New vehicle donation for Siyakwazi in Kwanzimakwe
The non-profit conducted more than 7 000 home visits last year.
Bhambula-based non-profit Siyakwazi is set to expand its outreach to pre-school children with disabilities and barriers to learning across Ugu District.
This follows the donation of a second vehicle, valued at R590 000, by the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT) last week.
Founded in 2013, Siyakwazi provides home-based rehabilitation, ECD and school support, and practical training for guardians and educators in communities where access to specialised disability services remains limited.
In 2025, the organisation conducted more than 7 000 home visits and supported more than 1 300 beneficiaries.
The additional vehicle will allow Siyakwazi’s teams to work in more than one location at a time.
SAMCT representative Gaff Osman said: “Siyakwazi’s first vehicle proved integral to their outreach model. However, with expansion – including reaching 100 new ECD centres in 2026 – reliance on a single vehicle significantly constrained scheduling, coverage and staff deployment. Our provision now of a second vehicle has enabled parallel programmes, an expanded geographic reach, reduced operational strain and the strengthening of service continuity.”
Siyakwazi director and founder Cathy Mather-Pike was incredibly grateful to the SAMCT for understanding the practical realities of delivering community-based services and for investing in something that will have such a direct impact on its work.
Osman added: “We are confident that with our donation of a second vehicle, Siyakwazi will be able now to redouble its outreach delivery efforts for the benefit of many more children with disabilities in the greater area and feel sure that it will contribute towards the continued expansion of the organisation’s most laudable support programmes today and into the future.”
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