AND THEN SUDDENLY… During April 2013 Beudene Daycare for Disabled applied for sponsorship to build a bigger classroom. Beudene Daycare is a daycare for people with disabilities of all ages. The daycare is situated at 5 Ray Champion Crescent, Rayton, Bloemfontein and cares for 40 to 50 people with disabilities. Their mission is to serve and to provide a safe, loving and stimulating environment for people with disabilities and their families. ... Continue Reading »
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps. ~ Jennifer Granholm Desmond Tutu: “Ubuntu [...] speaks of the very essence of being human. You share what you have. It is to say: 'My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours. A person is a person through other persons'.” “A g ... Continue Reading »
During March 2015, Spoudazo in collaboration with Raubex, was busy re-establishing 14 vegetable tunnels in the townships of Mangaung. When vegetable tunnels are setup at the homes of township beneficiaries, they are mentored for 6 – 12 months to ensure sustainability. An agreement is set in place to have the benefit of the vegetable tunnel as long as the beneficiaries work their gardens and produce crops. The general upkeep of the tunnel must als ... Continue Reading »
We’ve hardly packed away our cardigans and gotten used to the longer days! Yet the retail industry seems to have had their festive season onslaught at the ready. Shelves are already laden with gift ideas and decorated with lights. Often referred to as the “season of giving”, it is that time of year when there seems to be a heightened awareness regarding those less fortunate, and rightly so! Every Corporate, super market chain and radio stat ... Continue Reading »