'We are excited to see what the church will do for the beneficiaries and thankful for what they have done already.'
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially adopted the Toekomsrus Workshop for the Disabled as one of their projects.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined forces with theToekomsrusworkshop for the disabled on Saturday, 20 August. In a joyful event, the church officially adopted the members of the workshop as one of their community aid projects.
Lucas Motimele, bishop of the Randfontein ward of the church, promised they will use its resources and manpower to upgrade the workshop over the course of two to three years.
Anto Harvey, manager of the Toekomsrus Workshop for the disabled, Bishop Lucas Motimele and Joseph Daniels, chairperson of the workshop, are overjoyed about their new partnership.
“We plan to build a better fence around the workshop to ensure a safe working environment for the workshop beneficiaries. We also want to erect a gate at one of the entrances and paint the outside of the workshop to give it a new look,” Motimele said.
Anto Harvey, manager of the workshop, said he is over the moon that the church has stuck to its promises.
Anto Harvey, manager of the workshop, Sadie Daniels, its founder, and Joseph Daniels, the chairman of the Toekomsrus Workshop for the Disabled, are proud that the workshop is being upgraded.
“Most people and organisations leave empty promises. We are excited to see what the church will do forthe beneficiariesand thankful for what they have done already.”
Other important role-players, such as the Department of Social Development and Regetta Beaufort, the councillor for Ward 8, also attended the event to reassure management and members that other structural problems will be taken care of during the next two to three years.
“We are willing to work with the workshop and aid them in giving them tasks to attend to in the future.
I live in awe of these people because they do more than everyone, with less than anyone.” said Beaufort.
Louis Adams, a beneficiary of the Toekomsrus Workshop for the Disabled and Regetta Beaufort, the Ward 8 councillor, dancing with joy at the event at which the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints adopted the workshop as one of its official community projects.
The adoption of the workshop is part of the International Mormon Helping Hands yearly project.
The 48 beneficiaries celebrated the great news by dancing as music played inside the workshop and then enjoyed a great meal prepared by members of the church. “Now all we need is enough work to keep the beneficiaries busy while we upgrade the workshop,” Joseph Daniels, chairperson of the workshop said.
Joseph invites businesses in Randfontein and Toekomsrus to employ the beneficiaries with tasks such as sewing, recycling or any other work.
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