A group of about 25 people reached out to residents at Daggafontein Informal Settlement on Thursday.
Members from the SAPS Public Order Policing (POPS) as well as from St Boniface Anglican Women’s Fellowship in Vosloorus all contributed clothes, non-perishable food, soup and bread.
When POPS support head Lt Col Alice Maele found out about a family of four and a gogo who has no family, who were in need of help, they immediately decided to reach out to these people.
By sharing the information with her friends at church they made it a team effort.
“The family of four lost their mother some time ago, which leaves the older sister to look after her siblings,” says Maele.
Happy Kunene, her two siblings, aged six and 21 years old, as well as her own child (nine months old) recently lost all their belongings when their shack burnt down.
“Losing everything, your home, clothes, furniture and food makes one realise how much we have to be grateful and thankful for,” says Maele.
The Kunene family were extremely privileged with the donation which will help them tremendously during the tough times.
Gogo Paulina Nene is 63 years old and has no living relatives.
Maele says it was obvious they would support the gogo as well.
When the group arrived at Nene’s house, she was overwhelmed and didn’t know what was going on, but she soon smiled from ear to ear.
Maele says Nene was happy with the donation and the kindness of the police and fellowship women.
“It was a humble deed which brought happiness to five people,” she says.
The soup and bread were handed out to other needy families as well.
