOLE GRADE
50
learners
FULL COHORT
100
learners
Every tier is priced per learner, all-inclusive. Your tailored sponsorship proposal confirms the figures — and blends tiers across schools, grades and years wherever that serves your mandate better.
ADD A YEAR OF INVESTING · OPTIONAL
On top of the journey, you can fund a monthly contribution into each learner's tax-free savings account for their first 12 months — paid by you on their behalf. It turns a once-off experience into a lasting investment habit.
PER LEARNER
+ 12 months
of funded savings contributions
Blended and multi-year commitments welcome — your proposal sets out the full per-learner figures. Tax and B-BBEE outcomes are indicative and should be confirmed with your verification agency and tax advisor.
FROM COMMITMENT TO SUMMIT
Every sponsorship becomes a path a young person actually walks.
FROM COMMITMENT TO SUMMIT
Choose a tier
One learner or a full cohort.
We select & place
Learners identified with partner schools & the NPO.
They climb
The full five-day Summit Journey.
You receive
Impact report, imagery & Section 18A on request.
Pair it with a wellness day. Many partners combine a Corporate Wellness & Leadership Day for their own people with a sponsorship for young people — one relationship, two summits.
“Because every young person deserves the opportunity to discover their own ascent.”
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Turn your CSI into someone's summit.
Sponsor a learner · a class · a cohort
A conversation first.
A personal reply within two working days.