Local centre for girls needs your help
MIDRAND – The New Life Centre For Girls has called upon residents and businesses in and outside Midrand to help them raise R3.6 million in order for them to purchase the property where their home is based.
New Life Centre For Girls has called upon residents and businesses in and outside of Midrand to help them raise R3.6 million for them to purchase the property where their centre is based.
New Life Centre For Girls is a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation that rehabilitates children and orphans who are vulnerable, as well as those who have been sexually exploited and trafficked in South Africa.
According to its founder Khopotso Nakin, the centre was established in 2005 as a response to the high influx of children and women who were involved or at risk of being involved in prostitution due to sexual abuse at a young age, trafficking, poverty, unemployment, lack of family structure and being orphans.
Today, the centre rehabilitates youth living on the street through accommodation and skills training.
Nakin said the owner of the property had given them six rental months to raise funds to buy it or else the property would be sold to a buyer who had put in a counteroffer.
Nakin said people could donate by simply going to their Quicket page where they would be able to donate whatever amount of money they could afford.
“Use the link that leads to the New Life Centre Quicket page where there is a donation sign, click on it, when that has been done you will proceed to enter the amount you choose to donate and how you pay,” she said.
Nakin added that she hoped people would be more than open to helping them because as they struggled to raise funds, there were other expenses the organisation needed to pay.
“We believe purchasing this house will ease the burden on our centre and enable us to focus on other things to better our organisation such as transport, financing the daily errands, food and so forth.”
She concluded that some of the other projects they had lined up were developmental programmes such as computer lab and study room and to assist even the community with aftercare programmes. “We will have sustainability programmes such as vegetable garden, chicken farming and the opening up of an early childhood development centre among other things.”
Details: To donate, go to www.quicket.co.za/fundraisers/147632-save-our-home/ or visit www.newlifecentre4girls.co.za learn more about the centre.
