Kagiso Media Hunger Relief Fund: Giving to those who need it the most
Kagiso Media and East Coast Radio have pledged to assist NGO's with feeding those in their communities. Here are this week's lucky recipients on Thandolwethu's show:
Wednesday, 10 June: The Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society
With SA in a lockdown, millions of people across the country have been ordered to stay at home. Thousands of people in working-class areas are hard hit with little or no money to buy basic food and baby products. The Society has distributed hampers purchased from locally based small businesses and distributed them amongst their clients, the informal sector, grantees, unemployed people and those with casual low-income jobs.
They have also supported other local NGOs. Residents in Phoenix, Cornubia, Bhambayi, Inanda, Ntuzuma, Mount Moriah and Mount Royal have been assisted. Each hamper is valued at R250-00 and can feed a family of 4 for 2 weeks.
Phoenix Child Welfare continues to receive numerous calls from desperate residents who are either unemployed or ordered to stay at home without pay because of the lockdown.
These residents have limited or no food and are appealing for assistance. Phoenix Child Welfare has responded to this crisis, and with the help of donors & volunteers, have set up a Flood Relief Campaign.
On a daily basis the Society’s services range from child protection programmes, family preservation and reunification which encompasses the preventative, developmental and therapeutic component. These include, amongst others, HIV/AIDS Awareness, Child Abuse and Neglect; Youth Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Adoption and Foster Care, Poverty Alleviation (Skills Empowerment) and material relief to the poor and needy, Parenting programmes, Leadership and mentorship programmes through their Phoenix Children’s Foundation.
Kagiso Media Hunger Relief Fund is proud to award the The Phoenix Child and Family Welfare Society R12 500, listen to their winning moment here:
Thursday, 11 June - Shap Shap Ogranisation
They are delivering weekly food packs for 6 children's homes and 40 families. They are also supplying daily cooked meals for children living in the vicinity of the Shap Shap community centre in Hammarsdale.
They rely totally on donations to do their work.
Kagiso Media Hunger Relief Fund is proud to award Shap Shap Organisation with R12 500, listen to their winning moment here: