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Intyatyambo's History
Lindiwe
Mfeketho and Nomawethu Tunce just got tired of hearing and seeing the
misery and anguish of the many children who have been and are being
neglected, abused and abandoned in their area. They decided to take
action! Intyatyambo was born! Nomawethu donated the use of her property
for the site and Lindiwe and Nomawethu together built a small wendy-house
cum shack to serve as the first shelter in which the kids could
eat, play, listen to stories, sing and receive lots of love and care.
Intyatyambo was registered as a Non Profit Organisation with the
Department of Social Development of South Africa on the 8th of
June 2006.
NPO
Registration Number: 049-219-NPO
Lindiwe,
Nomawethu and the other women of Intyatyambo have been at it ever since,
with no government funding. Intyatyambo’s
only source of funds is donations from the public.
Fundraising
and developments to date
In the beginning, Lindiwe recruited some women to stand on streets in Cape Town and its environs to raise awareness and collect donations from passers-by.
It takes R960.00 (about US$ 140.00 at the time of writing) per week to feed the children. In the past, this was sometimes not realised and then the children had to do without. We have stepped up our fund raising efforts since then. More has come in thanks to some generous donors. The children’s basic needs – food and clothing are sufficiently taken care of now.
Also, three professionally converted shipping containers with
a clean bathroom, hygienic playrooms and bedrooms have replaced the basic
tin shack that they spent their days in before. However, we’re still
very far from our goal of raising enough funds to build a new care centre.
Intyatyambo
Community Project
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