Local organisations join hands for a good course
Jones hosted a gala dinner to donate essentials to TDRC.
Model and LGTBQI advocate Lloyd Thabede (36), known as Serurubele Jones, from Mqantsa Section teamed up with Tembisa Drug Rehabilitation Centre (TDRC) to donate winter essentials.
Jones, who is openly gay and an advocate for LGTBQI organisations in Ekurhuleni, always had the community‘s best interests at heart to help where he could.
He said he always had a passion for the boy child, and helping young boys was something he always wanted to do.
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Jones believes many initiatives focus on girls and forget about the needs of boys.
He saw a great opportunity to advocate for boys by partnering with the TDRC to host a charity gala dinner.
He donated all proceeds from the event to the centre to let them know they are loved, understood, and welcomed in the community.
Jones does not have an organisation; however, he plans to launch the Serurubele-Jones Foundation to help young boys later this year.
The foundation will focus on assisting vulnerable boys in the community.
Jones partnered with the TDRC as he acknowledged their work in helping drug addicts find help.
“I believe in God and know God has a plan for everyone. I know that one day, boys in the TDRC will be entrepreneurs, and some will write books about their lives.
“I feel honoured and humbled to have been able to host this event. I thank my team for ensuring everything goes smoothly and Sy Mbele for giving us his venue.
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“The challenges the community is facing include the lack of education or skills if a child is a drug user, and also the lack of facilities or rehabilitation centres.
“I think it is time the government invested in establishing centres and hiring more social workers and psychologists in schools and clinics.
“Access to community facilities could help curb the situations the youth is facing,” said Jones.
