Dare To Lead Heritage
It has been a day of emotional reunions and introductions in Cape Town today as former young black South African Clipper Race crew came together to celebrate their ‘Dare To Lead’ heritage with this year’s team.
Over the last seven years Dirk Van Daele, a European financier and philanthropist, has partnered four teams and established the Rainbow Foundation to develop the leadership qualities of young black South Africans.
Twelve of the original Rainbow Foundation ambassadors who first sailed in 2013-14 and 2015-16 aboard Invest Africa and Ichor Coal, with some also sailing on Dare To Lead in 2017-18, met up with the Clipper 2019-20 Race skipper and crew of Dare To Lead to share their common heritage.
Dirk Van Daele said: “Dare To Lead is built on the concept of developing leadership skills through sailing that can be translated back into commercial companies, public organisations and local communities. The qualities that make winning teams on the water can often be similar back on dry land.
“We have a proud heritage dating back to the initiative we launched in South Africa in 2013. Now, seven years later, the Dare To Lead concept team carries this legacy around the globe with the aim of attracting additional partners for future races who would like to create their own youth development programmes in other parts of the world, including China.”