On Sunday August 4, the residents and staff of Ebenezer Frail Care Home in Gonubie were treated to an unforgettable day, thanks to the generosity of Dezzy’s Pub and its community. Ebenezer Frail Care Home, a non-profit assisted living…
Unwanted pregnancies can be a difficult and emotionally stressful dilemma for many young girls and women, especially when they do not have adequate, or indeed any, support. Breath of Life is a non-profit organisation that tries to provide…
Guardians of Hope celebrated their first birthday on Saturday morning in an intimate setting at their premises in Willasdale Road, Bonnie Doon. The home which relies on donations from the public, opened in July last year with only a…
The Cansa Jail Bail took place at Vincent Park on Saturday in an effort to raise funds for the association. Various ‘criminals’ were charged and jailed and had to raise bail money in order to be released. Some jail birds even took to…
On Monday afternoon the U16 A Selborne rugby team handed over R20 000 to the King’s Children’s Home. The money was raised throughout the season through the Tries for Lives initiative, started by U16 A coach Jono Kruger. The project…
AFTER being approached by a shy young girl in her neighbourhood about sanitary towels , Dinika Rooy has started the Keep a Girl in School initiative. The Buffalo Flats resident said: “She was so embarrassed as she didn’t have the…
A HUGELY successful annual Reach for a Dream Chocolate breakfast took place recently at 2 Swans, raising more than R90000 for the Reach for a Dream Foundation. Sponsored by Dennis Collins Jewellers, more than 200 guests enjoyed a hearty…
The Rising Sun Daycare was recently blessed with a swingset, slide, ball pit, a fence and a spot of paint thanks to the kindness of the team from Jawitz East London. Daycare owner Nozie Mswi would like to thank the company, particularly…
MADELEINE CHAPUT AND THANDEKA NTLONTI AFTER running the Comrades Marathon Michael Webb, fondly known as the Pink Fairy, has managed to raise almost R90000 for the King William’s Town SPCA. “The funds [R89355.75] were handed over in bits…
THE Rising Sun Daycare Centre has received an outpouring of generosity from the East London community over the past few months. Rising Sun continues to receive much-needed support. After winning the For Good Inspiration Awards last month,…
AS THE Knysna fires raged on leaving destruction in its wake, the East London community were busy mobilising, hard at work collecting, sorting and sending relief items to those affected by the fires. Throughout the city, schools,…
AFTER years of battling with her body, 12 miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy, Kimble Genis and her husband, Gideon, decided to adopt. The adoption process in South Africa is a costly and tedious one. The couple, who have been married…
Girl battles life-threatening disease TWO weeks before her eighth birthday Hayleigh Stals was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening genetic condition, Fanconi Anaemia (FA). FA is an inherited anaemia that causes bone marrow failure…
IT’S time to lace up your tekkies for a good cause. National Tekkie Tax day is an annual fundraising campaign for a large mix of carefully selected welfare organisations, schools and institutions in South Africa. NGOs that are…
Struggling EL NGO may close THE 100-year-old East London Child Welfare is struggling to keep its doors open, meaning many of its vital services will stop and children may be left homeless. As a non-government, non-profit organisation, the…
