Donate a pair of school shoes to a child in need

Germiston-based Vusa Umuntu Community Service (VUCS) is a group dedicated to helping communities in need.

The group focuses on skills development, employment creation and crime prevention, with the objective of achieving community upliftment.

This section 21 non-profit organisation (NPO), which was started in 2013, operates within Primrose, Germiston, Katlehong, Dukathole and Daveyton, with a long-term goal to reach other areas throughout South Africa.

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The team from VUCS is now embarking on a project to see 150 learners from Thodupi Primary School in Daveyton receive much-needed school shoes.

“We understand how poverty-stricken children are negatively impacted by the circumstances they are forced to live under, which are motivated by many factors,” explained chairperson Thabile Sibeko on behalf of VUCS.

“We want to encourage them with school shoes in order to build their confidence.”

Donations need to be collected by September 9 as the team plans to visit the school on September 11 to hand out the shoes.

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For more information or to make a donation call Thabile on 076 969 3526 or send an email to vusaumuntu@gmail.com or thabile.sibeko@vusaumuntu.org.za.

“At VUCS we believe we can be the change that we want to see in our community and hope can be restored,” said Thabile.

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