It is me, Thandi
(On the 8th June 2021, we posted an article titled “I am Thandi, and this is MY story”. Below is a letter received from Thandi. How wonderful to know that because of the generosity of our volunteers and donors, we…
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Winter Jersey Drive
Winter is a beautiful season but if you are destitute, it is a dreadful time filled with misery and heartache. With no warm clothes and bedding you are constantly trying to keep warm and hoping for a bit of sunshine…
What to do with 1000 eggs?
What do you do when a small “fry” Movement like ours receives a telephone call to say, “We have 1 000 eggs for you?” Naturally, you scramble to collect them! Once they were all safely in the office we contacted…
I am Thandi, and this is MY story
(A member was asked to assist a young teenage girl who had been raped. A wonderful relationship has grown between the member and teenage girl. The girl is an aspiring journalist and wanted to share her story. Her story will…
Soup-Erb Kitchens
“30% of South Africa’s children live below the food poverty line in households that do not have enough money to meet children’s nutritional needs”. South African Child Gauge 2020, The Children’s Institute. In South Africa, most children live in households…
School Uniform Drive 2021
Our School Uniform Drive is without doubt the most exhausting and rewarding drive we have. You might ask why exhausting? The endless hours of collating templates and creating categories of girls, boys and sizes. The purchasing of all the shoes…
School Uniform Drive 2020
The St Kizito year always starts with a big bang. Purchasing, packing and delivering school uniforms for the children in our programme is no small feat. Our dedicated voluneers are always up to the challenge. This year we were able…
News from November and December 2017
The months of November and December 2017 saw a flurry of activities for the children in our programme. There was an outing to Strandfontein beach and four Christmas parties. Gifts, eats and sweet parcels were the order of the day…
Christmas Present Drive 2017
It is with much anticipation that the children and parish groups in our programme await our annual SKCP group Christmas parties. We received a wonderful donation of Bath Sprudels for inclusion in the children’s parcels. The Christmas parties are always…
Horticultural Educational Outing 2017 (Life Skill: Respect)
September 2017 dawned with 40 very excited children, from our Lentegeur group, waiting for a Golden Arrow Bus. The reason? A horticultural outing to the Harold Porter Botanical Garden in Betty’s Bay. For the majority of them this was…