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Frida Hartley Shelter receives a Random Act of Kindness from Dis-Chem
20 May 2021 9:48 AM
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Thanks to customers like you, Dis-Chem was able to donate R80,000 toward the renovation of Frida Hartley Shelter s kitchen.
The Dis-Chem Foundation and 702 are out to make a difference by helping an organisation that assists women and children through their Random Act of Kindness campaign.
This month s Random Act of Kindness goes to the Frida Hartley Shelter, a non-profit organisation in Yeoville, Johannesburg that aims to empower destitute women and their children who have endured neglect, abuse, trauma and homelessness and, enable them to regain their dignity by becoming independent and adequately support themselves and their children.
03 May 2021 - 07:00 By TimesLIVE
Homeless shelters across SA have found themselves overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Frida Hartley shelter for women is one of the shelters that have managed to keep afloat. According to their COO Cheryl Hlabane, the shelter has mostly been reliant on private donors, not the government.
Mpho, a 32-year-old homeless man from the North West has been living on the streets of Johannesburg since 2009. He washes car windows for a living and found himself having to rely on donations during the lockdown as fewer cars were on the road. Mpho says he had heard the government was taking homeless people in during alert level 5 lockdown but had no idea when or how. As a result, he stayed on the streets throughout the lockdown.