With only 5 days til Christmas we are definitely feeling the Christmas spirit as we continue to share love and joy with the elderly in our community, taking them YOUR gifts and blessings <3 What a SPECIAL and fun-filled visit to TAFTA Park Bellair this morning <3 Joined by a beautiful team of community hearts and kicking of the morning […]
Some very delighted elderly hearts in Lamontville today as we, joined by some beautiful volunteers from Corruseal, visited Issy Geshen Home for the Aged. Thanks to the AMAZING support from Corruseals and Krupa for pledging ALL the gifts for this home, the quiet and somber start to our visit very quickly turned to laughter and smiles and shrieks of joy […]
The closer to Christmas we get, the more special these Bless-a-Granny & Grandpa visits become as the Christmas spirit of love and joy replace the everyday routine in the lives of some of our elderly folk. Today we hosted another beautiful morning with the elderly residents – this time at Langlar Towers. Some faces we’ve not seen since they moved […]
Power and progress in partnerships – educating and uplifting our youth! In 2015, we partnered with Krupa Trust and KEY Group and KEY Foundation and built Uminathi Christian College in the heart of KwaNjobokazi – which officially opened in January 2016. Since then, we have visited the scholars sporadically, and hosted educationals at the school – particularly for the young […]
We visited Siyanda crèche in Ntshongweni during our LOVE TO READ campaign and saw it was in desperate need of a structural build as well as safety and educational elements AND proper ablution facilities for the children that attend. In February we launched our ‘Buy-a-Brick’ campaign and thanks to some phenomenal community support and 7 months later we were just […]
What an incredible way to start our Bless-a-Granny & Grandpa 2017 visits and with our ‘poster Granny’ Jessie (featured on all the marketing for the campaign this year) being a resident at Flame Lily – there was bound to be much excitement! Joined by an incredible team of volunteers from MCS Debt Recovery, we danced, sang, ate cake, chatted and […]
A Corporate teambuild with a difference: making a difference! Joined by the incredible ladies from Pro Appointments: Recruitment Agency, who pledged their support for our ‘Corporate team build with a difference’ appeal and sponsored all the delicious snacks and LIVE entertainment, the atmosphere at Zibambaleni Old Age Home in KwaDabeka was absolutely electric this morning! Big smiles on everyone’s faces […]
In lieu of corporate gifting and in the name of their clients , Fourie Stott generously sponsored our visit to Tunisig this morning for about 150 special old souls! What an incredibly festive morning! Accompanied by a wonderful team of volunteers and local talent Rene Tshiakanyi, the elderly residents were beaming with joy as the sang along to the live […]
Another special Bless-a-Granny visit earlier today! This time to a small and very special little home in Malvern – Victory Park. It always delights our hearts at how the mood changes from start to finish at these visits – the pure joy of the elderly is EXACTLY why we host this campaign every year! A morning of chatter, tea, treats […]
After months of planning and the most incredible community support, today we saw Chairlady Cindy Norcott’s vision of a ‘free market’ come to life in EMBO community hall for 200 Gogo’s and Mkulu’s from the local community. Joined by a great team of volunteers from all over Durban, we set up a marquee outside the hall and the morning started […]