These are the two men who came to our rescue to feed the children tonight. We are so thankful for your kindness. Thank you Fanie.
Emergancy food was delivered to the shelter by Custos. Thank you so very much to Fanie and team who drove all the way from Centurion to make sure that the children have food. You are awesome! Leigh
Donation drop off done at the Vereeniging shelter.
Thank you to Quinton and family for your donation of clothing,shoes etc. May you be blessed. Leigh
A very big THANK YOU to Fanie Hannekom and CSF who will meet me and bring food for the shelter in Vereeniging tonight! What an absolute miracle! Bless you all for your kindness.
Thank you Bianke Venter for putting smiles on the faces of thee children. Bianke spoiled the children with cookies and chips. Just look at the smiles on these faces lol so wonderful.
We at SAFRP would like to thank Bianke Venter for her wonderful donation of 25 bags of cement to finish the inside of our two classroom school at Munsieville. You are truly a marvelous young lady who has a wonderful heart. Bianke has also pledged food parcels for the residents at Munsieville! You are awesome! Thank you Leigh xx
Attention All: Critically Low Food Reserves – Call to Action Needed Our food bank is at a critical low level. We are unable to Feed Families that need urgent help with food. Some families and their children have not eaten anything since yesterday, We are being inundated with calls for help. We are not able to assist everyone because of the Food shortage we have currently due to a sharp increase of impoverished families that have become destitute over the last few months. We receive on average 10 to 14 new families across South Africa daily that need assistance, and this is steadily increasing. Two camps have run out of food completely since yesterday. There are currently 45 families that are requesting urgent food and assistance. We need your help to assist these families in their time of need. We rely on our donors to make a difference in our communities in South Africa. Thank you for your support. Please if anyone can donate food urgently, please contact the SAFRP Secretary Audrey on 082 495 0250 or if you would like to make a financial donation please visit our donation page on http://www.safrpsa.org/donate-money.html
Hi everyone. We are in desperate need of food. Our shelter in Vereeniging has nothing. These little children cannot eat. Our food bank is empty and I am tears this morning because we have nothing to give them. PLEASE help me help them. go to www.safrpsa.org to donate. We truly need your help. Thank you for your support. Leigh xc
Donation of clothing and shoes delivered to Munsieville today. Thank to everyone who donates. Leigh xx
URGENT! URGENT! URGENT!!! Attention: Everyone reading this We at SAFRP are aware that there are numerous informal settlements and camps that are being established on an almost weekly basis across South Africa. If anyone knows or hears of a camp or informal settlement of which the majority makes up minority group people anywhere in South Africa, please let us know so that we can assist these families and add them to our database of camps and informal settlements that we are already aware of. We are appealing to every organisation, church and individual that can either assist, knows of, or has seen a camp, to please let us know, so that our organisation can collaborate to build an accurate data base, and start educating people as to the extent of the problem. Please comment with exact locations, no of residents, and person in charge by inboxing us or e-mail us at office.safrp@gmail.com. We need everyone's help so please share this post so that we can get the greatest reach. By sharing this post we can increase our reach and amp up our drive to make a difference in the lives of the impoverished and destitute in our country. We need your help to continue making a difference in the lives of the families that really need it. Thank you for taking the time to read and share. Let’s all play a part in positive change. Audrey and SAFRP Team www.safrpsa.org
Thank you to Hettie Deegan from Kzn for her generous donation. Safrp Team
Thank you to Patricia Mack our awesome volunteer that dropped off a food parcel to this grandmother in need in Durban. Leigh xx
Please everyone we really need your help to assist our Twini folks. Please share. Please donate. Every little bit helps so much!
PLEASE NOTE: All volunteers! We have been experiencing security issues. People have phone and demanded that our volunteers meet them at night in dodgy places - DO NOT GO OUT AT NIGHT! 1.Please always make sure that you are never alone. Make sure that someone knows where you are going at all times. Your safety means allot and I will never forgive myself if something had to happen to anyone of you! 2. People have been phoning and demanding our volunteer pay over cash immediately - DO NOT GIVE ANY MONEY! There are procedures in place to assist families eg. They have to fill in a signed assistance form, a home assessment should be done first and then and only after you have received all the documentation from the family will they be assisted. This is to ensure that truly needy folk get the help. 3. DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR ADDRESS! Thank you everyone for all your hard work. I am proud of everyone of you! PLEASE BE SAFE. Leigh xx
Patricia also assisted an elderly couple Susara and Roger Jeremieha in Durban with food. Thank you for your hard work. Leigh xx
Thank you to Patricia Mack our volunteer who delivered a food parcel to the Venter family in Durban. Leigh xx
We did a Food Parcel drop off for the Kruger family. Thank you to Patricia for doing the drop off. Thank you to all our donors for making it possible for us to make a difference to the families in most need. Audrey and the SAFRP Team
Our volunteer Patricia dropped off a Food Parcel to the Burger Family. The single Mom is struggling to make ends meet. If anyone can assist this hardworking mother please message us, e-mail office.safrp@gmail.com or make a financial donation. Account Name: South African Family Relief Project Account Number: 62534801651 Branch Code: 26023100 Account Type: Transmission/Cheque Reference: "Burger Family" International Payments Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ Regards, Audrey and SAFRP Team
Thank you to Ian Carter at Kos and the Starfish Effect for their generous donations towards assisting the impoverished and destitute that we serve in our communities. Thank you to Patricia Mack for always going the extra mile. Regards, Audrey and SAFRP Team
Donation drop off done to a needy lady in Meyerton. Thank you to those who donate. Leigh xx
We are also in need of a septic tank. Please consider donating to this cause. Go to www.safrpsa.org Reff: Septic tank. Thank you. Leigh xx
We are in need of two 10 000l water tanks. Please donate to www.safrpsa.org reff: Water tanks. Thank you for your support. Leigh xx
After allot of work they finally got the pump in.
And finally the reward.... glorious beautiful water!!!! Thank you to Wikkies Pompe in Pretoria. Morne Nel and his team and my hubby Marius who worked so hard. You are all awesome! Leigh
And miss donkey was sneaky lol
The men had to pull out the old pump and put in a 150 meter new pump. They worked hard and I am so proud of them.
The great news you have all been waiting for! We have our land just outside of Pretoria and for the past two days the men have been working hard in the sun to make sure that we have running water from the borehole!
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Awh had to share this with you all. One happy warm baby fast asleep. 🙂
This is a very big thank you to Arthur and his team from Seabreeze Build It for jumping into a action to repair the flood damage at Angels Care in Ifafa Beach! You are awesome and your compassion is truly amazing. Leigh
Donation of new bedding delivered to little Morne who did not have enough warm blankets. He was so happy and did not want to let go so mom can make up his bed. Bless you all for donating you made a little boy and mommy very happy. Leigh xx
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Thank you Bella Bothma for your donation. Your kindness is truly appreciated. Leigh xx
Donation drop off done to Kinders In Nood in Meyerton.
PLEASE PLEASE SUPPORT AND SHARE THIS CAUSE! We need the following 1. Bottled water and juice. 2. Sponsor for our T/shirts and caps. 3. Another support vehicle to keep our people safe on the road. 4. Sponsor for our fuel and tolls 5. Someone with a minibus to transport the folks walking. Anyone is welcome to join us! Please contact Leigh Oxley Du Preez on 0727388101 for more information. To pledge your donation or sponsor our walk please go to- www.safrpsa.org use Reff: Walk for Charity
Poverty is associated with the undermining of a range of key human attributes, including health. The poor are exposed to greater personal and environmental health risks, are less well nourished, have less information and are less able to access health care; they thus have a higher risk of illness and disability. Conversely, illness can reduce household savings, lower learning ability, reduce productivity, and lead to a diminished quality of life, thereby perpetuating or even increasing poverty. Poverty is often defined in absolute terms of low income – less than US$2 a day, for example. But in reality, the consequences of poverty exist on a relative scale. The poorest of the poor, around the world, have the worst health. Within countries, the evidence shows that in general the lower an individual’s socioeconomic position the worse their health. There is a social gradient in health that runs from top to bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum. This is a global phenomenon, seen in low, middle and high income countries. http://www.who.int/topics/poverty/en/
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Thank You to Svetlana Surovitskish for her donation towards Braam Blignaut's bed. He is very grateful for your donation. SAFRP Team
SAFRP will be hosting a "Walk for Charity" from the 4th - 9th of October 2016 in order to raise funds to relocate these folks. We will be walking from the shelter in Port Shepstone part of the way in towns along the route to Johannesburg. We need all the support we can get. We will be walking in the following towns. Day 1 Durban Day 2 Pietermaritzburg Day 3 Eskort Day 4 Harrismith Day 5 Villiers Day 6 Randfontein If you can help at anyone of these towns with setting up a feeding and water station we will truly appreciate it. We will be roughing it and sleep in tents at camp sites over the 6 days in the above mentioned towns. We need the following 1. Bottled water and juice. 2. Sponsor for our T/shirts and caps. 3. Another support vehicle to keep our people safe on the road. 4. Sponsor for our fuel. 5. Someone with a minibus to transport the folks walking. Anyone is welcome to join us! Please contact Leigh Oxley Du Preez on 0727388101 for more information. To pledge your donation or sponsor our walk please go to- www.safrpsa.org use Reff: Walk for Charity fuel
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Hi Everyone, We are looking for non-perishable food donations please. If everyone could get their communities involved to collect one tin per person and put it together as a group donation, it would make a real difference. As food donations are desperately needed. Every effort, every donation makes a difference! SAFRP Team
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We help Families especially families with small children, and Single parent/grandparent headed households. Many families cannot even feed themselves, children do not have winter coats. Families in thousands of cases do not even have a place to call home. There are hundreds of thousands of people in squatter camps that lack even the basic necessities. Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it can feed and clothe a broken family. Even a small donation will make a real difference in someone’s life. Physical goods and Non-Perishable food items are also in high demand. Clothing, baby products, blankets and educational toys are also welcome. Please consider sending unneeded items to those who do or by assisting our projects by making a financial donation. Our mandate is to clothe and feed the impoverished and destitute minority group families in South Africa. We need all the help that we can get, as our financial reserves are dangerously low at the moment. We rely exclusively on donations that we receive from our donors being a non-profit company. We at SAFRP cherish all our donors and we love you all to the moon and back because all our donors make it possible for us to continue to make a difference in the lives of the impoverished in our societies.
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It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. ~Norman Lear
The beautiful Thank You letter we received from our Food donation at the Parow Senior Centre... Dear Frik and Dyanne at SAFRP Attached please find our special certificate of appreciation for you donation and visit to our residents. The Parow Senior Centre is a welfare organization rendering services to elderly people who are still living in the community, but are mostly battling to make ends meet with only state pensions to support them. Therewith our Hernus Kriel Housing Complex offers low-cost housing to senior pensioners, who are in need of affordable supportive accommodation. To be able to sufficiently provide in their needs, constant fundraising events have to be staged.. Therefore we are very much dependant on the goodwill and support of the community and the business sector, for donations to make our services cost-effective for the senior. You will understand that your donation is a gift from heaven! Thank you very much. Not only will it help us financially, but your kindness inspires us and gives us hope! May God bless you for being so kind to us. Kind regards. Annaleen Nel BESTUURDER/MANAGER PAROW SENIOR SENTRUM/CENTRE Address: 62 Bedford Street, PAROW Phone/Tel.: 021-930 3702 / 076 451 7229 Fax/Faks: 086 695 5602 Email: bestuur.pss@mweb.co.za NPO 011 – 891
I have a great story to share with you. Our volunteer team Dyanne and Frik was able to do a food donation on the 22nd of July 2016 to an Old Age home in Cape Town. They were recommended to us by Helpende Hand. They live in an old school building and only get 20 meals a month included in the price for their stay. The packs of food will be used to help the elderly over weekends so that they can have a meal. They were so grateful for the bit of relief that the food donation made. So many people take a plate of food for granted - until you don't have a meal to eat for the day. There are 56 elderly that stay at the Parow Senior Centre that is in the Harnes Kriel Housing complex. Thank you to our donors for making the day possible, for adding some smiles and fuller tummies. Please know how much you've helped our Elderly and how much we all appreciate it. Audrey and the SAFRP Team
Your donations have touched the hearts of families at our Pretoria camp. Our volunteers Dyanne and Frik dropped of a Food donation to the Jakaranda Camp on the 31st of July 2016. Thank you to our donors that make it possible for us to continue to serve the less fortunate in our communities. We wanted to let you know how much we appreciate the financial donations you gave us. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your generosity! Audrey and the SAFRP Team
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Thank you to Anthea Olmesdal for her donation of clothing and shoes. Thank you for your very kind donation, which we received today. Your generosity will make an immediate difference in the lives of the less fortunate in our communities. SAFRP Team
A Big Thank you to Rosalyn Smith for her continued support and her donation towards our cause and projects. We want to express our appreciation for your generosity in support of us being able to improve the lives of the less fortunate and impoverished. Your personal commitment was incredibly helpful and allowed us to continue making a difference. Your assistance means so much to us but even more to the families that we assist on a daily basis. Thank you from all of us. SAFRP Team
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Are you looking to make a Profound Positive Difference on the lives of Children; Mothers and their Families in your Community? Volunteer opportunities range from collection and/or distribution of food parcels, clothing and personal care items to families in need in your area. We are URGENTLY looking for volunteers around Gauteng and other areas in South Africa. If you know of someone or you would like to put you name up please contact us or inbox. It's flexible! We'll work with your schedule.
A big thank you to Wendy who donated much needed groceries. Your generosity blesses so many people. Ela.
Thank you to Eagle's Landing Fruit Shop for once again donating to us. The beans and lentils will go a long way in feeding some hungry bellies, thank you. Ela.
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Thank you to Eagle's Landing Fruit Shop for their generous donation of Apples. The children at St. Laurence children's home were more than happy to devour the rare treats - Ela.
A very HUGE welcome to our new admins Ela Bruce in Roodepoort Johannesburg and Patricia Mack down in Durban! You ladies are awesome and I would like to say a special thank you for all the work that you have been doing!