Riverbank dwellers blessed with blankets and dignity buckets
The first dignity bucket drop-off saw more than 82 buckets being donated to residents in Mushroom in May.
More than 80 less fortunate people in Centurion were handed warm blankets and over a hundred buckets containing food as part of an outreach by Hennops Revival.
Founder Tarryn Johnston thanked the community, who helped to hand out blankets and “dignity buckets” over the weekend at the Mushroom informal settlement, a Hennops riverside community.
“Thank you to the ladies who donated the blankets and for the food,” Johnston said.
On Saturday, Johnston and her team handed out the blankets along with samp for lunch at the settlement.
Johnston explained the 80 fleece blankets came from one crocheted blanket.
“Sally Koopman from Irene crocheted a blanket from donated wool to keep herself busy during lockdown. The blanket was then put on sale and we bought fleece fabric. The fabric was then made into 80 blankets,” Johnston explained.
The fleece blankets were sewed by volunteers.
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On Sunday, Johnston and her team again handed out 143 dignity buckets to men, women and children at the Marikana informal settlement, another Hennops riverside community.
Last month Johnston asked the community to help the Hennops Revival group with their blanket drive.
Johnston said the Hennops Revival wanted to do a blanket drive with the upcoming winter cold in mind.
“We are looking at a lot of blankets, we are looking at collecting between 400 and 500,” Johnston said.
Another project Johnston and her team is currently working on is the dignity bucket project.
“We support the right to dignity for all,” she said.
The 10 litre bucket consists of a face mask, toothpaste and a toothbrush, Vaseline, body cream, soap, clothing soap, menthol rub and Zam-buk.
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The bucket is valued at R100 per bucket.
The first dignity bucket drop-off saw more than 82 buckets being donated to residents in Mushroom in May.
Johnston thanked the community for their ongoing support.
“To all the donors who made this possible! We thank you! Huge gratitude.”
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