Helping hand for orphaned Ga-Rankuwa children
A Non-Profit organisation from Ga-Rankuwa has embarked on a mission to restore the dignity of orphaned and impoverished children during the national lockdown.
It’s known as Freedom. Founder Shadrack Bokaba said having grown up in the area, he was dismayed to see young children struggling in child-headed households and others orphaned with no one to help them.
It was for this reason that he decided to organise sponsors to donate clothing and food to orphanages and struggling households.
He said what was important was to not only be a source of assistance through financial means or donations, but also for members of the community to get involved with helping school-going children to catch up on their school work.
“There are so many children here who are struggling as their parents don’t care or are not even bothered with homework, and the children end up falling behind,” Bokaba said.
“As an organisation we don’t have much money, but being able to help these children with their homework and giving them the love they need really does make a huge difference.”
Nthabiseng Tshwane, secretary of the organisation, said with Covid-19 they had noticed huge gaps in the community and saw many families struggling to survive with grants as their only source of income.
“It’s so painful to see children living with children surviving only on grants. They don’t have school shoes or clothing to wear, and without a proper support system encouraging and teaching them the value of school, they are the ones who fall through the cracks.”
Tshwane said they assisted those in Grade 8 up to Grade 11 with homework at their schools.
She said despite many of the children being unable to come to collect, as they were in school during the donation day on Friday, the organisation would go through their lists and deliver to those they had managed to identify so far.
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