Abethu centre aims to improve lives
"We also tackle the abuse and ill treatment of our elderly."
Abethu Community Centre is dedicated to caring for the homeless in squatter camps.
The community centre feeds and educates numerous families and the homeless alongside fostering abused and abandoned children.
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The initiative works in three communities and helps around 80 people monthly to relieve hunger and address a lack of education. According to Dumazile Moekena, founder of Abethu Community Centre, the organisation has dedicated efforts to feeding as many people as possible. The charity is still collecting funding and donations to build up supplies for weekly food parcels for vulnerable communities
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“We provide food, school resources and sanitary items. We tackle the abuse and ill treatment of our elderly.
“I believe they are still our blessing. We also educate young girls about teenage pregnancy.
“Covid-19 really disrupted our communities. Unilever Chefs come every Wednesday to dish up for the needy who we help in the informal settlement. We have FNB volunteers who provide the elderly with vegetables and food parcels and mealie meal. We also provided the needy with masks.
“The organisation is in dire need of containers or building materials as we hope to create a place where people can get better access to food, especially at night,” said Mokoena.
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