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Blankets
bearing the five transport values have been donated to two orphanages in Soweto to keep the
children warm over winter.
MANY
needy children from Emdeni and Walter Sisulu orphanages in Soweto
will stay warm this winter, following a donation of blankets by the City of Johannesburg.
Rehana
Mosajee, the mayoral committee member for transportation, and other officials donated
more than 80 blankets to the two orphanages in Soweto on Tuesday, 7 July.
The blankets spell out the City's transport values
The black
and yellow blankets were inscribed with the five transport values of accountability,
co-operation, honesty, respect and ubuntu. Mosajee first stopped at Emdeni,
were she handed more than 38 blankets to the section head, Sizakele Khumalo.
Receiving
the blankets on behalf of the children, Khumalo expressed her gratitude to Mosajee
for remembering the children.
"We
are grateful for this generous humanitarian gesture that will make a tremendous
difference in the lives of the children. The blankets will help us to cut down
electricity costs."
From
there, Mosajee went to the Walter Sisulu Centre, also in Soweto, where she donated 50 blankets. "Please
accept this small token from the department of transport and we hope that the
donation will help the children." Mosajee said.
"We
hope that you assist in educating the community on transport values because so
many lives have been lost on the roads."
Sandra
Madella, the head of the centre, thanked the officials for their help in the
upkeep of needy children. "It is quite cold at the moment and our central
heating is not working properly; definitely the donation will come in handy,"
she said.
After
the presentation, the officials were entertained by the children, who danced
for the visitors; they were then shown around the facility.
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