Gondwana Care Trust Newsletter

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Special Edition Newsletter

July 2021

Dear friends, sponsors, partners, and colleagues

This is a Special Edition Newsletter to highlight some of the past week’s events and give you some feedback on all your support and your trust towards our projects. We say it often, but we cannot do it alone.

With the help of extraordinary beings, we are able to extend a helping hand to so many and we are so thankful for every little bit we receive through your donations. In the first six months of 2021 (January - June), an estimated 117000 meals were served by our MealForTwo beneficiary organizations.

The meals donated in 2021 include the following staple food items:

· 1,50 tonne maize meal and oats

· 1,45 tonne bread flour

· 1,05 tonne pasta and rice

· 3,7 tonne fruits and veggies

· 3,6 tonne meat and chicken

We thank all our partners, who continually trust and support our projects. Together we can make a small difference and a positive change in someone’s life.

Donate A MealForTwo

If you want to partner with our projects and help us empower our communities, please contact us: caretrust@gcnam.com

Due to the lack of funds this year, the Gondwana Care Trust has very limited resources and it is really challenging to add and support any new projects, besides adding beneficiaries to our MealForTwo Program.

Any contribution makes a difference – You can donate to our bank account or contact us via email if you wish to contribute food items.

Thank you for supporting the Gondwana Care Trust Projects.

Gondwana Care Trust MealForTwo Project

Heal The Land

Coordinator: Pastor Willie Theron

annie.t@iway.na

081 605 66 15

Light Of Hope

Coordinator: Pastor Willie Theron

Khaibasen Center

Coordinator: Ms Paulina Kajandeka

081 216 29 28

These three organizations are based in Okahandja, Khomas Region. Together, they have managed to look after a vast majority of the children living in vulnerable conditions, and have delivered food parcels to homeless families, elderly people in need, and Covid-19 patients, as well as the medical staff, who are unable to regularly take time off for meals.

This is thanks to the dedication of many people around Namibia, who give their time to care for others. We thank you for your support, so that we can assist with food deliveries and other goods such as clothing, blankets, and hygienic products where possible.

This newsletter is dedicated to all those, who take the time to care for their community, for those in need, and to those, who find themselves in difficult environments on a daily basis. We cannot thank you enough for your dedication and your care.

Food provided from January until mid July 2021 in the district of Okahandja:

From Heal The Land:

1 700 elderly / 8 families (average 5 members) / 28 children and 70 medical staff.

Light of Hope:

On average, a meal is given to 120 children living in the streets and around the dumpsite, and food parcels are also distributed to 60 families.

Khaibasen:

70 registered children are at the kindergarten, 64 children come from the landfills. On average Khaibasen fed 134 children since January, as many children joined the queue twice a week. The center has been closed since 25 June 2021 but they carry on distributing food parcels to the most vulnerable families. Most teams were affected by Covid-19 but they continue with the programs and strive to push through.

Nau Aib Old Age Home – Okahandja:

Mr Willie Theron

081 605 66215

annie.t@iway.na

44 Residents

Light of Hope:

120 children are living in the streets and around the dumpsite, and 60 families.

Heal The Land:

Khaibasen:

Kitchen Of Hope:

Windhoek

Ms Natalia Almeida

infosavenamibia@gmail.com

Khomasdal Homeless Shelter:

Mr Charles Sawyers

081 360 51 52

Not only does KHS provide a warm plate of food, but individuals are able to receive counseling and assistance to improve their quality of life. Since January 2021, Khomasdal Homeless Shelter has provided 5 560 meals.

PAY Center:

Katutura Windhoek

Ms Thubaelihle Sibanda

Programme Director Staff

thuba@paynamibia.org

+264 817415658

Since February 2021, PAY provided up to 11 600 meals!

During the restrictions, the PAY Team has continued its efforts in providing a sustainable meal to 102 families.

PAY Feeding Project provides 145 meals and sandwiches daily.

We serve warm, nourishing meals that include starch, beef or chicken stew, and vegetables. When the children leave, they receive a sandwich and a juice. We wouldn't be able to achieve this without the support of the MealForTwo Program, where we get all our dry food staples, vegetables, and chicken every month. We have served around 11 600 meals since February this year.

With schools closed due to Covid-19, PAY has continued reaching its beneficiaries through a food distribution program. We distribute 105 food packets twice a month, who wouldn't be able to put a meal on the table without our support.

Number of food distributions in June and July: 2

Estimated reach: 102 Families

Gondwana DRIVE-THROUGH Vaccination Station:

Location: Windhoek Showgrounds, Entry from Bell Street

From Tuesdays to Sundays – 10am to 18pm

This initiative is powered by Gondwana Collection Namibia, The Gondwana Care Trust, FNB Namibia, Vaccines for Hope, Ministry of Health and Social Services.

All health and Covid-19 protocols are implemented and managed by OSH-Med International and EMA Rescue Service is availing enrolled nurses.

Namibia Health Risk Solutions (NHRS) and Namibia Health Plan Medical Aid fund enable logistics for the walk-in vaccination and nursing services. Sponsors include: FNB Namibia, Ministry of Health and Social Services, the voluntary private sector coalition “Vaccines for Hope” (Comprising of Hollard, Ninety One, FirstRand, Liberty Life Namibia, Allan Gray, Stanlib and Old Mutual Namibia), OSH-Med International, EMA Rescue Service, Westcare Medical Center, Namibia Health Risk Solutions, Namibia Health Plan (NHP), Coca Cola Beverages Africa Group Namibia, My SPAR-Superspar Maerua, Baywash, Rent-A-Drum, Motor Media Namibia, Komnick & Franck cc, African Marketing (Pty) Ltd, Kercon Food Entreprises, Seapride Foods, Konica Minolta Namibia, The Windhoek Showgrounds.

Contributors: Food Lover’s Market, Pupkewitz Group of Companies, AGRA (Agricultiure Namibia) and CYMOT.

THANK YOU to all the volunteers who made this initiative possible! Rolf Hansen and the CAN Team, the Gondwana Collection Team, all the pop up stands for coffee and food stalls!

This kind of initiative is available so that more Namibians can avoid long queues and get vaccinated, and hopefully we will be able to have similar sites all over the country so we can beat the virus!

Thank you to the Honorable Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula for his visit.

Thank you to Ms Ginger Mauney for the donation of N$5 000 to contribute towards the printing of 1000 forms.

Thank you for your support!

Please help us distribute as many bags as possible this year.

Donate a School Bag for Christmas

Please find below a list of our Community Partners which receive assistance with the MealForTwo Program:

Heal the Land, Khaibasen, Light of Hope, Nau Aib Old Age Home:

160+ children, 44 Adults.

These three organisations run in Okahandja and are connected to a local church. They provide cooked meals to vulnerable and homeless kids in Okahandja. They are also affiliated with the Nau Aib Old Age Home in Okahandja and provide cooked meals to the elderly in the old age home.

Dagbreek Special School:

26 Children, 7 Adults.

Operates in Windhoek provide education, food and shelter to kids with disabilities.

Mammadu Trust:

60 Children.

Operates in Otjomuise, Windhoek and provides food and education to orphaned and vulnerable children in the community.

Bridge of Hope:

140 Children.

Operates in Katutura, Windhoek providing food parcels and cooked meals to vulnerable children people in those communities.

Khomas Homeless Development Trust:

+-80 Adults and 20 Kids.

Operates in Khomasdal and Katutura, Windhoek providing cooked meals to homeless people in those communities.

Senior Park:

160 residents.

Old Age home in Pioneerspark, Windhoek. MealForTwo donations go to the elderly that needs food assistance and for the old age home kitchen.

Lidar Foundation:

250 Children and 100 Adults.

Provides food and youth empowerment and educational activities for orphaned and vulnerable girls in Katutura- Central.

Hope Village:

88 Children.

Provides a loving home and food to orphans and abandoned children living with HIV and other debilitating illnesses. Operate in Katutura, Windhoek

PAY Center:

120 Children.

Operates in Katutura, Windhoek. Provides nutrient meals and education and physical activity programmes daily to kids coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Huis Maerua:

24 Children.

Operates in Windhoek. Houses and feeds children with social welfare troubled backgrounds.

Elshaddai Caring and Feeding:

120 Children and 30 Adults.

Operates in Keetmanshoop. Provides nutritious meals daily to kids and adults coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Dorcas Soup Kitchen:

100 children and 20 adults.

Operates in Keetmanshoop. Provides nutritious meals daily to kids coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Geduld Primary School and Immanuel Hostel:

200 children.

Operates in Grunau. Provides education, shelter and food to kids from the Grunau and surrounding area.

Witkrans Primary School:

162 children and 8 adults.

Provide nutrient meals for underprivileged children from the Witkrans area.

Natascha Pre-Primary School & Day Care:

46 children.

Operates in Okuryangava, Windhoek, provide food and care to vulnerable children from the community.

Grace Project:

180 families.

Operates in Khomasdal, Windhoek. Distributes food parcels to vulnerable families, especially pensioners.

Proud Himba:

Based in Epupa, the project was founded in 2007 to extend help to the school children of the area. It not only looks after 30 children on a regular basis but also assists schools and the orphan feeding program.

MAD (Make a Difference Charity):

28 families.

Based in Tsumeb, they look after 28 families on a regular basis, which mostly consist of disabled youth and elderly, visually impaired or sickly elderly from the Kuvukiland settlement.

Men on the Side of the Road.

Operates in Windhoek and Swakopmund. MSR assists job seekers in acquiring skills to assist them in finding employment. The Gondwana Care Trust assist MSR to provide food parcels to active members of the organization who attend regularly (monthly) held community meetings geared towards sharing information on possible jobs or training and any other information that they need to have.

Spitzkoppe community:

The indigenous communities of the Spitzkoppe area are largely reliant on Tourism in the Spitzkoppe area for income. Since the pandemic, these communities had no income and means for sustenance. The GCT assists 56 families with food parcels.

Twaloloka community:

Since the communities of Twaloloka lost their homes to the fires in the community, the Gondwana Care Trust together with other likeminded organisations and soup kitchens has assisted the devastated communities with food.

Thank you to all you wonderful individuals for your contributions.

Thank you!

If you want to contribute with a cash donation, please find our banking details below. Please add your name / Food relief / Xmas Bag as a reference for your contribution.

Bank Windhoek Limited
Gondwana Care Trust
Maerua Mall Branch / 483 872
Chk – 800 818 44 91

Please contact the Care Trust if you would like to have more information. We cannot thank you enough for your support!

Gondwana Care Trust
caretrust@gcnam.com
+264 81 242 59 00