Christmas came early this year for Emasithandane Children’s Home in Nyanga.
CPUT students and staff members donated groceries and blankets to the home that houses 39 vulnerable children.
The community outreach was an annual initiative of the Matthew Goniwe Residence (MGR) 2 House Committee and was powered by the Marketing and Communications Department (MCD).
MGR2 House Parent, Mxolisi Ngcwabe, says the gesture was in line with the university’s policies which encourage students to plough back in their communities.
Ngcwabe says the students raised funds among themselves to buy non-perishable foods and fruit, while MCD donated the blankets.
Zelphina Maposela, who started the home in 2002 in her own house, thanked CPUT for the donations.
Maposela says they rely on funding to cover all their running cost.
“We need a dedicated source of funding not only to keep us going but also to extend the house as it is too small to accommodate all the children,” she says.
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