REACHING OUT TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

There are very few people who are fully concerned with the welfare of others.  Home of Hope in Tableview is full of such people!  It is for this reason that we have made supporting them a priority for our Rivigan Property Cape Town team.

After our last visit, in April 2013, they had this to share with us:

If children live with security, they learn to have faith. If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. If children live with acceptance and friendship they learn to find love in the world.

Thank you for reaching out to us and sharing your love.

At Home of Hope we are trying to create this positive environment so that our children can learn these invaluable lessons, and experience the love they so deserve.

It is through the generous donations and support that we are equipped to do so.

Thank you for your donation of the Easter eggs. It was greatly appreciated, and enjoyed!

You have made a difference to us and to the children and we thank you. We pray that you, the giver, find rich reward in the gift of giving.

If you would like to support them too, please visit their website, www.homeofhope.co.za,  and explore the many options to get involved with this community assistance project!

HOME OF HOPE

We recently had the special privilege to make a donation to a local home that performs an amazing, generous and much needed service to our Tableview community.  The Home of Hope  establishment aims to protect, educate and support abandoned, abused, neglected and HIV infected children.  They are a registered Child Protection Organization with the goal to break the cycle of abuse.

They are a light on the hill that hopes to teach our children that if they live with security they learn to have faith.  If children live with approval they learn to have confidence and to like themselves.  If children live with acceptance and friendship they learn to find love in the world.

At Home of Hope they are constantly trying to create and reinforce a positive environment so that our children can learn these invaluable lessons and experience the love they so desperately deserve. 

Their mission is:

• Care for and support children in community based foster homes. 
• Raise awareness through information and education of the plights and needs of children. 
• Provide special needs education for FASD and neurologically challenged children who are not coping in conventional schools. 
• Create an environment where children can be nurtured holistically to develop to their full God given potential. 
• Partner and network with relevant stakeholders, other organizations, businesses and individuals to be more effective in creating a brighter future for these children and families in need. 
• Cultivate a shared responsibility with relevant stakeholders and the community towards the continually changing socio-economic problems which affect children. 
• Define the specific needs of each community, and ensure the correct application and division of supplies to enrich and assist that community in achieving their own goals (Robin Hood Principle). 
• Continue to build a credible and sustainable support operation through transparency, honesty and accountability, within a framework of Christian ethics and principles.

Not only do they support their own children and foster homes, but they also pass on surplus donations to other NGO's and households in poverty pockets.  If you would like to support them in any way, here's their wishlist.  You can also sponsor a child, volunteer or get involved in their buddy system. 

TEDDY BEAR DRIVE

giving back to the community

Ever since the 1902 bear-hunt incident in 1902 in which Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt sparked the imagination of local toy maker Morris Michtom, teddy bears have been a favourite children the world over.  On Sunday 17 June, the Rivigan Group was privileged to sponsor the Featherbrooke Estate’s Father’s Day Teddy Bear drive.

Stirling Spengler, Allison Airey-Spengler, Michelle Neill,  Lynne Goodwill & Ray Kirby (Featherbrooke Agents) are pictured here with the magician, Winnie-the-Pooh and some of the children who partook in the fun activities! 

A beautiful JHB winter’s day was warmed by the sincerity and generosity of the families that joined us.  Michelle Neill, the Social Manager for the estate, had asked us to supply cupcakes, colouring-in activities and crayons; we managed to rope in Winnie-the-Pooh and had a carousel for the little-ones too!  All of the residents brought their own picnic baskets and each family donated a new teddy bear for the drive.