The Heart Quest Foundation
The Heart Quest Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization which was founded in 2012. It provides nature based programs promoting self-help, self-awareness and self-empowerment.
The Foundations programs srongly promote capacity building, life skills development, general economic upliftment and environmental awareness.
The Foundation seeks to establish long term relationships with organizations working with disadvantaged communities.
Trustees of the Foundation receive no renumeration and claim no expenses to ensure maximum funding for these projects.
The Chrysalis Academy Testimonial
“A pure gift from the universe. The HQ program is offered to graduates of the Chrysalis Academy. It provides a powerful way for graduates to deepen their transformation and discover their inner potential. Simon and the foundation have been offering this opportunity to our students since 2012. As CEO, I have had the privilege of completing the ten-day program, with four days and four nights in solo. This meant that I could fully, with my whole being, recommend the program to our students. I can confidently say that the Heart Quest experience has been one of the most enriching journeys that I have ever embarked on to meet my original face and my true nature.
We are so deeply grateful for this opportunity afforded to the academy, as graduates have reported significant “Ah-Ha” moments. They spoke of renewal of their spirit; the longing for more silence, and most of them shared that they simply could not translate the experience into words. On their return from their Heart Quest journeys however, their shiny eyes and inner stillness, told the whole story.
Simon, we love you! May you grow in this work, and continue to offer it to as many young people as possible. We are grateful, beyond measure, for your generous offer of this work to our students… and may I add always, at no cost. I celebrate and honor the Heat Quest Foundation, and its Founder, Simon Bowley.
May God continue to smile upon your work, and may our ancestors walk gently alongside you.”
Lucille Meyer (Ed.D), CEO: Chrysalis Academy
https://chrysalisacademy.org.za/
About The Chrysalis Academy
Chrysalis Academy (CA) is an initiative of the Western Cape Provincial Government, set up in the year 2000. It is a youth development academy regarded as a flagship project in innovative youth development. It runs a three month residential program for youth aged 18 – 25 from across the Western Cape from far afield as Beaufort West and Mossel Bay. The envisaged outcomes of the three month program include personal mastery, greater resilience, an enhanced skills set and access to a range of further learning opportunities including a 12 month work placement to acquire work experience. The three month program includes life skills, time spent in the outdoors, vocational and work readiness training plus therapeutic care aimed at supporting youth at a psychosocial level.
South African Cadets Testimonial
“What great change I have seen! What great hope your program brings. Hurt, abused and discarded members of our society crippled by the ravages of gangsterism, drugs, prostitution and violence healed before my eyes. Tears rolling down faces as you listen and guide us through our pain with great love and care. The Heart Quest program is one of a kind in the world and brings great healing to my cadets. An empowering adventure into the mountains and one’s True Self. May the Heart Quest Foundation and the healing mountain it sits on be blessed. Thank you for changing lives and enabling hope. I am very proud, and my cadets are blessed to be associated with your N.P.O.”
Dr Randal Petersen, Founder/General South African Cadets
The Heart Quest Foundation seeks to establish long term partnerships with communities of faith who are serving people.
“I was seeking somebody to guide me and my Church Elders on a spiritual journey into Nature and Solitude. Simon was referred to me and I met him in July 2014, that meeting has proven to be a defining moment in my life. Since that first Quest I have accompanied many groups from our community at InVia to the mountains: After my own experience I knew that I needed to lead people who were feeling the call for a deeper and more meaningful life towards Heart Quest.
I have witnessed God’s Grace as questers return from their solos with open hearts and twinkling eyes. Teers of gratitude and heartfelt Joy well up inside of me when I recall the indescribable healing and Grace that our community has received.”
Minister Theo Geyser
