South Africa

Gift of the Givers in partnership with the Presidency and the Ministry of Social Development will be hosting a luncheon for 1000 elderly persons at Ivory Park, Johannesburg on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Special guests include President Jacob Zuma, Minister of Social Development, Ms Edna Molewa, Premier of Gauteng, Ms Mokonyane, and Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr Amos Masondo. Gift of the Givers will hand out 1000 food parcels, 1000 winter packages, which includes two blankets, hats and scarves. Twenty five new wheelchairs will be handed out to elderly physically challenged individuals at the event. The Presidential luncheon at Ivory Park will be televised live on SABC TV.

Our feeding scheme site at Ivory Park Police Station will be symbolically opened by the Minister of Social Development on the day. Gift of the Givers feeds about 5000 people weekly through several feeding sites in the greater Johannesburg area.

In addition, Gift of the Givers, in symbolic recognition of the service-oriented concept of Mandela Day, will be doing distributions in the following areas:

Thursday, 16 July 2009

• Distribution of 200 blankets in Welbedacht and Bayview informal settlements, in Chatsworth, Durban.

Friday, 17 July 2009

• Distribution of 200 blankets in Copesville, Hanniville and Ezinketheni informal settlements in Pietermaritzburg with the Department of Traditional Affairs.
• Distribution of 150 blankets in Wartburg informal settlements.
• Launch of a new feeding site at Ivory Park SAPS with the feeding of a 1000 individuals.

Saturday, 18 July 2009

• Distribution of 500 blankets, toys and 5000 seedlings in Impendle with the Department of Correctional Services.
• Distribution of 350 blankets and 350 food parcels at Gerald Joseph Home for the Aged and at informal settlements in the Selbourne Rd area, Alexandra, Johannesburg. This will be done in conjunction with the Mayor's office and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD).
• 500 people will also be fed at our existing feeding site in 3rd Street, Alexandra.
• Distribution of 1000 blankets and 100 food parcels in Sekhukune Land, Limpopo, with the Limpopo Provincial Government.

Malawi
In Malawi, we will handover 5000 pairs of new shoes to the President's Office for the benefit of rural Malawians as more than eight million people in Malawi walk barefooted. 1200 Jars of Sibusiso (a high energy and protein supplement) will be handed out to HIV/AIDS and TB patients. A brand new ambulance will symbolically be handed over to the Trauma Unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. This is the largest hospital in the country. The ambulance will be on display in Ivory Park in Johannesburg before departing for Malawi next week.