It’s the festive season and in the spirit of giving, now is a time when you can make a difference with your actions. If you have the means, donations are an important way to keep our communities thriving and often just surviving.
Here are a few of the organisations that need your donations this holiday season:
Haven Night Shelter
The Haven Night Shelter provides temporary shelter, physical care and social welfare services to homeless adults, assisting them to get back on their feet.
The Haven relies on financial donations and volunteer work. Find out how to donate or get involved here.
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Nazareth
Nazareth Care is an NPO run by the Sisters of Nazareth that provides care for both the elderly and vulnerable children.
The organisation cares particularly for people who have gone through neglect, illness and poverty. Located in Vredehoek and Elsies River, the team always needs donations such as clothing, toys, furniture and general funding.
See how you can make a donation or sponsor a child here.
Santa Paws
Santa Cause for Paws, focusing on cats and dogs, collects food, blankets, toys and other essentials to donate to shelters across the Western Cape.
You can either donate money or put together a box for an animal. You can pledge to pack your box on the site and then drop it off at one of the drop-off spots.
Visit their website for the details.
African Tails
In response to the horrible conditions many animals face in South Africa due to social, economic and breeding issues, African Tails was created.
Through targeted mass sterilisation campaigns, African Tails aims to eradicate the suffering and neglect of street animals.
Find out how to donate to African Tails or get involved with volunteer work here.
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R.A.D
R.A.D is an NPO that focuses on outreach work in communities in Botrivier, Grabouw and the Theewaterskloof municipality. The organisation works to assist people with subsidised veterinary care, including hosting monthly spay days and sterilisations.
R.A.D’s biggest needs include financial support, a second vehicle to work with in transporting patients, delivering kennels and building materials and doing collections for the charity shop in Grabouw.
If you would like to donate and need more details, message R.A.D on their Facebook page.
Pride Shelter Trust
The Pride Shelter Trust provides short-term shelter to LGBTQ+ individuals during crises. It is the only shelter for queer and trans people on the African continent.
The organisation is always in need of help from the public, including kitchen equipment, office supplies, garden equipment, toiletries, cleaning supplies, bedding and clothing.
Visit their website to see how you can donate.
Mustadafin Foundation
Mustadafin Foundation is an NPO working across the province to uplift communities through various means, including education, feeding schemes, health care programmes, youth interventions and skills development programmes.
Mustadafin Foundation exists to empower everyone to be self-sufficient and independent.
Find out how to donate funds or items here.
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Ladles of Love
Ladles of Love has various campaigns going on during the festive season, including FillaPot, where R200 fills a pot with enough food to feed 100 children.
The organisation aims to gift meals to children in need. With help from the public, Ladles of Love predicts that they can fill 10 000 pots and serve 1 million nutritious hot meals to people around Cape Town this festive season.
Click here to see how you can get involved.
If you have or know of an organisation that is in need of donations, let us know and we’ll add them to our list.
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