Domino Foundation celebrate a legacy of impacting lives
Today, there are some 13 500 beneficiaries into whose lives the Foundation’s nine structured programmes are depositing hope for the future.
THE Domino Foundation has just celebrated ‘Legacy Month’, commemorating 16 years after it was registered as a non-profit organisation, and the ongoing legacy which has already touched many already and will touch untold numbers to come.
Today, there are some 13 500 beneficiaries into whose lives the Foundation’s nine structured programmes are depositing hope for the future. Its staff today of over 30 and the hundreds of volunteers over the years have also had a legacy sown into their lives. Through acts of mercy, combating injustice and empowering lives, they are seeing more and more South African individuals and communities living with dignity, justice, hope and purpose.
Back in 2004, Mickey Wilkins, then CEO for Indlela which was to become The Domino Foundation in 2012, was aware that the team was ‘carrying a baton’ to be passed on to others: “We knew the God-given purposes in those early days for the local community of The Church of the Good Shepherd (affectionately known as COGS and now Anthem Church) would continue for many years to come.”
In those early days, Jenni Wallace, wife of then lead elder at COGS, Peet Wallace, had the vision to start ‘Fairhavens’- Domino’s Transition Home for abandoned babies and toddlers to be placed into forever families through reunification or adoption.
The Foundation’s strapline ‘Change a life, change a community’ primarily refers to the people on the receiving end of the organisation’s activities, but the doers and donors themselves are also profoundly changed. The heart of giving and serving is an inheritance for those who come after us to step into, when we reach out to the marginalised and vulnerable.
Richard Mun-Gavin, chairman of Domino’s board, said: “We are told in Proverbs 13:22 that a good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children. Even though the beneficiaries of Domino’s programmes are not our natural children, we celebrate every opportunity we get to ensure they will inherit something richer than they had before we were privileged to be part of their lives.”
For information of how you can leave your own legacy in partnership with the Domino Foundation click on its link tree: https://linktr.ee/DominoFoundation.
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