Car club comes to aid of Sosh orphanage
“She takes care of children who were abandoned by their parents. Some were rejected by their parents who might still be alive while others lost theirs.”
A local orphanage received some much-needed necessities this past Women’s Day.
The Lebogang orphanage in Soshanguve Block AA received a generous donation of sanitary pads and toiletries from the On and Honest Polo Crew 012.
The orphanage is home to 18 children, aged between 5 and 17.
Founder of On and Honest Polo Crew 012 Sello Tsele said they were touched by the fact that the orphanage owner had been looking after orphans since 1992 and was still doing it at the age of 69.
“She takes care of children who were abandoned by their parents. Some of them were rejected by their parents who might still be alive while with some their parents died,” he said.
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“She gets the children from hospitals, social workers and sometimes from police stations. You can imagine the struggle of raising children at that age.”
Tsele said because it is Women’s Month, they thought it would be special to donate something different that would go a long way in helping the young girls.
“So we thought why not donate toiletries and sanitary towels?”
He added that as they are a new outfit, they are still looking for other two charities that they could assist.
“We are thinking of a home in Hammanskraal and another one in Mamelodi.
“We also want to revisit those homes that we will be assisting every year. We are not just aiming at giving back, but we want to help them make vegetable gardens and help with their gardening in general. We have identified Youth Day, Women’s Day and Reconciliation Day that we will be visiting the homes we have chosen.”
Owner of the orphanage Mcdeline Kola said she was “over the moon” with the assistance that she received.
Kola said she was currently being helped by the children she has raised over the years with cooking and other things because she is too old.
Tsele said he wanted to emphasise to people interested in joining them that the crew was not about flashy cars and that people were not obliged to drive a Polo to be part of the crew.
“We require a commitment from them and to have the same goals that we have. Although this is a Polo crew, we do not necessarily say others cannot join because what we are doing is community work – so any car is allowed.”
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