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| Community Involvement |
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| Blitz Build in Mfuleni |
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Did you know?
Using volunteers on these projects ensures that costs are kept to a minimum. The homeowner is only responsible for repaying the cost of the building material through an interest-free, non-profit but inflation adjusted mortgage. Repayments are deposited into a revolving fund and used to build more affordable houses in the same community.
On the 10th of November 2007 a group of eager and excited Communicare staff members participated in a Blitz Build in Mfuleni.
The Blitz Build was organised by Communicare in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity South Africa, a non-profit, non-government organisation whose vision is “A world where everyone has a decent place to live.”
The Communicare volunteers worked side by side with the homeowner, Thembisa Labithi and other community members on a beautiful sunny day, laying the foundation of the house and with it a safer and more secure future for the family who will inhabit it. The Build is in line with Communicare’s ethos “We protect the most vulnerable”.
Communicare firmly believe in the concept of Ubuntu, were the community helps one another in order to have a protective and safe environment. A person is a person through others “Umntu ngumntu ngabantu” The idea is to encourage social investment, where individuals and companies assist in the development of less fortunate communities. |
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| Spreading the Christmas Cheer |
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| On 23 November 2007 the Brooklyn Area Housing Office hosted a Christmas Party for the elderly in the Brooklyn and Ysterplaat Communities. According to everyone who attended the function, they had an enjoyable day! |
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| Communicare staff bring joy to children in Wallacedene and Bloekombos |
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| Some of Communicare’s staff members opened their hearts and purses and bought gifts for children from the Wallacedene and Bloekombos Informal Settlements in Kraaifontein. The children were overwhelmed by the beautiful gifts since for many of them it was the only gift they had ever received. |
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| Promoting Family Preservation |
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Promoting Family Preservation
A family fun day was held at one of our complexes, Straton Court in Wynberg. Children, their parents and grandparents participated in traditional games, dancing and singing. |
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| Zerilda Steyn Loan Fund |
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“I will be forever grateful to Communicare for assisting me in creating a brighter future for myself”
 These are the words of one of our Loan recipients, Delicia Adams, a final year LLB student at the University of The Western Cape (UWC).
This loan fund for tertiary education is managed in partnership with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The Means Test enables us to select the most academically deserving and financially needy students.
During 2007 Communicare contributed R 288 421 to fifteen tertiary students.
We are immensely proud of being associated with NSFAS and these young persons who despite challenging social circumstances focus on their studies and achieve success. |
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