From Durbs with love to Alex gogos
ALEXANDRA – Twala's load eased through donation from Durban-based foundation.
Distance couldn’t dissuade a Kwazulu-Natal charity organisation from stretching its charity work and hand of love to the less-endowed of Alexandra.
This was displayed at Phutadichaba Community Centre when Durban-based Ulusha Foundation which was formed last year donated food parcels to philanthropist Linda Twala for onward distribution as Christmas hampers, to grannies under his watch.
The foundation was informed of Twala’s sterling work by its locally based partner, Respect and Ubuntu Foundation. Both are touching the souls of many through material and other aid and have many more under their radar.
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Ulusha’s long-term aim is to have a national impact through empowerment, development and education programmes that benefit mainly children, youth and the elderly. “Regardless of location, no child should miss school because of a lack of school shoes, books and fees and the elderly who bore us shouldn’t suffer from neglect but nursed to enable them to pass on their wisdom and advice on how to tackle life’s challenges,” head of the foundation, Nokuthula (Noxie) Kasibe said as her team contributed parcels including vegetables, mealie meal, rice, juice, tea bags, sugar, cooking oil and meat.
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Kasibe said the gesture to give back is needed countrywide as an appreciation and culture of honouring the elderly who moulded us with their hands and can’t cope in sustaining themselves, offspring and grand-children from meagre grant money. “We will be back again to donate to other old age centres in the township.”
She added that educational support is for schoolchildren and youth through bursaries, training and skills development programmes through partnerships for placement in the private sector and sector education and training authorities. “In the long term, the beneficiaries will have acquired skills to manufacture the shoes as a business and for distribution to other needy children in order to inculcate in them a spirit of charity.
Kasibe’s colleague, Jabulile Shongwe, said they are also considering donating shoes to schoolchildren in Orange Farm. “We also will mount a healthy lifestyle workout programme. This, to encourage physical exercise and help them shed the fat from poverty that forces people not to eat healthy foods leading to preventable and chronic ailments like diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and also Hiv/Aids.”
Shongwe said they also have a programme of young women sharing their professional skills, knowledge and mentoring the youth.
Thanking the donors Twala said the charity load has been eased for this festive seasons. This in reference to hundreds of grannies from Alex, Ivory Park and Bramfisher who will be receiving Christmas food hampers from him.
