Kwambonambi NPO Amangwe Village is appealing to the businesses sector and individuals to open their hearts and consider donating towards the organisation.

Amangwe relies on donations and sponsorships to keep its various projects afloat, and as with all NPOs the past year has seen a drastic decline in this kind of assistance.

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The vital work the NPO does in the community will be sorely missed should Amangwe be forced to close its doors.

On top of its dire financial situation, Amangwe’s only working vehicle was stolen in a hijacking in which staff member, Amos Mtshali, was shot and seriously wounded.

‘It has been a very trying time for Amangwe, as I’m sure it has been for all NPOs, but we cannot see this organisation close its doors. ‘Not on my watch,’ said manager Zanele Mabaso.

Amangwe runs its own crèche at which children from the local communities of Slovo and Sokhulu are educated at pre-primary level, and it also assists other rural crèches in the area by sharing educational toys and providing highly beneficial training to rural crèche teachers.

Amangwe also oversees the running of more than 100 self-help women empowerment groups.

Since the inception of this programme in 2009, rural women have gone from eking out a living off government grants to raising enough funds to build their own homes, add on to their homes, and start small sustainable businesses.

The organisation’s home-based carers ensure the sick and vulnerable, often bedridden members of the community receive their medication.

A close partnership with the Rotary Club of Richards Bay has seen Amangwe able to hand over wheelchairs to many disabled rural community members, some of whom had not been outdoors in many years.

These projects are just the tip of the Amangwe Village iceberg, without which the community in which the NPO operates would be left rudderless.

‘Whatever you can do to assist Amangwe financially, whether holding a fundraising golf day or getting your company to consider us in its annual CSI budget, we would be overjoyed,’ said Mabaso.

For more information on how one can help save Amangwe Village, contact Zanele Mabaso on manager@amangwe.org.za or 083 4799803.

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