Organisation gives back to the elderly
Heineken North Region Ekurhuleni spends a day with the elderly at the Tsakane Old Age Home.
Tsakane – Heineken North Region Ekurhuleni spent a day with the elderly at the Tsakane Old Age Home.
This comes after the company volunteered to renovate the centre’s hall, install lights and a sliding door in their hall and donated a new television, chairs and a refrigerator.
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Centre manager Phoko Mokubung says: “We use our hall to host fund-raising events and unfortunately the state of the hall and the dining hall was no longer appealing.
“That’s when we saw the need to seek sponsorship to renovate the hall. And I believe the new user-friendly environment will
contribute to the quality life of our elderly members, as they also use the hall for exercises.”
The hall was established in 1990 and had never been renovated since then.
“We are very grateful.
“This marks the first-ever renovations for our hall and we promise to take good care of it,” he adds.
Heineken sales manager Marven Mofokeng explains that they first visited the centre in 2017 and that’s when they decided to build a relationship with them.
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“When we came to visit the centre in 2017 both organisation felt that there’s still much work we can do, hence we decided to come back this year.
“We asked the home to send a list stating their urgent needs, which they did.
“We also saw that the dining hall needed painting and the sliding door was falling off because it was old,” says Mofokeng.
The centre is asking the community to assist them with roofing, floor tiles and window blinds.
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