The Collen Mashawana Foundation is dedicated to addressing the immediate and enduring needs of communities impacted by disasters. Collaborating with local residents, we engage in rebuilding or maintaining homes affected by disasters, and distributing food relief parcels and other essential items. Through various disaster relief programs, the foundation has provided aid to thousands of individuals across South Africa over the years.
Hillbrow Sisonke Program
A Program that has empowered and provided care for more than 1000 homeless people.
The Hillbrow Sisonke Program is a social agency program intended to prevent and end homelessness through a range of essential recovery support services, including housing appeal initiatives in which we’ve managed to provide 100s of people with safer shelter, donating essentials, food parcels, and other mainstream benefits.
Ekurhuleni Food Distribution
On the 17th of April 2020, the Collen Mashawana Foundation joined the City of Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Cllr Mzwandile Masina and his Executives at the newly launched COVID-19 Food Bank. Our Foundation donated 300 bags of maize meal to the Food Bank and further visited 3 informal settlements in Ekurhuleni where we distributed hundreds of food parcels to the community members.
CMF Mamelodi Floods Program
A program was set up by cmf to support the flood victims residing in Mamelodi
Madu Ashu Project
On the 21st of November 2021, the Collen Mashawana Foundation launched a project called “Madi Ashu”, which means ‘Our Water’. The “Madi Ashu” project focuses on water supply in communities where clean water is scarce. The Project was launched in Limpopo at Ha- Mashawana Village. The aim is to help communities that are dominated by the elderly, people living with disabilities, and child-headed families. We donated boreholes and water wheelbarrows, a responsibility that is in-keeping with the facilitation of basic human rights throughout the continent.
COVID 19 PPE Distribution Program
During the hard lockdown, the Collen Mashawana Foundation fed over 10 000 people through our Covid-19 Relief Program. Most of the beneficiaries were elderly citizens, women, people living with disabilities and child-headed families across all Provinces of South Africa. Our much-publicized efforts have prompted ordinary citizens such as ourselves to join in on making a difference for those who needed it the most
We also donated thousands of PPE in compliance with Covid-19 laws and regulations. Food parcels were distributed to the community of Ha-Makhuvha and Ha-Mashawana Village in Venda. As an NPO, the Collen Mashawana Foundation is committed to playing its part and working with government and other solidarity organizations to support distressed communities during these trying times.
