IkamvaYouth lost equipment, materials and resources worth hundreds of thousands of rands when a petrol bomb was thrown into its office on Freedom Day.
Everything is gone. Smart phones from our Nokia project; computers recently donated for our programming course; the PCs used by our branch coordinator and administrator; all our Answer Series study guides which were to be handed out to ikamvanites; film and photography equipment (some of which belonged to volunteers); all our office furniture; photographs; files and records.
We're calling for support via time or money:
- If you're available to help with the cleanup, please contact [email protected] [2]/0789929269.
- If you're a qualified counsellor and can volunteer to counsel affected ikamvanites, please contact [email protected] [2]
- Please donate funds [3] to help us begin trying to replace all we've lost (please use FREEDOM as the reference)
** see below for bank details if you want to do a transfer from the US or the UK.
- If you have office furniture, equipment or computers to donate, please contact [email protected] [2]
- If you have toys, furniture, books or equipment that the Zimele pre-school (our neighbour that was also affected) could use, please contact Monica on 0823103829.
Thanks everyone. The future is in our hands.
** To make a bank transfer in the US, please use the following account:
Account holder: Susan Godlonton
Bank: TCF Bank
Account Number: 6883542078
Type of Account: Checking
Branch: South University Branch, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Routing number: 272471548
** To make a bank transfer in the UK, please use the following account:
Account holder: Sally Bloy
Bank: Barclays
Account Number: 00539589
Sort no: 20-65-20
IkamvaYouth's head office in Makhaza, Khayelitsha was petrol-bombed on 27 April and the organisation is appealing for donations and help. IkamvaYouth is a non-partisan, non-governmental organisation that was established in 2003 in Makhaza, Khayelitsha with the objective of enabling disadvantaged youth to pull themselves out of poverty and into university and employment through peer-to-peer learning and support. The programme's success (87-100 per cent matric pass rate since 2005 and over 70 p...read more [6]
Links
[1] https://www.pambazuka.org/author/contributor
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/resources/ikamvayouth-urgent-appeal-donations-and-help
[3] http://ikamvayouth.org/get-involved/make-donation/contributions-individuals
[4] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4618
[5] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7220
[6] https://www.pambazuka.org/print/71082
[7] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3277
[8] http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/announce/72939