This morning Onicca Hlabela, the principal of Ditebogo Daycare and Lerato La Mme Orphanage in Kekana Gardens, Hammanskraal, got a team of young men together and they picked up the generous donation of clothing, towels and blankets made by Marinda Deysel and her team from El Pelo Studio in Magalieskruin, Pretoria. Onicca was SO grateful for these and wanted me to thank the donors on her behalf...so, this is for YOU guys...Marinda, Cindy, Dora and Guiseppe...
Onicca usually sorts through the clothing items and uses the children's clothes for the orphanage (mostly abandoned...some of them already in their teens). The towels and blankets will also come in handy at the orphanage and will also be used at the daycare during nap-time. The rest of the clothes will be sold piece by piece to people within their community to bring in some much needed cash for Ditebogo. Their monthly fee per child is R 50-00...and even then some of the parents cannot manage it.
Onicca feeds nearly 470 children from ages 0 to 18 on a daily basis. She has a support staff that needs to be paid salaries and, apart from the food (she has become quite self-sufficient - planting fruit trees and growing vegetables of her own), they also have to buy water...two large JoJo tanks per week is just enough to supply drinking water for the kids. There is only a little water used during bath time....Ditebogo has NO running water. The daycare provides a source of education and extra-curricular activities like music, art, drama and dancing...for that they also need funding and educational equipment, tools and supplies.
This morning she mentioned that, if I place her photo on the web, I need to ask forsomeone to help them with the water issue. So, if anyone can help them with the installation of a borehole and pump...it will really help a lot. Buying water, like they are doing now, costs them more than R 4000-00 per month....and then they barely have enough.
If you can be of any assistance to Onicca, please call me (click for contact details) or send a direct e-mail (click here). You can also give Onicca herself a call on number: 0731808371 or e-mail her: leratolamme@gmail.com.
Onicca usually sorts through the clothing items and uses the children's clothes for the orphanage (mostly abandoned...some of them already in their teens). The towels and blankets will also come in handy at the orphanage and will also be used at the daycare during nap-time. The rest of the clothes will be sold piece by piece to people within their community to bring in some much needed cash for Ditebogo. Their monthly fee per child is R 50-00...and even then some of the parents cannot manage it.
Onicca feeds nearly 470 children from ages 0 to 18 on a daily basis. She has a support staff that needs to be paid salaries and, apart from the food (she has become quite self-sufficient - planting fruit trees and growing vegetables of her own), they also have to buy water...two large JoJo tanks per week is just enough to supply drinking water for the kids. There is only a little water used during bath time....Ditebogo has NO running water. The daycare provides a source of education and extra-curricular activities like music, art, drama and dancing...for that they also need funding and educational equipment, tools and supplies.
This morning she mentioned that, if I place her photo on the web, I need to ask forsomeone to help them with the water issue. So, if anyone can help them with the installation of a borehole and pump...it will really help a lot. Buying water, like they are doing now, costs them more than R 4000-00 per month....and then they barely have enough.
If you can be of any assistance to Onicca, please call me (click for contact details) or send a direct e-mail (click here). You can also give Onicca herself a call on number: 0731808371 or e-mail her: leratolamme@gmail.com.
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