Ramsay Media's Cape Town staff collected just short of R2 000 - an amount matched
by the company - and then put aside time to assemble bright, cheery
packs comprising facecloths, toothpaste and brushes, pencils and
notebooks, colouring-in books and crayons, juice, biscuits, underwear,
balls and teddy bears, which we tehn handed over to representatives of
Matla a Bana and SAPS.
The need of the charity was comfort packs for boys rape survivors under 12 as they go through the ordeal of reporting the crime.
They planned on helping 200 kids and with the help of some of their JHB colleagues assisting with 75 packs, they reached their goal of helping 200 children between the ages of 4 and 12 years of age. 80 Volunteers assisted with this project of the 13th of July and the project will continue as they have decided that this will be their company's annual Mandela Day initiative.
The consider their project a success as child rape (and that of boys in particular,the focus of our efforts this
year) is heartbreaking. By focusing our attention and our efforts, we
will make the ordeal of reliving the trauma when recounting it to police
a little less daunting for these youngsters - our comfort packs will
make a difference.
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