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Fitra with an impact

By Staff Reporter Mustadafin Foundation volunteers packed 900 fitrah parcels (a donation of groceries), which included non-perishable food as well

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Health Care Workers

IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                         29 September 2015 The homebased care workers at Western Cape non-profit organisation, Mustadafin Foundation’s Delft and Tafelsig centres provide bedridden and frail members of these gang ridden areas much needed healthcare support. Ghairunisa Johnstone, Founder and Director of Mustadafin Foundation, says, “Our homebased care workers in

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Gift of Literacy

Adults Rise Above Daily Challenges Through the Gift of Literacy Mustadafin Foundation is helping adults in gang ridden areas in the Western Cape to rise above daily challenges through their adult literacy programme. In communities where struggles and poverty are rife, learning to read and write later in life takes

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A Woman’s Story

Kruger was three years old when she and her brother were fostered. At the age of 13 her family were forced to relocate from District Six to Hanover Park. Four years later, while in Grade 10 at the age of 17 she fell pregnant and dropped out of school. Disgraced

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Isibindi at Mustadafin Tafelsig

Mustadafin Foundation sets up Isibindi child care programme in Tafelsig Categories: ALL THE NEWS , Early Childhood Development (ECD) The National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW) has, together with local organisations established almost 300 Isibindi projects Isibindi, which means “courage” in Zulu, aptly describes the young vulnerable boys and

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Heavy Rains in Informal Settlements

Heavy rains cause havoc in informal settlements More than 1500 people, including 57 babies were affected by heavy rains that lashed the city yesterday morning causing heavy flooding and wet conditions in several informal settlements.  Although the city of cape town’s disaster management were deployed to asses the extent of damage

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Western Cape Youth Take Ownership

IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                11 June 2015 ’I believe I can make a difference, therefore I have a responsibility to do so’ is the motto of Mustadafin Foundation’s Youth and Mental Health Development Programme. Gangsterism, dropping out of school, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy are some of the many social issues our young people

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Community Builder of the Year 2015

Caption: Ghairunisa Johnstone (middle) walked away with the highly esteemed ‘Community Builder of the Year Award’ at the annual BBQ Awards for her role as founder and director at Mustadafin Foundation. The ceremony, which took place last Friday (30 October 2015) at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg acknowledges outstanding individuals and

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Always A Time of Giving.

25 December, day known to many as “Christmas Day”. A day celebrated with loved ones in homes filled with laughter and the warmth of love of a family. Well not everyone is fortunate enough to commemorate this day with joy and banquets due to circumstances beyond their control. Many individuals

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HELP IS NEEDED!!!

This weekend a family lost their home due to a fire in khayelitsha. A mother and her three still school children were left stranded. Filippina Fatima Busakwe, an unemployed widow whose only income is a grant and suffers from what is called “Elephant’s leg”. She is unable to work or

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