Among these organisations are Lithemba HIV/Aids support group, Jongilanga training and development care centre, which jointly received R100 000. The Vezokuhle youth development project and Langa-KwaNobuhle self help and resource exchange (Share) received R75 000 each.
Share, which is run by Nomimise Gogo in Uitenhage, had been turning away applicants owing to a lack of funds. These organisations, which mainly assist HIV-Aids patients, rape victims, the unemployed and elderly, were hard hit by the recession that forced major donor companies to cut down on donations.
Some had their applications declined by the national lottery, forcing them to close down.
Other organisations that stand to benefit include the Nelson Mandela metropolitan people with physical challenges, the Phaphamani rape crisis centre, Nonzame home-based community centre, Sakhikhaya Lethemba centre of concern and Siqaqambe health and wellness initiative. All received R50 000 each.
Boardwalk public relations manager Ayanda Bambiso said the trust had been established about 10 years ago to help develop and improve communities in the Nelson Mandela Bay and surrounding areas.
“The trust aims to identify worthy causes to support as long as the need is there to do so,” he said. The donation, especially to the people with physical challenges, was made in November, a month dedicated to the physically disabled.
Last month Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet held a special Christmas party that saw destitute children between the ages of six and 13 years receive gifts and donations.
These homeless children had found themselves roaming the streets of Port Elizabeth’s northern areas without food, clothes and they could not go to school.
A number of charity organisations in the area had effectively closed down due to the recession.
More were facing an uncertain future as the Mandela Bay municipality was in caught in a financial crunch that forced it to cut down on sponsorship to community organisations.
Emfuleni Trust chairman Makhakha Rubushe urged other companies to assist the poor. “We have a commitment to assist the less fortunate.”
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