Mandela Day celebrated in Tembisa
Children and the staff of Tembisa Child and Family Welfare couldn't contain their joy when endless gifts kept pouring in as the companies donated.
Various companies and community members flocked to the Tembisa Child and Family Welfare to commemorate the 67 Minutes of Mandela Day on July 18.
Children and the staff of Tembisa Child and Family Welfare couldn’t contain their joy when endless gifts kept pouring in as the companies donated.
Members from MCC Waste Management pampered the children with wors rolls, fruits, drinks and a big cake of Mandela.
MCC donated cleaning and laundry detergents to help keep an excellent hygiene in the welfare.
They also donated blankets and linen to the senior citizens at the Tembisa Old Aged Home.
MCC’s operational manager, Ofentse Koffman, said as a company they believe in the spirit of giving.
“Working together with the community has always been our top priority since we service them in waste removals. Mandela Day is a good initiative that reminds us all to take part in ploughing back to the communities and help where it’s possible. We enjoyed spending time with the children, we had so much fun and interacted a lot with them,” added Koffman.
Koffman said they encouraged the children to focus on their education and should never at any circumstance feel they are alone or abandoned.
Home Affairs of Kempton Park donated collected clothing, school shoes, sanitary towels and non-perishable food to the children.
Meanwhile, Clover of Midrand donated toiletries, food parcels, toys, blankets and clothing for the children.
Michell Thomas of Clover said she learnt to speak the Sotho language through interacting with the children.
Shell Downstream South Africa brought the children caps, thermal mugs, beanies and stationary.
BMW Auto Bavaria of Midrand donated 25 blankets for the children to keep warm during the cold season.
And some members of the community helped in cleaning the welfare centre and serving the children on the day.
Tembisa Child and Family Welfare supervisor, Lawrence Tagwireyi, expressed his gratitude towards the companies who donated items to them on Mandela Day and who assisted in maintaining the children’s home.
“We are very grateful for the generous contributions made by the companies. It means a lot to us and the children. It is through donations that Tembisa Child and Family Welfare is still alive and kicking. Tembisa Child Welfare is a non-profit organisation that was started and still run by the community of Tembisa since 1986, when abandoned, abused, neglected, battered, orphaned and lost children used to sleep in police cells and hospitals as there was no child welfare in Tembisa. Our services include adoption, foster-care, child abuse, family preservation, residential care and HIV-AIDS outreach programme,” added Tagwireyi.
