East youth organisation to rescue of 60 families
"We visited 28 families who are part of beneficiaries for the hunger relief programme."
A youth organisation distributed food hampers, sanitary pads and toiletries to 60 families in Mamelodi and Nellmapius on Sunday.
The generous donation was made by the Eye of Hope, a voluntary organisation. Founder and chairperson of the Eye of Hope, Kutloano Malahlela, said they made the donations after receiving goods since the beginning of June from various sponsors.
The donation of the much-needed essentials was part of one of the organisation?s programmes, For Hunger Relief. He said the organisation received funding from Jacaranda FM which was used to buy food and resources. Malahlela said the sanitary pads and toiletries were donated by Simply Fresh Custom.
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“Since the beginning of June, we have registered 60 households for hunger relief programme and managed to assist 54 families with food parcels. We are looking forward to helping more and reaching out to other families.”
“Our sanitary pads programme which is one of the biggest programmes within our organisation, has more than 60 beneficiaries and since the beginning of June, until now, we were able to assist 37 girls and women with sanitary pads,” he said.
The organisation was looking forward to expanding the programme to a 24/7 service ‘as we believe that sanitary pads are essential and that no girl should miss school because of not having a pack of pads’.
The organisation visited the families before donating the food parcels as part of its family intervention programme.
“We visited 28 families who are part of beneficiaries for the hunger relief programme.”
“During this family visits, we were able to assist with other things that the families needed,” he said.
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The majority of families that received the donations were led by unemployed youth, pensioners and single mothers. One of the families assessed has a nine-year-old girl who was raped, according to her mother.
She claimed the attacker bribed police officers handling her case ‘because I saw the rapist roaming freely around the streets of Mamelodi’.
Malahlela said the management of the Eye of Hope was committed to fighting for justice for the girl.
“We are currently busy requesting support from law firms and seeking partnership with women empowerment and gender-based violence activists, movements and organisations to ensure that we find justice for her.”
The Eye of Hope is a youth educational organisation formed in 2018, by 14-year-old Kutloano. It aims to better the lives of the poor. Anyone who wishes to help with funds or donations may contact Kutloano Malahlela on 074-711-5696.
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