Lend a hand

I've heard so many government officials preaching the spirit of volunteerism in our land.  And I've seen the same people in the frontline of corruption taking away the means to help people in need. It is this corruption that has made a lot of the people wary of lending a helping hand. If you are one of these people, don't get too cynical - there are still individuals out there who are genuinely helping the needy.
They are not a N.G.O. They don't even have a name. They're merely a group of students who've taken it upon themselves to feed the homeless.
The idea for the feeding scheme started one afternoon, a student was driving in Melville and a homeless person asked her for money. Like most of us do, she told the beggar she didn't have any. But later that afternoon as she was enjoying a meal at a restaurant, the fact that just a few feet away from where she was sitting, was a hungry child who had no choice but to beg while she has a choice between eating at a restaurant or at home cut her deeply. The next day she told her friends at school about the incident. The feeding scheme was born.
The group is made up of eight members who on a weekly basis, raise funds to buy ingredients and packaging to feed as many people as possible with the money raised. They drive around every Saturday through Melville, Auckland Park, Mayfair and Braamfontein, and give sandwiches, juice and a snack to the homeless they come across.The group feed about 60 people every Saturday, twice the number of people they fed when they started.
The sad part is that the number of people to feed increases every week and it gets harder to feed all of them due to limited resources. So, if you can, lend a hand.

Please contact for donations
Ole 0822247039 oletilwe@gmail.com ; Vanessa 0720578230 ofentse21@gmail.com or
Nomonde 0827563244 nomonde.mazibuko@yahoo.com

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What Others Said

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Vanessa said
on 31 October 2009

Hey ladies... thank you so much for your responses, please include your numbers if you're willing to help out,or simply email them to me, my email address is above. i'll contact you during the months of Nov and Dec as we are looking to extend our outreach and will be needing as much help as we can get. Sibu i have already taken your number, will bbe contacting you soon... thanks alot guuys.. big ups Lebo

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Megan said
on 17 October 2009

Definitely a great, powerful initiative! Would also like to get involved...and I know many more that would! This is an important opportunity to meet the (basic) needs of our society and essentially, we should all lend a hand to help those less fortunate and work together to uplift this country.

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miette said
on 16 October 2009

this is a really great idea. i cant contribute financially, but i would love to help out.

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Sibu said
on 08 October 2009

This is great initiative, big ups to all the guys & girls involved. If you guys could use an extra pair of helping hands then gimme holler on 0848361536 although I cant helpout financially.