Saturday, 14 August 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Gadget Recycling
Greencoat Place, London Victoria. An oasis of calm in the heart of the city, so say the flyers. Not the vibrant hub of fundraising dynamism one might expect. But it is so... An innovative new project is afoot, one that aims to trade rich-world excess for development financing for the some of the world's poorest children.
The scheme, set up by young voluntary sector entrepreneur Sabrina Jantuah, and kick-started by veteran journalist Michael Smith, arranges the exchange of mobile phones, ipods, sat navs, cameras and games consoles, with web-sourced second-hand dealers for much needed cash that will go straight towards Khokela's support of Ikhaya Labantu and Eyabantu Educare.
Khokela, the UK arm of assistance for Ikhaya Labantu, arranges volunteer trips for willing people with useful skills who will spend a few weeks at the shelter providing services that are otherwise unaffordable in the local Langa township. Contributions to the new Gadget Recycling scheme go directly to the provision of food and blankets for the homeless, the upgrading of the antiquated plumbing system and the mending of the leaky roofs.
If you would like to donate to the scheme, please send your gadgets, (even unwanted and broken) to Hope in the Cities at 24 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1RD.
The scheme, set up by young voluntary sector entrepreneur Sabrina Jantuah, and kick-started by veteran journalist Michael Smith, arranges the exchange of mobile phones, ipods, sat navs, cameras and games consoles, with web-sourced second-hand dealers for much needed cash that will go straight towards Khokela's support of Ikhaya Labantu and Eyabantu Educare.
Khokela, the UK arm of assistance for Ikhaya Labantu, arranges volunteer trips for willing people with useful skills who will spend a few weeks at the shelter providing services that are otherwise unaffordable in the local Langa township. Contributions to the new Gadget Recycling scheme go directly to the provision of food and blankets for the homeless, the upgrading of the antiquated plumbing system and the mending of the leaky roofs.
If you would like to donate to the scheme, please send your gadgets, (even unwanted and broken) to Hope in the Cities at 24 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1RD.
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
The Search For Tools
With Ian Pattle's Cape Town visit approaching, Ikhaya Labantu needs a couple of drills for urgent work on the shelter to proceed.
If you know anyone in Cape Town who can help us to find a 24 volt battery SDS drill, or an 18 volt battery drill/driver, please let us know!!
If you know anyone in Cape Town who can help us to find a 24 volt battery SDS drill, or an 18 volt battery drill/driver, please let us know!!
Monday, 21 June 2010
Funding comes through :D
News came through this week from local authorities that Ikhaya Labantu and Eyabantu Educare would be granted funding from social services. This is excellent news following months of frustrating parley with bureaucratic minors, and comes at a superb time as winter weather approaches and the need for a new roof over the creche becomes all the more evident.
Some interesting small print obliges the shelter's learning centre to put 250 people through employment advice for the funding to remain free-flowing, but this is nonetheless happy news for all in Langa.
Some interesting small print obliges the shelter's learning centre to put 250 people through employment advice for the funding to remain free-flowing, but this is nonetheless happy news for all in Langa.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Kate Pettit fires it up!
Recent addition to the Ikhaya Labantu management, Kate Pettit has been settling well, hitting the ground running and providing excellent assistance to the shelter staff and residents.
Among her early achievements, Kate has managed to get Ikhaya Labantu a spot in the local 'How to Help' Cape Town guide book, a reference point for local volunteers and donors that provides a great new outlet for shelter publicity. The famous guide book, found all over the city in shops and business centres, describes different community projects in Cape Town, what they do, and the best way that you, as a reader, could be of help.
She has also been liasing with Pearson, the world's leading educational publishing company, in order to help them work out their Corporate Social Responsibility goals alongside Ikhaya Labantu. Pearson are planning to provide training for Eyabantu Educare's teachers, as well as re-set the roofes on the babies side of the creche and on the learning centre, and provide new gas cylinders for the kitchen!!
This is all very exciting!
Among her early achievements, Kate has managed to get Ikhaya Labantu a spot in the local 'How to Help' Cape Town guide book, a reference point for local volunteers and donors that provides a great new outlet for shelter publicity. The famous guide book, found all over the city in shops and business centres, describes different community projects in Cape Town, what they do, and the best way that you, as a reader, could be of help.
She has also been liasing with Pearson, the world's leading educational publishing company, in order to help them work out their Corporate Social Responsibility goals alongside Ikhaya Labantu. Pearson are planning to provide training for Eyabantu Educare's teachers, as well as re-set the roofes on the babies side of the creche and on the learning centre, and provide new gas cylinders for the kitchen!!
This is all very exciting!
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Pleasant Shock
The electricity has been turned on!! After months of never being on, at least in the men's side of the shelter, generous donations from friends in the UK have enabled a recent 'switch-on' that is a massive blessing as the darker and colder evenings of the South African winter begin to set in.
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