Freedom Day celebrated with garden project in Diepkloof

In celebration of Freedom Day, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus volunteers hosted a community event at Takalani Home in Diepkloof as a way of planting smiles and showing love to the people through gardening.

The event was mainly focused on gardening and for residents to foster social connections and enrich their lives through interactive gardening.

It had not been a month since the Shincheonji Church of Jesus did a 45-minute peaceful walk at Takalani Home on March 29 to raise awareness about the issue of crime and violence.

The event was coordinated by the Johannesburg branch of the church as part of their mission to promote unity by spreading hope to the hopeless.

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The Takalani centre manager gave the church a plot of land to do their gardening activities and vegetables such as carrots, spinach, and cabbage were planted.

Nsuku Maluleke, one of the Shincheonji volunteers spoke about how such events help them give back to the community through the services and activities they render as a church.

“I think such events help us to have a relationship with the community and to lend them a helping hand where possible. Giving back to the community is important,” Maluleke said.

The Shincheonji church has several events that they have coordinated in their volunteering line. Events such as blood drives, soup kitchens, school anti-bullying campaigns and more.

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Xihluke Mabasa, Shincheonji volunteer representative spoke on how fond they are of Takalani Home and how they haven’t forgotten them since the last time they were there for the peaceful march.

“The purpose was basically to show these people love.

Sometimes the politicians forget about them so we wanted to come and have a sustainable solution with them through gardening and something we can do with them since we have become one with them,” Mabasa said.