October marks Social Development Month, which highlights programmes aimed at fighting poverty and building a caring society for a better life. Throughout the month, the Collen Mashawana Foundation will continue with its initiatives that spread awareness of and accelerate the various services that Government offers to vulnerable groups. This year, Social Development month will be celebrated in the spirit of working together to build caring and sustainable communities.
Date: October 2022
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Social Development Month
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Many South Africans require proper housing and often find themselves living in unsafe circumstances as a result of housing delivery challenges. The Collen Mashawana Foundation has ventured to build a 100 homes for ordinary South African needs through the agency of the “One Brick At A Time” initiative, which will see those willing to donate or buy a Brick that will go towards building material that will build these houses.
The campaigns primary goal is to reach out to the most disadvantaged members of our communities, with a specific focus on bringing relief to the elderly, people living with a disability, and child-headed families. We have found that the lack of access to essential services is a key underlining factor for poverty. The consequence of this is a society that does not have a meaningful participation in its economy, and thus we aim to stimulate socio-economic development and assist with the eradication of poverty.
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The Collen Mashawana Foundation’s mission is to meet the short and long term needs of disaster-affected communities. The Collen Mashawana Foundation works alongside community members to build or maintain disaster-affected homes, and provide food relief parcels and other mainstream essentials through the agency of its disaster related flagship campaign “Each One Feed One” campaign.. Over the years, The Collen Mashawana Foundation has provided disaster relief aid to thousands of people around South Africa, through a multitude of disaster relief programs.
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The Vakhoma Home for The Frail Older Persons is an NPO founded in 2008 by community members of Chiawelo with the objective of looking after older persons who were found homeless, raped or abused. The center currently houses more than 56 elderly persons with 6 Caregivers. The Collen Mashawana Foundation adopted the home in 2017 and alongside Afribiz Invest we refurbished their dining hall in 2018 as one of our many social welfare development projects.
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Adoption Of The Vhakoma Home For The Frail Older Persons.
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Youth with disabilities are amongst the most marginalized and poorest of all the world’s youth. They commonly face more discrimination and severe social, economic and civic disparities as compared with those without disabilities, especially in developing countries such as South Africa.
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Adoption of Sithandiwe Disabled Care Centre. We have over the years supported the Sithandiwe Disabled Care Centre with goods and other essentials required.
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It’s been 5 years since the Collen Mashawana Foundation adopted the Morris Isaacson Secondary School in Soweto. Every year we join hands with the community, students, teachers and colleagues to participate in an initiative of maintaining and renovating the school. In 2020, we handed over 4 toilet blocks consisting of 28 toilets for the school where the toilets had not been working for years and its sewer system had been destroyed.
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Maintaining and Renovating Morris Isaacson Secondary School in Soweto
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We have adopted Kasi Hero Foundation in Soweto. Kasi Hero is an NGO that currently feeds over 500 kids daily and also runs a day care Centre for 20 children whose parents cannot afford ECDC. The NGO mainly relies on donations for funding. Kasi Hero works with 10 volunteers who do not receive a salary…
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Adopting the Kasi Hero Foundation & providing resources and equipment to the maintenance and development of this foundation
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The CMF supports programs, research and monitoring to help eliminate barriers to adoption whilst nurturing the development of our youth. We have committed to adopting 10 boys from the centre. Adopting the 10 boys means we will be active in ensuring their physical wellbeing, with the prospect of raising successful individuals who will make a meaningful and positive impact on our nation.
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10 Young Boys Were Adopted from The Walter Sisulu Child And Youth Centre and They Will Be Mentored and Supported In Their Growth.
We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all of the kind reviews you share for the Collen Mashawana Foundation’s social development initiatives, because of you it is possible for us to proceed with even greater purpose.
“The road to eradicating poverty, restoring dignity in communities and ensuring the safety of woman and children, is a road that can be set and declared as my life’s purpose.“
Collen Mashawana.
Chairman
