Social Responsibility
Project
As part
of Orion Software's social awareness campaign we will be supporting a charity for
a financial year. We extend an invitation to you to join us as we support
this year's charity and various others in future years in order to help bring upliftment
to society in South Africa.
We welcome your suggestions for any
other charities to be supported in the future.
This year
the Children's Feeding Trust will be the beneficiary of our campaign.
"A child free of
hunger is a healthy child and a healthy child makes for a hopeful future."
The Children’s Feeding Fund was established in 1958 and
was then known as The School Feeding Fund. From it’s inception, the fund had
an enthusiastic and devoted band of volunteers and thanks to their fundraising efforts,
they were feeding 10 000 children within the first year.
Delia with the children from Jerusalem
Ministries during TV break
The fund's family continued to grow and by 1995, 37 years
after it's founding, they were feeding 47 000 children at 90 schools every day.
Subsequently, government has taken
over the responsibility of the school feeding fund and hence the formation of The
Children’s Feeding Trust.
The purpose of the Children’s Feeding Trust is to support
a variety of charities who are conducting feeding schemes.
The following charities are being supported by The Children's
Feeding Trust:
- The House of Resurrection Haven
- The Yokhuselo Haven
- The Missionvale Care Centre
- Kenton and Bushmans Child and Family Welfare
- Lukhanyiso Home
- Port Elizabeth Mental Health Society
- South African National Tuberculosis Association PE and Uitenhage
- Walmer Soup Kitchen
- Aurora (Physically Disabled Children)
- St Marks District Fund
- Jerusalem Ministries
- St. Vincent De Paul

Mrs Loretta Scarr from the Children's Feeding Trust getting to know the children
The Children's Feeding Trust’s fundraising efforts include
the following:
- A second hand book store that operates for 6 days a week.
- The manufacture and sale of greeting cards by volunteers.
- The selling of home made donated jams and marmalade.
- A letter of appeal, once a year, to thousands of Companies
and individuals.
- Street collection tins once a year all over Port Elizabeth.
- Collection tins at schools.
- Bulk book sales every 4 to 6 months.
- Adverts in local newspapers to create awareness.
All donations are appreciated and acknowledged individually.
Address:
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PO Box 5132, Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6065.
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Telephone:
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(041) 581 4371
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E-Mail:
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cftrust@isat.co.za |