On Friday, June 1st, Sesego Cares members of the KZN committee went to the Edith Benson Home, a residential facility of Child Welfare-- Durban and District, to officially hand over the R10 000 donated from Sesego National.
Letter from CHILD WELFARE Durban and District
On behalf of CHILD WELFARE Durban and District, we thank Sesego Cares for generosity and considering in our request to adopt our Organisation as part of your corporate social investment programme. This will most certainly assist us a great deal in meeting the needs of our children. Sadly, many of the thousands of children to whomCHILD WELFARE Durban and District renders service experience the greatest poverty. Fortunately the lives of all who pass through the hands of our dedicated Social Workers and Child Care Workers are positively impacted. We are grateful to have the opportunity to impact the lives of the most vulnerable in our country, something that we would not be able to do without the generosity and caring support of our many funding partners.
Over the last fifteen years the Rotary Club of Northcliff and Rotary Club Rushmoor in the United Kingdom have collaborated in sourcing over 20,000 used wheelchairs, shipping them to South Africa and distributing them free of charge to beneficiaries who are unable to buy a wheelchair. In partnership with the Rotary Club of Northcliff, Sešego Cares has donated over 3,000 wheelchairs over the past 3 years.
This great partnership will hopefully assist many more needy citizens in our community to become mobile. The Rotary Club of Northcliff is organising a celebratory dinner to mark the arrival of the 20 000th wheelchair. This celebration will be held on Saturday, 20 March 2010 in Rand Club.
The wheelchair project is changing the lives of disabled individuals. One of our success stories for 2010 is Seegoban Bisnath Singh.
From Kwazulu-Natal in Umkhomazi. He was transported around in a wheelbarrow for a long time. He could not afford a wheelchair. Devan Pillay (Chairman ABSA Disability Forum KZN) was contacted by Maya (concerned community member) about Seegoban Bisnath Singh's living conditions and his desire to get a wheelchair. Sešego Cares was very happy to assist with this donation.