Local organisation continues to sow seeds of hope
SOH has been able to reach more than 1,000 local community members through its programmes this year.
The Seed of Hope (SOH) organisation in Bhekulwandle hosted their local corporate sponsors at a brunch on Thursday, 15 November to honour and thank them for their partnership and support.
“We would not be able to achieve our goals and vision of impacting the community of Bhekulwandle without their continuous support,” said SOH CEO, Kierra Ward. “We were able to share our successes for this year, as well as the change we have seen through our programmes and what is coming up next in 2019.
“We have gone from strength to strength this year and have been able to celebrate much growth and many achievements. In our Khulanathi programme for unemployed adults we have seen 46 per cent of graduates go on to either find a job, start studying tertiary education or start their own business initiative this year.
“Many parents of children in our Simunye after-school programme have reported academic improvement and positive behaviour change since their children started attending at Seed of Hope.
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“And the gogos who attend our support group have reported that so much has improved in their homes, from getting grants, to sorting out family conflicts, to learning how to raise their grand and great-grandchildren. On average 54 per cent of pupils in local schools report that they are being raised by their granny.”
SOH has been able to reach more than 1,000 local community members through its programmes this year. For more information about how you, your church or your business can get involved, call Kierra on 031-903-1125 or email office@theseedofhope.org.
SOH need the following items for support: Early education reading books; Santa shoe box presents for 170 children in its Simunye programme; and food parcels for the 40 gogos in its support group. “We also desperately need computers for our computer programme. If individuals or corporates are doing upgrades, we could really use their older models,” said Kierra.
