Warm blankets for Mams homeless
About 100 blankets and mattresses were donated by the Gauteng social development department and distributed by the Thandanani Drop Inn centre.
Hostel residents in Mamelodi were relieved to receive a donation of warm blankets with the winter chill approaching.
About 100 blankets and mattresses were donated by the Gauteng social development department and distributed by the Thandanani Drop Inn centre.
“Social workers from social development visited the centre and we went to the identified hotspots in Mamelodi where they handed out blankets and mattresses,” said Thabo Kgotsi of the Thandanani centre.
The centre has been helping out in the community before the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant national lockdown.
“We will continue serving the Mamelodi community during this difficult time,” said Kgotsi.
“The donations came at the right time, with the weather getting colder there are hundreds of homeless people seeking shelter and warmth.”
Kgotsi appealed for the public’s help and to also take part in their various community projects.
Thandanani also helps residents at the hostels and homeless people with a fresh meal almost every day.
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“Members of the St Fransis Presbyterian Church in Waterkloof had been helping with food for the Thandanani project.
“We are helping wherever help is needed with donations of food parcels, warm blankets and mattresses,” he said.
Kgotsi said they also donated blankets and mattresses to residents in Mamelodi east extension 5 and Mabeshane residents in Mamelodi section SNS.
The Thandanani centre has more than 30 volunteers from all over Mamelodi and surrounding areas who are working every day as essential workers.
“Other projects include one to make sure that Mamelodi is a drug-free community. We are also assisting local learners with schoolwork using tablets donated by Vodacom.”
Thandanani began life in 2011.
Kgotsi said that they would continue to serve the public until the lockdown ended.
He pleaded with local businessmen in the community to “start giving back to the community” and come onboard to help needy people in Mamelodi.
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