Company donates to child welfare and associated charities
"There is a pressing need at several child welfares and related charities for items that make the lives of the beneficiaries, children and staff easier," said Rheeder.
Even in these difficult times, some companies are finding ways to assist NGOs in every little way that they can.
A Germiston-based company, Commercial ICT, recently donated to child welfare and associated charities.
“In these crippling economic times, charities are often hard-pressed to afford even the most basic items. Benefactors have either closed shop or tightened their belts, so donations have been drastically reduced,” said Charleen Rheeder, national operations manager at Commercial ICT.
“We were happy to donate some items that would be useful in their organisations.”
The donations were toy stands, office furniture, tables, clothing rails, baskets and decorative items.
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Rheeder said they were happy to be able to donate these items as they know they would make a difference in the homes.
“There is a pressing need at several child welfare branches and related charities for items that make the lives of the beneficiaries, children and staff easier,” said Rheeder.
These donations were made possible by Pan African Shopfitters.
“A huge warehouse full of material used in various shopfitting projects was made available to us by Pan African Shopfitters to offer various charities aligned with child welfare.
“After meeting with Itumeleng Makwela, the chief social worker at Gauteng Child Welfare, we identified recipient charities and invited them to the warehouse on July 5 to view the contents and choose what they needed,” said Rheeder.
The homes that received the donations were Alberton Child Welfare, Simunye Child Welfare, Benoni Child Welfare, Meyerton Child Welfare, Child Welfare Ekurhuleni and Kids Clinic Boksburg.
Rheeder said these were not the only homes that would benefit. They are planning to hold a second meeting with other charities.
“We will be holding meetings with charities that were unable to attend phase one of the event as there will still be a huge amount of material available after phase one is completed,” said Rheeder.
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