A huge thanks to Janice Pearlman and all the people who assisted in the buying and wrapping of Christmas presents for all our kiddies… What a fun day was spent delivering presents and enjoying the parties for the festive season… The kiddies had such fun and each child was given a wrapped present with their names on it… they were thrilled and felt so happy and special !!! THAT’s what it’s all about !! FEED SA would like to wish all the people who have sponsored and donated during the year a VERY HAPPY, FANTASTIC NEW YEAR and a MERRY CHRISTMAS…. we look forward to feeding MORE bodies, minds and souls in the new year x x x
Last week, FEED SA was fortunate to have the Chesed Club from King David Sandton assist with the packing of sweets for all the FEED SA children for Christmas…
It was such a fun experience for all the kids who worked liked little machines !!
The children laughed and enjoyed every moment, and so much effort was put into creating the special packages !!
The kiddies from the Chesed Club shared in this day of creating a memorable and Merry Christmas for all the other children who will be receiving the sweetie packs.
A day of giving and receiving – that’s what it’s all about… as we continue to feed BODIES, MINDS and SOULS
We extend a HUGE thank you to all those who helped pack and created such a special day.
Blue Strata has generously funded the building of AREA GANENG – one of our crèches in Alexandra Township
Area Ganeng is run by an amazing and brilliant woman named Rebecca, and her dream was to have separate classrooms so as to split the children attending the crèche into their appropriate age groups.
She also wanted to build toilets, allowing the children privacy and space to do their private business !!
After many meetings and presentations, FEED SA is ecstatic to announce that this project has been funded by Blue Strata – a Johannesburg based company, who has taken on Area Ganeng as their charity of choice, as well as for the monthly feeding scheme.
With the wonderful and QUICK work of Plumbers on Call, Area Ganeng has been rebuilt – according to Rebecca’s dream !!!!
We have been able to add on 2 more class rooms, as well as an office and 6 toilets, with basins AND one bath !!
The outside area will now have jungle gyms and space on which the children can run, play and ride !!
This has been an extremely exciting project and we are thrilled that we were able to complete this.
A HUGE thanks to Adam Orlin and the team at Blue Strata as well as Jarid Levin at Plumbers On Call..
Thank you for helping us make their dream a reality….. and for helping us to continue to feed bodies, minds and souls ……..
Thanks so much to Paul Koffler from Rand Plastics for his generous donation of plastic tables, chairs, bicycles, wheelbarrows and much much more. We had a GREAT day handing these toys out to some of our new schools in Soweto, and as usual, the excitement on these kids faces it just priceless!!! Thank you RAND PLASTICS!
SARLA (South Africa Rugby Legends Association) and their rugby legends come to visit and hand out blankets to the elderly and bed-ridden citizens of the Phutuditjaba Community centre in Alexandra Township, which is one of FEED SA’s beneficiaries. Thanks guys, and thank you Blue Label and Richmark. It was an AWESOME event and much gratitude to David Von Hoesslin, Joost Van Der Westhuizen , Riaan Erwee and Mac Masina who made the day so special by being there to hand over the blankets. They came at the PERFECT time for Winter, and were received with so much gratitude and joy!!
FEED SA was charity of choice for Big Brother Africa to take the kiddies and the inmates to a fun carnival day!! FEED SA is climbing up there, and continues to feed bodies, minds and souls DAILY !! Thank you for such a fun day BBA, our nunu’s loved it!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDELA!! HUGE thanks to TeleEye, Phillip Smerkowvitz, Andy McGibbons, Cindy Alter, Stewart Irving from the amazing famous band ALTER IRVING… and all the guys from Guitar Excellence – Tyrone, Anthony, Ilia, Richard and Craig for the AWESOME concert for FEED SA and for the hand over of 10 BRAND new guitars to the Phutaditjaba Community Centre in Alex ! THANK YOU for the best time on Mandela Day .. you guys ROCKED !! LET THE MUSIC PLAY !!!! x x x
Gauteng Baobab Early Childhood Training Programme is an organization that has been established in order to provide accredited early childhood training for child minders and care givers in the communities. The facilitators are accredited assessors and are included on the EDTP SETA (Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority) data base.
Many employed child-minders and care-givers in both Soweto and the Alexandra communities, want to establish best practice in the way that they teach children.
These teachers do not have the financial means or even the appropriate educational levels to go to professional colleges or Universities. BAOBAB will be providing this training to the Preschool teachers who are supported by FEED SA at a very minimal cost to the learners. All lectures, educational teaching material , stationery and emotional support will be provided for by BAOBAB. The weekly transporting of the learners to King David Linksfield will be sponsored by FEED SA .
At the end of the training course the learners will receive an NQF level 1 accreditation. The mission statement for BAOBAB is to empower care-givers and child-minders to advance their teaching skills, as foundation learning for all children and to foster commitment for future education and training.
BAOBAB and King David Linksfield (PPS) together with FEED SA are going to lead our teachers to a brighter educated future for our special South African children.
The Ronnie and Rhona Lubner Child and Youth Care Center at Phutaditjaba Community Centre.
On March 2nd, FEED SA’s Co-Executive Directors attended the opening of the Ronnie and Rhona Lubner Child and Youth Care Centre in the heat of Alexandra Township – one of South Africa’s most densely populated and impoverished areas.
The centre has been designed to accommodate 200 children aged between 2 and 6 in a formal ECD programme , and another 200 primary and high school participants in the formal after school ” Child and Youth Development “programme that compliments their formal schooling years.
Involvement and extra mural activities at the Centre include sports training (gymnasium and boxing), dancing, music and computer training.
After the launch, an official plaque was unveiled, where FEED SA, along with other huge organizations, was recognized as an official partner to the center.
FEED SA continues to supply Phutaditjaba Community Centre with monthly food parcels catering to Vulnerable Children and bed ridden citizens, as well as the organizing and arranging of sponsorship towards food parcels, sweets and presents for the centers year end Christmas parties. These parties cater to 3000 elderly citizens and 500 children!!
We are very proud and grateful to be recognized by, and a part of such a well respected, community orientated, generous and contributing organization such as Ma Afrika Tikkun and we wish them the BEST of luck, happiness, and joy with their new centre!
HERE’S TO EDUCATION – AND FULL TUMMIES!
FEED SA have been working for the past eight months to secure sponsorship to support these 336 vulnerable kids who come from families where parents are absent and these kids are raised either by their grand parents, aunts/uncles and in some cases, even elder siblings.
After 8 long months, we have successfully secured sponsorship and the feeding scheme has been launched.
Our grateful thanks goes out to Lesego Mosetle, who runs the Rutegang Munsiville youth Organization ( RMYO ) , who has played such an important role in the organization and arrangements of the necessary details of this feeding scheme.
The launch took place at the Munsieville Community Hall and was attended by our wonderful and generous sponsors – Silverstar Casino and Gammatek, as well as by the kids, the school teachers and the principals.
The media attended too!
The pupils were all from schools in the Munsivill area, namely Diphalane Public school, Phatudi primary School and Thutolefa Secondary School.
These children were receiving their only meal for the day at school, and when they went home, there was no means with which to get food, hence going to sleep on an empty tummy an off to school the next day with out any breakfast.
Now, thanks to our amazing sponsors Silverstar Casino and Gammatek, there will be…
NO more homework, NO more studying, NO more attending school – ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!
Once a month, these 336 children will receive a food parcel which they take home for food for the month!
To serve the community further, FEED SA will be purchasing the items from Monos Supermarket, a SME in the Munsieville Township, who will be packaging and delivering each hamper to the relevant schools.
FEED SA CONTINUES TO FEED BODIES, MINDS AND SOULS…
FEED SA extends a HUGE thank you to The Moriah College preschools in Australia – who were very kind in allowing a 4 week campaign to raise funds for FEED SA – and to adopt Rhonda’s Day Care.. one of FEED SA’s beneficiaries in Alexandra Township.
Honey cup cakes were baked at Our Big Kitchen -a huge kosher community kitchen designed to help those in need . These delicious treats were a huge hit in the sales market!
Lance from Drum Circle Events – volunteered 2 full sessions with their Bondi Rd campus and Randwick campus.
Each child had a chance to participate in group drumming and rhythm and music. Everyone had so much fun!
This has been such a successful fundraiser so far, and we are thrilled and grateful to announce that the Moriah Schools have decided to continue with the fundraising for FEED SA.
To see pictures from the event, please click here.
FEED SA was nominated as charity of choice for the PWEE event, held on September 14 at The Venue, in Melrose Arch. We were presented with a cheque for R20 000!
The event was a HUGE success, which was for the Promoting of Womens Economic Empowerment, hosted by Colleen Luck.
FEED SA was proud to be a part of this event – priding ourselves in our part of empowering the amazing and passionate ladies/teachers and care givers that we assist on a daily basis.
Dr Johm Demartini was there too, giving a talk on relationships and bringing balance to life. All in all the night was that of fun, laughter, upliftment and empowerment – AND of course, more exposure for FEED SA!
MANY thanks to Colleen Luck for her amazing, kind and generous donation to FEED SA!
FEED SA hosted an Easter Party for a few of the crèches they assist in Soweto and Orlando West.
The event was held at Uncle Tom’s Community Centre in Orlando West, a venue that will most definitely be utilised by FEED SA for all future events !!
The children had the most wonderful, fun filled day – inclusive of jumping castles, horse carousels, ferris wheels, personally made balloons, candy floss, arts and crafts Easter egg painting, ice-cream, hot dogs from Rory and 1st Hot Dog Company – and much more !!
The halls were filled with laughter and joy throughout the day!
Each child was then given an Easter basket to take home and some awesome Eggs ‘n Legs from Mr Sweet -
FEED SA is so grateful to have been given this opportunity to afford these special little souls an Easter to remember – and once again, we marvel in the delightful appreciation of what we receive through giving…
FEED SA started our first teacher training yesterday (8th of April) at King David Nursery School in Linksfield.
Part of the FEED SA incentive, is to further educate these special, passionate and determined women who run these crèches in the townships that we support through our feeding scheme.
FEED SA has made it compulsory for the those who have no training or qualifications – as well as for those who DO have some form of training, to attend these four, full day courses which covers arts and crafts, music, skills for fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, Child Development and visual art, story telling and puppet making.
We extend a HUGE THANK YOU and SO MUCH GRATITUDE to Miriam Schiff – for arranging the whole course and operation of events, as well as doing the Music training, to Andy Berzan who did child development and visual art, to Willy Shackelton who did singing and songs, to Shelley Massel who did fine and gross motor skills, to Brenda Shafir who did stroy telling and puppet making…
Thank you ladies for your time, your kind, generous and genuine support, as well your warmth and determination that went into this training. Our ladies absolutely loved it – and each one went home with so much information, enthusiasm and encouragement – full of positivity and smiles!
FEED SA is so proud to assist these incredible and ambitious ladies, who run their crèches with so much pride and love – and we feel blessed to know that we can and DO make a difference in the lives of these wonderful people… and we shall continue to do so.
EARLY EDUCATION IS A RIGHT… NOT A LUXURY
FEED SA – with the kind and generous assistance of Blue Label, arranged a fun and festive Christmas for some of their creches in Soweto, at Mostoaledi Pre School in Soweto… the kids had such fun, on merry go rounds, and jumping castles, with candy floss and popcorn, slush machines and hot dogs and lots and lots of sweets !!!
Father Christmas ( one of the staff at Blue Label )! – handed out all 200 specially wrapped presents, all personally wrapped by Jo-Anne and Justine !!!! The kids were so thrilled and so excited.
They had balloons made by the special balloon “makers” and thoroughly enjoyed this different and fun experience.
It was truly a day to remember – and thanks to Mr Sweet for the yummy sweetie packs we wrapped for the kiddies to take home !!
620 Kids from the Phutaditjaba Community Centre in Alexandra Township were given the wonderful opportunity to celebrate a memorable, fun, festive, delicious and entertianing Chirstmas – filled with lots of fun things to do – special rides to go on and yummy treats with which to fill their tummy’s !!
FEED SA managed to organize the wrapping of all 620 gifts, which was not an easy task, but certainly a pleasant and rewarding one.
The kids played all day, thanks to Clamber Club, jumping castles, stilt walkers, 1st Hot Dog Co many more fun things…. They were so excited to have candy floss,popcorn, slush and hotdogs – all in all they had a fabulous time.
Laughter and screams of joy was heard throughout the day !
Each child has their very own balloon made, by the balloon stilt characters – and they were very in awe and glee of this amazing balloon “maker” !
Many of the kids spent the whole afternoon with Clamber Club, climbing and crawling and balancing and doing little “field trips” amongst all the different colourful equipment… this was a huge favourite amongst many !!
Towards the very end of the afternoon, each child was handed a “surprise sweety bag” which was filled with crayons and some juice, some crisps and some chocolate treats to have for home.
What fun it was to spoil these special little souls and to share in their special and uplifiting experience….
It was a Christmas to be remembered with a big smile …..
HUGE THANKS TO DISCHEM FOUNDATION AND MR SWEET and MANTIS SECURITY !
3000 Senior Citizens from the Phutaditjaba Community Centre in Alexandra Township gathered in Marquees along 17th street in Alexandra to celebrate Christmas with a deliciously cooked luncheon and some very exlcusive entertainment.
Mr Linda Twala, the Community Leader in the township, managed to arrange the closing off of the streets and the citizens were treated to an amazing and memorable day. Stages and lighting, seating and outside restrooms were all part of the arranging and set up.
Many different well known entertainers from the community, including dancers, choirs, bands and tribal dancers amused and entertained the audience the whole afternoon – there was never a dull moment !!
Lunch was served, deserts and cakes were eaten and the festive spirit of Christmas danced around the air.
Each citizen was seated in the marqee and personally handed a big food hamper to take home with them .
Speeches were deliverd, certificates to those who made a difference were handed to certain people and the day was a joy to remember !!!
The joy of giving, is sometimes in the receiving… for the smiles that were worn on the faces of these senior citizens were contagious…and priceless.
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