The Wendywood and Morningside Manor Community Action Network (Can) continues to touch the hearts of many.
The community network is one of hundreds established by the Gauteng Together initiative, a branch of the non-profit Angel Network, in response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on 9 April, extending the Covid-19 national lockdown.
Each Can was organised at a neighbourhood level, suburbs partnering with informal settlements and townships to connect needs and capacity across the province.
With the generosity of the community, the network has been able to help those in needs during the lockdown.
“Our community which has extended in addition to Wendywood and Morningside Manor – to Sandown Estates, Woodmead, Sunninghill and Paulshof – and they have been enormously generous in their weekly food and other contributions,” said the network’s Sharon Lefkowitz.
She added that each week, since the beginning of lockdown, the team have been able to feed and provide other donations to:
- Banakekeleni Orphanage – 33 children and seven carers
- Thuthuzela Orphanage – 32 children and eight carers
- Just One Child Orphanage – six children and two carers
- Legae La Alex soup kitchen – 200 children and 10 carers
- Innisfree Park Settlement – 60 children and 200 adults
- Pro Labore Dei in Alexandra – 60 children, 40 elderly and 50 adults.
Extras were allocated to Hearts of Hope orphanage in Wendywood and Kids Clinic soup kitchen in Alexandra.
“We also held a very successful heritage day for over 300 people,” Lefkowitz added.
The Wendywood and Morningside Manor Can would like to thank the community for its continued contributions throughout the year.
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