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Nearly every week for the last 16 months food parcels and nutritious sandwiches have been delivered to the people of Kliptown in Soweto.

This follows a pledge by residents in Melrose North and Birdhaven at the beginning of lockdown in April last year.
Using the suburbs’ WhatsApp groups, a communication network was set up to raise donations and food collections to support the community of Kliptown.

Migrants around Johannesburg say they are struggling to put food on the table with South Africa being on alert level four of the national lockdown. They now have to rely on handouts to survive.

Can you imagine living without all the music and TV for the rest of the year? After the COVID-10 Lockdowns many local talented performers in the performing arts industry are forgoing the basics of food and shelter.

The Angel Network jumps in to help raise money in an initiative to feed these performing artists.

Sibambisene Foundation, an Alexandra-based non-profit organisation continued their weekly outreach programme of feeding disadvantaged communities in Johannesburg.

“As Sibambisene Foundation, we have been doing a lot of great work for the community of Gauteng for the past four years,” said Linda Mbatha secretary-general of Sibambisene Foundation.

The foundation also extended its gratitude to the Angel Network and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) for their continued support towards the NPO and for sponsoring the feeding scheme programme.

A new thing the organisation has done is adopted villages around the country that they are calling Angel Villages. To do this, they launched a fundraising campaign to raise over R2 500 000 on Charidy and to get the funds, had to reach 50% of that prior to their event which they have done successfully.

The Angel Network has already assisted 200 000 people in need in all nine provinces – but it intends to increase its reach more significantly through its #ConnectingKindness campaign, aiming to raise a ’’staggering’’ amount of money due to poverty-alleviating measures never being more urgent.

The Gauteng Together initiative launched in April 2020 by the Angel Network, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and CONECKT to address the social impact of the pandemic.

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Social Youth Care, a non-profit organisation (NPO) based in Alexandra that strives to combat poverty in Alex and the surrounding areas, distributed necessities to the community of Alex on 18 July thanks to donations by The Angel Network and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

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When 200 shacks in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, went up in smoke on 2nd July leaving 1000 people destitute and homeless, The Angel Network SA did what they do best… they rallied the troops to give a HAND UP and #MakeaDifference!

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The Angel Network has been on a mission to spread their reach into as many communities as possible; the charity negotiated a deal that will save lives.

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Dozens of families have lost their homes in Alexandra this past week after a fire gutted their shacks inside an abandoned building. The Angel Network will be handing out essentials and other household items and have made a call to the public to donate to the affected families.

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The Angel Network is a non-profit organisation who aims to help those in need. The organisation put out an appeal on social media urging the public to donate to the affected families and have received a great response from the public. Founder of the Angel Network Glynne Wolman said, “After about two hours this morning (3 July) we had received over 2 500 blankets, hundreds of kilograms of food, thousands of black bags of clothes and linen as well as crockery, cutlery and household items.”

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The Angel Network started a collection drive, asking people to please drop off donations today, between 10 am and 2 pm. It has been 1 hour since the first donation was dropped off and within the hour, thousands of blankets have been dropped off, bags filled with clothing and groceries.

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Local philanthropy has also pitched in to help with the impact of the lockdown on the poor. The private sector-driven Solidarity Fund has received pledges of $108 million to date, and local relief organisations, from the Gift of the Givers through to the Angel Network, are part of a diverse civil society network in South Africa that is working to combat hunger.

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The Angel Network recently raised funds for students without data, struggling to keep up with online classwork. One recipient of data wrote a thank you to donors.

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The Angel Network together with Boikanyo are hoping to feed hundreds of thousands of starving people epap on world hunger day and beyond.

500g pack of ePap feeds an adult for 10 days & costs just R25.

We implore everyone to donate as many packets as possible to feed millions of starving people.

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Since the beginning of the lockdown Marilyn Bassin is the founder of Boikanyo, has been raising funds with the e’Pap Foundation and The Angel Network, so that they reach some of the farthest-flung regions of the country for the Save a Soul project.

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The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has raised R9 million to feed families harshly impacted by Covid-19 and restrictions in place to flatten the curve.

The donation was largely made possible through an anonymous donor along with various Jewish-based organisations and community members.

To donate or contact us for more info on this, click here or mail Glynne

To donate or contact us for more info on this, click here or mail Glynne

Aviva-Liora La Torre-Ek, a South African expat living in Sweden, used social media to rally her international friends, raising funds for the Angel Network.

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Aviva-Liora La Torre-Ek, a South African expat living in Sweden, used social media to rally her international friends, raising funds for the Angel Network to feed hundreds of families.

The 32 year-old, born in SA and moved to Sweden 6 years ago. said that South African still holds a special place in her heart.

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The project was initiated by The Angel Network, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and CONECKT, and is supported by a range of organisations, individuals and local community volunteers.

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With the endless drumbeat of morbid stories and pictures of pain and suffering, communal organisations and ordinary people in the community are making an extraordinary impact.

The SA Jewish Report this week went to see where the community’s cash, kindness, and compassion lands up.

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Samuel Nonyane was seen carrying his three-week-old twins through the mall; a woman asked where his wife was and learned a heartbreaking tale.

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As the world experiences lockdown due to the coronavirus, the reality of the poverty stricken who barely make ends meet and now have even the smallest of jobs prohibited, and the unemployed who rely on help to survive is a bleak one. Being this poor is a struggle to survive even a global pandemic. So it’s heartening to hear that even under these difficult circumstances, The Angel Network is doing their utmost to help the most vulnerable in our society.

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The Heideveld “Biscuit Boy” who captured the hearts of Cape Flats mense  is one step closer to fulfilling his dream after donors came forward to sponsor his first year at college.

Alone in the world and left to raise himself for more than a year, Luke Smith, 18, has officially been enrolled for business management studies at the College of Cape Town after The Angel Network funded his fees for an entire year.

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Taryn Winer inspired the Angel Network by using her daughter’s 7th birthday to do some good for orphans in South Africa, gifting useful goodie bags to the charity.

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The Angel Network is raising funds to make a dream come true!

Despite her situation, Phila is dedicated to educating herself and working hard to become a neurosurgeon!

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Sasha-Lee Laurel Olivier, voted one of the most beautiful women in the country at the Miss South Africa competition, is on a mission to bring solace to survivors of sexual assault.

Sasha-Lee herself was sexually abused as a child, so she understands… Listen to HOT 91 Cares podcast to hear more.

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The Angel Network want to give the gift of safety to families in need this December; collecting unused and unwanted car-chairs.

If you have a car-chair or booster you would like to donate, you can contact the Angel Network

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Sasha-Lee Laurel Olivier, voted one of the most beautiful women in the country at the Miss South Africa competition, is going to represent South Africa at the Miss World pageant… and she’ll be there on a mission to use the world famous platform to bring solace to survivors of sexual assault. Sasha-Lee herself was sexually abused as a child, so she understands…To donate or contact us for more info on this, click here or mail Glynne

Today was such an Awesome Blessed day when Miss World SA 2019 SASHA-LEE OLIVIER joined Kevin Alexander of The Alexander Institute for Self-Development at Kensington Library to hand over 100 Comfort Packs for victims of Rape and Abuse.

The Institute will ensure that the packs are distributed where the dire need exists like Victim Support Rooms at Police Stations and other NGO’s dealing with vulnerable survivors of abuse.

The Angel Network saw a feature on Carte Blanche about Rape Kits and decided to help, they collected funds for 2000 kits for women and children.