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The [[Cordis Trust]] is a cultural foundation, founded to promote the principles of compassion, creative word art (poetry, writing, drama and lyric art and cultural historical research) and faith from its own funds with the motto "from the heart".
  
Cordis Trust was established and funded in 2000 by Dr Fanie Marais as a memorial trust for Mardene Marais (28/08/1968- 18/10/1989). She was a student at RAU (now UJ) from 1987-1989. From 1990, the Marais family established the Mardene Marais Memorial Bursaries for Afrikaans undergraduates and in 1999 extended this to Honours studies. In 1992, with the encouragement of Johann Johl, a private publication, Woordpalet, of Mardene’s writings, was illustrated by Father Claerhout, after which he also created several themed paintings.
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The Trust was established in 2000 by Dr Fanie Marais as a formal continuation of the [[Mardene Marais Memorial Foundation]], that had been set up in 1990 in memory of Mardene Marais (28/08/1968- 18/10/1989), who had been a student at [[Rand Afrikaans University]] from 1987-1989. The trust seeks to fufill the following objectives: to promote the principles of compassion, creative word art (poetry, writing, drama and lyric art and cultural historical research) and spiritual work, through a range of projects, in which youth voices are emphasized.
 
 
The objectives of Cordis Trust (From the Heart) are compassion projects (theatre of life); creative Afrikaans word art (poetry, writing, drama and lyric art and cultural history) operating as the Afrikaans word art academy; and the promotion of spiritual work (message of hope). Youth voices are emphasized within the respective goals.
 

Revision as of 10:03, 6 February 2025

The Cordis Trust is a cultural foundation, founded to promote the principles of compassion, creative word art (poetry, writing, drama and lyric art and cultural historical research) and faith from its own funds with the motto "from the heart".

The Trust was established in 2000 by Dr Fanie Marais as a formal continuation of the Mardene Marais Memorial Foundation, that had been set up in 1990 in memory of Mardene Marais (28/08/1968- 18/10/1989), who had been a student at Rand Afrikaans University from 1987-1989. The trust seeks to fufill the following objectives: to promote the principles of compassion, creative word art (poetry, writing, drama and lyric art and cultural historical research) and spiritual work, through a range of projects, in which youth voices are emphasized.