You have literally blown us away.

It a lovely day as we are approaching Christmas at Ammish Community Development. Thank you for choosing our Organization! Today we recognize our friends: On the 14th December 2022 “Miss Bacholeret South Africa” top 16 ( Tsakane) and One Heart Project (OHP) and Miss Koketso Lehabe (on the 20th December 2022) for donating grocery for our Orphans and beneficiaries at large at Ammish.

The passion and care of people like you keep us going, and we hope to make you proud how this food and sanitary pads to be distributed monthly to benefit local families and our beneficiaries who rely on your generosity so they can access nutritious food throughout.

“As the holiday seasons brings cash flowing to retail business, Non-Profits can get it only from the action of hands.”

— Masishaba Mlotshwa, Director

Thank you again for your support and kindness!

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On Mandela Day, South African citizens are encouraged to spend 67 minutes of their time in service to others in need. These 67 minutes are in appreciation of the 67 years that Nelson Mandela spent fighting for justice, equality, and human rights for all. This encompasses the years he worked as a human rights lawyer, the years he spent in prison, the years of his presidency, and the years after that when he remained an icon and example for international human rights.  

Keagometswe Makhaya chose to spend 67 Minutes with Ammish Community Development and celebrate her birthday with our beneficiaries. But let’s hear what she has to say:

“My name is Keamogetswe from White City.
I grew up in meadowlands under the guidance of my pertanal grandma, I lost both my parents while I was still in school. My mother, when I was 8 and my father when I was 16. I grew up depressed and bitter, but had no one to vent to. I was so young and did not understand why I was feeling like, I couldn’t put a name to my condition.

I ended up finding joy, happiness and a voice with my peers. The streets was were I could be free, I was an alcoholic and was introduced to drugs like weed, codeine syrup and pills. I’ve spent all my 20s in the streets with friends, celebrated my birthdays with friends and alcohol.

I was blessed with a daughter, that’s when I quit my life style. When I celebrated my 30th I chose to do something totally different, I was grateful to God that I am still alive. I reflected on the fact that my mother never reached 30, therefore it was a huge milestone.

I am grateful for the life I am living , I plan to help teenagers who are in the same situation and help them speak up about how they feel.

I chose Ammish center to celebrate my birthday with them. I was celebrating life and I wanted to teach them that life can be hard, but it is worth celebrating and giving back.

Keagometswe Makhaya

It felt so good seeing their smile and the gratitude in their eyes, it was very fulfilling. I look forward to re-visit the center more, since it’s near my house.”

Thank you very much for your words and your support with the kids!

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Every Human deserves access to fresh and healthy food – which is why at Ammish we are helping and ensuring that all Families can stay happy and healthy. 2020 was a year with great challenges like no other and many Sowetan’s are still recovering from the impacts of the pandemic. Tzu Chi foundation from Taiwan managed to help and ensure better food relief co-ordination in our Community so everyone had what they need.

At Ammish we have risen and recovered. On this day we managed to distribute 100 food parcels to 90 elderly and 10 childheaded households…Thank you Tzu Chi for the support in these times. We are looking forward to future cooperation.

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Dear Readers,

Last week Ammish got some generous donations from ADRS Diversified Services, one of the leading providers of debt collection and debt recovery services. They brought us food grocery for our Beneficiaries and Elderly persons.

Ammish managing director would like to thank the whole team to keep up the good work of planting a seed not to us only. The Company also donated 80 shoe boxes to the shoebox project to share and give a smile to the needy and vulnerable children that benefited all through the years. May you be blessed and continue doing these good deeds. Ammish is always willing to cooperate with you in the future!

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Do you remember our christmas shoebox campaign? In August we started building partnerships with local companies and private donors to bring a christmas surprise to our children. Finally, in December, the work was done!

With the help of many volunteers from AMMISH and our wonderful partners we prepared Meadowlands Zone 3 Hall (Bapedi) for the special event. On arrival the kids were stunned to find huge jumping castles, delicious meals and even comedians from EMS Crew for their entertainment. You should have seen those sparkling eyes!

To make an even greater impact in our community we also invited 100 Gogo’s to join us and the kids. For AMMISH it is very important to involve all ages in our programmes to strengthen solidarity and support in the society. Grandmas are the pillars of our families – everything that benefits them will be forwarded to us through their love and care.

After some speeches, food (KFC for the kids and professional catering for the older ones) and entertainment we eventually started distributing the presents. To be fair all children got the same items – clothes in different sizes of course. Everyone was gifted a pair of shoes, stationary, a new attire (trousers and t-shirts) and some nice, tasty Simba Chips to make them happy. All content was chosen to be useful and sustainable (ok, forget about the Chips ), because we want our interventions to have a long lasting effect. To also reach the most needy families in our community all gogo’s were given food parcels and warm blankets to bring home.

All in all we are drawing a very positive conclusion regarding our christmas event. It was a lot of work, but led to many joyful children and consolidated the bond between the community and AMMISH as an organization. Nevertheless we were hoping to be able to delight even more of our beneficiaries – which are more than 3500 at present. But we had to realize the difficulties of organizing such a big event and finding enough partners and voluntary support. Well, we are experienced now and will never give up or stop learning. Next time, we are even better prepared!

THANK YOU

All this would not have been possible without the active support of our friends and partners. A big thank you goes to Mr. Michael Sun, MMC for public safety at the city of Joburg. Host and funder of the whole event was Mrs. Li Potgieter from China South Africa Health Foundation, we’re so greatful for your aid! Mrs. Ouma Morodi and Mr. Tsediso Monareng represented JMPD at our event – how could you feels safer than in their presence? The mascot and the people from EMS crew made this special day a great deal funnier, you were awesome :). Last but not least we want to send a special thank you to our German friend Tabea (and all her supporters) who spared no effort and did a lot of fundraising thousands of kilometres away. And of course: Thank you AMMISH Staff, you carry this organization every day!

May you all be blessed!

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