Luvuyo Orphanage receives donation from Events to Aid and Right to Care
Nokwali says the orphanage ensures that the children enjoy their stay at the centre.
On October 15, Right to Care, a highly respected, leading Covid-19 orientated NGO, in partnership with Events to Aid delivered food packs and essential goods to the Luvuyo Orphanage in Soshanguve.
The essential goods consisted of ironing boards, an electric urn, tablespoons, children’s underwear, sanitizers and bed linen.
This forms part of the BrightRock Battle of the Sports Challenge fund-raising initiative to support vulnerable communities.
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The sports challenge saw 16 athletes competing in the Verneukpan walking 200km each on Friday.
They have challenged other athletes and members of the community to raise funds to support vulnerable and deprived communities in South Africa who are affected by Covid-19 and who are still in need of support.
“This is not only about affecting positive change, it is about saving and sustaining lives,” says Clive Grinaker, CEO of Events to Aid, the NPO which conceptualised the BrightRock Battle of the Sports.
Precious Robinson, Right to Care chief technical specialist for preventative care and treatment says:
“We need to support orphanages for the welfare of children and to promote better health outcomes for them.
“Right to Care wants to see children at the Luvuyo Orphanage enjoy better quality health. We want to protect them from Covid-19 by making them aware of how they can protect themselves.
“We care about their tomorrow. Showing them love and compassion can make them better citizens with a bright future. An orphan that is loved and taken care of can become a good leader.”
The orphanage was founded in 2002 by Luvuyo Nokwali, a caring Soshanguve mother, who quit her job.
Today Nokwali is a director at Luvuyo Orphanage Home, a non-profit organisation that provides shelter for 24 children with an equal proportion of girls and boys.
Its mission is to provide a loving home to orphans, abandoned, vulnerable, neglected, sick and abused children.
It also seeks to enhance parental care to underprivileged children by providing loving, caring, emotional support so that the children can develop positive self-esteem and life skills.
“Our home is a home of love and safety,” says Nokwali.
Nokwali says the orphanage ensures that the children enjoy their stay at the centre.
The children take part in annual events such as martial arts activities and year-end functions. Birthdays are always celebrated.
They also hold an annual gala dinner for potential sponsors to raise funds to support the orphanage.
She says things have been really tough this year as the strict regulations during lockdown meant no visitors were allowed at the centre and donations were cut.
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“This has really impacted negatively on the services we can provide,” she says.
Bafana Bafana legend Teko Modise, one of the participants in the BrightRock Battle of the Sports, attended the function to share his experiences with the children.
“Seeing the faces of the children and the amazing work being done by Luvuyo makes our challenge so worthwhile. We are so proud to be able to make a contribution, particularly to such wonderful charities. This is a fitting way to create positive change for the most vulnerable in our community,” concludes Modise.
All funds raised from the challenge have gone to Right to Care who will match the donation rand for rand.
