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Wilson and a group of children at the Waterberg Welfare Society share smiles in front of the healthcare clinic The Wilson Foundation purchased for the society.
Into Africa
BY JENNA GLATZER
Design legend Trisha Wilson gives back with efforts to educate disadvantaged young people in South Africa.
risha Wilson has always believed that education is the great leveler in the world. She ought to know. Back in high school, she was just a “B” student and was overlooked for scholarships that she really could have used. “My family was not wealthy,” she says, “and paying for my college education was de nitely a sacri ce.” Still, she managed to get a degree in interior design from the University of Texas at Austin. She credits her college education for giving her the foundation needed to launch what would become her internationally renowned interior design rm, Wilson Associates. In 1997, she created The Wilson Foundation with the intent of helping disadvantaged young people who were also “B” students attend college because she believes that “a student who has opportunities can truly change the world.” The move to create a nonpro t was inspired in part by one of her long-time heroes: philanthropist
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and industrialist Manfred (Manny) Steinfeld, the visionary force behind the seating company Shelby Williams. The foundation initially provided college scholarships to American students. But it was while working on Palace of the Lost City in South Africa in the early 1990s that Wilson’s goals broadened and her charitable endeavors got supercharged. “Unlike the U.S., which has over 1.5 million nonpro t organizations, South Africa does not have a network of social services organizations to meet the most basic human needs,” Wilson notes. “Rural communities like Vaalwater [a small town in the Limpopo province], where we focus our work, are basically ‘off the grid’ for most international aid organizations. I know that our dollars are helping to save and change lives every day.” Her foundation has now raised almost $3.5 million, which goes toward medicine for people with HIV and other illnesses, a healthcare clinic, a food program for
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Contents
Boutique Buzz
Into Africa
Q+A: Carlos Couturier
Cool, Daddy-O
Seattle’s Pioneering Courtyard
A Cosmic Experience
Vendor Profile: Diana Dobin, Valley Forge Fabrics
DreamBook: Escape the Ordinary
Showroom: Lighting
The Last Detail
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