"IT takes a village to raise a child."
This is the change that the Technical and Vocational Educational Training Colleges Governors’ Council (TVETCGC) wants to bring to the needy kids of the Keiskammahoek Child and Youth Care Centre in the Eastern Cape.
The centre provides shelter and care for over 60 children who rely on government grants and donations.
The TVETCGC hosted its first charity golf day on Friday, 1 December 2023, at the Irene Country Club in Centurion, Gauteng, to support a good cause.
It brought together golf enthusiasts, sponsors and donors who share a passion for improving the lives of vulnerable children.
The Keiskammahoek Child and Youth Care Centre is a vital facility that provides shelter, care and educational support to children in need.
TVETCGC president, Sthembiso Khanyile, said the centre is currently housed at the S. S. Gida Hospital in Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape.
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He said their desire was to raise funds and build a centre for the organisation. Sthembiso said they decided to hold a golf day to raise money to build the centre.
He said the golf day aimed to attract sponsors and donors to participate in the project that will bring homes and change to kids in need.
Mbasa Metuse of Itsamaya Holdings said they had responded to a call by the organisers to participate in the effort to improve the situation at the centre.
"The aim is to contribute to community development. We want the lives of destitute children to change and for them to realise their human right to live in a conducive environment," Metuse said.
He said he dreams of some of the children becoming better people.
"This initiative is more about creating future leaders," he said.
"We hope that the project will be so sustainable that some of these children will go to universities and realise their goals and contribute to society themselves and inspire other children that anything is possible in life."
