Youngage Foundation aims to continue giving back in 2021
With the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing protocols in place, Molise admitted that it had made their charity drive a bit more difficult and took a lot more time.
The Youngage Foundation is aiming to continue right where they left off in 2020 with a string of charities set for the new 2021 year. Speaking to Soweto Urban, Louisa Molise, founder of the Youngage Foundation confirmed that her team’s annual back to school drive is already looking clear.
“ The back to school project is an important one for us. We know January is hard for parents, and even harder this year so we are looking forward to helping out,” she said.
With the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing protocols in place, Molise admitted that it had made their charity drive a bit more difficult and took a lot more time.
“It’s now very difficult and has been for 2020. For example, if we are donating 25 pairs of school shoes to learners, we could no longer give them in bulk but would have to give them one by one to ensure their safety, and that social distancing protocols are respected. As a result of that delay, if we are planning to donate to five schools for that day, we could do about three schools. So it affected us in that regard,” she said.
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Still though, even with all the challenges, Youngage manages to lend a hand and help communities. The foundation managed to donate 1000 school shoes to 40 schools around Gauteng.
“Despite those challenges, we are even more motivated to help out. With our school shoes drive, we knew many parents had lost their jobs, so why not meet them halfway and buy school shoes for children,” said Molise.
Young age also donated 100 food parcels to the elderly in Tladi during December as a thanksgiving.
“It was very important. We wanted to say ‘thank you’ to our elderly. It has been a difficult year where so many people lost their elderly members to the virus, and this was something we felt we needed to do.”
The team’s work will not end there, in February, Youngage plans to donate five wheelchairs to Adelaide Tambo School for disabled learners in Soweto.
Molise reserved special praise for the various sponsors who have helped the foundation perform all the charities
“We really could not even being to do all this with our sponsors,” she said.
“We have the idea and we have the intentions, but the people who get the ball rolling are the various businesses who have come on board. I am beyond words to say thank you, but as Youngage, we are truly humbled and honored to be able to work with these partners and make a long-lasting contribution to society,” she concluded.
