Blankets for informal settlement
Thammy Young is doing her best to juggle the many things she's involved in, and now also makes time to help the needy during these cold months.
Many can attest that once you start doing charity work and see someone’s face light up for the first time knowing you’ve improved their life, even for just a moment, it’s difficult to ignore that need to help others again.
Thammy Young, a Mrs South Africa 2021 finalist, divides her time between her family, her full-time job as an industrial engineer, her pageantry career, and her charitable endeavours, and somehow makes time for all of them.
Though Thammy is from Krugersdorp, she often reaches out to other communities to lend a helping hand. The Hand Of God (Thog) non-profit organisation is based in Orlando, Soweto and has regular food drives, delivers food parcels, sets up a coffee table, ministers at a prison, and hosts large blanket drives for the needy.
“I got involved with Thog through another project I’m partnered with. Busisiwe Mzandolo who runs President Awards told me about all the great work Thog is doing for the community. This warmed my heart and I jumped right in,” Thammy explained.
“They touch lives and donate to the disadvantaged community with little to no resources, solely depending on donations from friends and family. I decided to use the platform I’m privileged to be a part of to reach out to a bigger audience so we can get more donations and in turn touch more lives”.
Throughout June, Thammy collected about R4 600 in cash donations and some blankets through her social media platforms. On Saturday, June 26, she headed out with Thog to Crosby in Johannesburg to hand over the donations to residents of the area’s informal settlements.
Thammy explained that this is not part of her pageantry efforts. “This is something that’s always been close to my heart, as I have done other charitable work before as well. I use my pageantry career as a catalyst to reach more people and companies to come on board to change lives for the better.
“Through the President’s Award South Africa I also work with a group called Save the Boy Child aimed at changing the lives and mindsets of boys from broken families. I urge companies to please come on board and partner with us to touch as many lives as possible. Together we can fight poverty and in turn help curb crime, teenage pregnancies and many more societal problems we are faced with.”
