By Ndileka Xameni | Founder and Project Leader
On July 17, all of South Africa, and Siyaphambili in both Langa Township, Cape Town and Bedford joined in the celebration of Nelson Mandela [Tata Madiba] 100 years' birthday. In Langa, we hosted people from different companies who brought gifts and food for the children; they also played with them on that day and bought them new school shoes as well.
We also decided to do something for Bedford as well, where we made a big pot of soup and cooked steam bread and took second hand clothing to give to the community, including the caregivers of our beneficiaries.
Nelson Mandela was the father of our freed nation and our first freely elected President; he is much beloved by rich and poor and his birthday is a national day of volunteer work, helping others, doing good works no matter what one's station in life. Though we have much need, we also give and help those even less fortunate than we are.
We could not do this without the support of our Global Giving friends and we are always grateful. We hope to keep our communities growing and healthy and only wish we could do so much more. We have plans to expand in both locations and will be putting up new projects as our thoughts become more concrete.
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