Be a Blessing to Others this Festive Season
Santa for Seniors – fill lives with hope and love this Festive Season
The countdown to Christmas has begun! Bring light, love and blessings to 1400 seniors living in Cape Town Townships. Your contribution makes all the difference. Up until the advent of COVID-19, the end of the year heralded an exciting time for members of Ikamva Labantu’s Seniors Programme. Members of Ikamva Labantu’s 21 seniors’ clubs would […]
Ikamva Labantu on Air! Thank you Goodhope FM Big Breakfast Team!
Julia Benjamin, Ikamva Labantu’s Communications Manager, and Bulelwa Vangqa, who runs a community kitchen in Delft, were live on air to chat about the Stop Hunger campaign, and how the public and corporates can step in and help.
Ikamva Staff Learning and Growing: Well done, Middy!
Congratulations to Ikamva Labantu’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme Manager, Mildred Bopoto, who has just completed her degree in Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood Development – Foundation Phase through UNISA. Middy, as she’s fondly known within the organisation, claims she wants to be a lifelong learner. “What made me choose this degree specifically is because […]
Saving Lives: Preschool Principals Trained and Ready to use Fire Extinguishers
A small uncontrolled fire can quickly spread and become life-threatening. This situation is particularly troubling for preschools in overcrowded Khayelitsha. In honour of Mandela Day, FS Systems, our magnificent donors of many years, donated 50 fire extinguishers for preschools in Khayelitsha.
SmartAid Donates 4 800 Face Shields for the Ikamva Labantu Township Community
A group of early childhood development (ECD) principals from Khayelitsha overjoyed at receiving critical PPE, reusable face shields. The face shields were handed over at an event at Kwakhanya Early Childhood Development and Training Centre in Khayelitsha. Each principal received sufficient face shields for their practitioners (teachers). Hundreds of children thrive under the influence of […]
50 Fire Extinguishers Donated to Early Childhood Development Centres by FS Systems
“Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth who care for and protect our people.” – Nelson Mandela. In the spirit of Madiba’s legacy and his love and support for the children […]
Ikamva Labantu Receives Mayoral Community Service Awards
Ikamva Labantu is proud to have received two Mayoral Community Service Awards! The awards are for Subcouncil 10 & Subcouncil 16, acknowledging Ikamva Labantu for “providing the many aspects of social support towards the development, nurturing and caring of the community.” “Ikamva Labantu accepts the award on behalf of our communities who have continued to […]
Secure Your Legacy, Through the Ikamva Labantu Endowment Fund
“I believe that every human being has the right to a dignified life.” – Helen Lieberman – It all began in 1963, during the Apartheid regime when a group of courageous activists responded to the unjust and inhumane conditions in South African townships. Out of these initiatives, Ikamva Labantu, meaning “future of the people”, was born. The organisation puts […]