HELP has been pouring in for the Ntshalleng Le Bana Care Centre near Rustenburg in North West which has been operating without funding since 2009.
The centre caters for 21 children and 20 are on the waiting list. The children suffer from illnesses such as epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral palsy. They need medicine or other help to go about their daily lives.
The biggest challenges are transport, toiletries, wheel- chairs, cot beds and a bigger shelter.
Following the centre's plea in Sowetan, companies such as Impala Platinum Mine, Eskom and Woolworths, as well as the Bojanala district municipality have opened their hearts .
Implats workers were yesterday busy making renovations to the building .
The local municipality has donated R100,000 to help with the renovations.
Retailer Woolworths and the Rustenburg food bank have both donated groceries. The two firms have also pledged to supply the centre with groceries on a weekly basis.
The North West department of social development, women, children and people with disabilities is providing care dependency grants to 19 children with disabilities, while two of them are still waiting for medical reports from doctors to access grants.
The care dependency grants amount to R1140 per child a month.
Eskom Foundation visited the centre yesterday to assess the situation and see how it could help.
A Good Samaritan, Norah Masike of Hammanskraal, also pledged to donate clothes. Nan Hua Temple's outreach department will donate wheelchairs.
Apart from financial contributions, the humanitarian concern shown by some of the community members was praiseworthy too.
Founder and owner of the centre, Emily Mofokeng, was overwhelmed by the positive response.
"It gives me so much hope to know that there are people out there who care. Things are looking up. I thank Sowetan and everyone who donated, may God bless you," she said yesterday.
This non-profit organisation offers support services and programmes that help children with a wide range of physical, emotional, neurological or developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential in life.
The centre operates in a four-roomed RDP house which was donated by a member of the community.
Help for the needy
HELP has been pouring in for the Ntshalleng Le Bana Care Centre near Rustenburg in North West which has been operating without funding since 2009.
The centre caters for 21 children and 20 are on the waiting list. The children suffer from illnesses such as epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral palsy. They need medicine or other help to go about their daily lives.
The biggest challenges are transport, toiletries, wheel- chairs, cot beds and a bigger shelter.
Following the centre's plea in Sowetan, companies such as Impala Platinum Mine, Eskom and Woolworths, as well as the Bojanala district municipality have opened their hearts .
Implats workers were yesterday busy making renovations to the building .
The local municipality has donated R100,000 to help with the renovations.
Retailer Woolworths and the Rustenburg food bank have both donated groceries. The two firms have also pledged to supply the centre with groceries on a weekly basis.
The North West department of social development, women, children and people with disabilities is providing care dependency grants to 19 children with disabilities, while two of them are still waiting for medical reports from doctors to access grants.
The care dependency grants amount to R1140 per child a month.
Eskom Foundation visited the centre yesterday to assess the situation and see how it could help.
A Good Samaritan, Norah Masike of Hammanskraal, also pledged to donate clothes. Nan Hua Temple's outreach department will donate wheelchairs.
Apart from financial contributions, the humanitarian concern shown by some of the community members was praiseworthy too.
Founder and owner of the centre, Emily Mofokeng, was overwhelmed by the positive response.
"It gives me so much hope to know that there are people out there who care. Things are looking up. I thank Sowetan and everyone who donated, may God bless you," she said yesterday.
This non-profit organisation offers support services and programmes that help children with a wide range of physical, emotional, neurological or developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential in life.
The centre operates in a four-roomed RDP house which was donated by a member of the community.
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