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Inspired by our donors

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:01:19 +0100

More often than not it is donors who are inspired by our incredible little shinning stars - hence their kind support - but every now and then we have the privilege of the situation being the other way around! This was the case with a group of King David Pre-Primary school children who collected jumble for us to sell in our monthly fund-raising sales.
'Learning to give to those that are less fortunate than us is an important message!' they say and demonstrated this by reaching out to 3 organisations in the broader community to see what they could do to help. We were lucky enough to be one of these!

Over the past month (corresponding with the hebrew month of Elul which is a charity month) the children have proudly collected and brought required items with them to school, thereby creating a wonderful supply of much needed goods for our monthly fund-raising sales. The school further say's 'In doing so, the children, and their families, continue to learn the valuable life lesson of giving.'

The stand out factor with this group was that they were all 4 and 5 year olds! The motivation we gathered from such a young group working together to make a difference to the world around them was immeasurable and we are most grateful for not only this but also their support in actual kind. How can such a school not be creating future leaders for our country? Thanks so much to everyone involved - we greatly appreciate your support and you are always welcome to visit!!

At Eleven

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:04:02 +0100

Shed tears of joy at first sight

And accepted him as he was

My disabled son

A unique part of our family

Wheeled everywhere in his wheelchair

He had a simple dimpled smile

And large bright eyes

Only using his left hand

In a happy mood he hopped from one foot to the other

Always proud to move around

When angry he acted like he was crazy

With a blur of tears in his eyes

For eleven years

Never gave up making him happy

Sweeter memories surface first

Like cream rising on top

Then some sad memories

He was eleven years

When things began to change

At eleven every movement stopped

In a comma, he passed on

At eleven he left

Went to a better place

His body and his face as beautiful as can be

Nothing can hurt him now

Everything stopped at eleven

Our efforts and our strengths

Went as far as eleven years

Launch of Star Supporters Club

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:56:21 +0100

To ensure the centre can continue its good work regardless of government funding (or lack thereof) the centre has launched the Star Supporters Club.
The club aims to get 100 people (in the first 3 months) who are prepared to donate R100 a month towards the centres food and heating requirements. All donations are acknowledged with a tax exemption certificate and as such your donation will be refunded in full by SARS at the end of the financial year! Thereafter we aim to grow by 10 supporters a month to eventually reach the level of support when infrastructure investments can be made - watch this space for details and click below to support!

Painting Day

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:51:56 +0100

There is a centre in Orlando West
That gives its learners their very best
A place that always leaves visitors impressed
Changing lives is their endless quest

The old school building needs some painting
And hasn’t done well through the recent raining
We need your help in its maintaining
The mould and grime thus restraining!

When : Saturday 19th February
Time : 09:30

Come dressed to paint and please bring a
brush and roller for yourself if you have one!

Drinks will be sold as an additional fund-raising effort

Jumble Sale Frenzy

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:02:34 +0100

The customers started queuing at 07:30 in the morning – even though the gates would only be opened at 10:30, and we knew it was going to be a good day! It’s the 28^th of August 2010 and we’re holding one of Nkanyezi’s regular jumble sales at the school for children with multiple disabilities grounds in Orlando West, Soweto. The sales are held to supplement the small funding that is received from the government and is necessary to cover costs from food to toilet paper and fire hydrants. This jumble sale was the biggest and best yet though as we had the widest range of jumble to sell and shattered our previous jumble sale record of R2000 by more than 50%, raising a total of R3040. To round off the successful day all helpers celebrated with a braai and few drinks afterwards in the sun and spent the time strategising about how to make the next jumble sale even bigger and better! So thanks to all those who donated jumble and helped out on the day, and hope to see you all and more at the next jumble sale – watch this space for details!