On the 5th November from 9am to 14hrs we hosted a High tea party at KOL CAFE. Like 2021 we gathered women supported by their gentlemen who are entrepreneurs from different brands, beauty, hair products, fashion, wine testing, small businesses. They all came together promoting awareness in the name of fundraising for Ammish Community Development. This shall help to continue sustaining our programmes on the ground seeing that they are making a difference in the community at large. A make-up master class was also added to keep our guests engaged. They got to see and feel the products that they were encouraged to buy.

Speaker of the afternoon: Yvette Ratshikhopa

Yvette Ratshikhopa as our Guest Speaker, she is an award winning international life & leadership coach and Author. She gave a good lesson on healing from childhood/ past traumas,parenting, setting life goals and actioning/execute our visions and plans.

The main objective of this high tea, was to give Female entrepreneurs a chance to put their Name out there for a good cause/purpose in uplifting our beneficiaries for future outcomes because not everyone is academically gifted, we also need to consider our skills gifted one’s.

Impact and Outcome

The event made an impact, we achieved what we hoped for. Turnout was great as ladies and gentlemen came from all over soweto to support our initiative. Youth and young adults also actively supported the event.
And for those looking to recreate memorable sixties outfits still influencing fashion today: Our guests came in fancy dresses and suits that reminded us where we coming from way back. Sixties fashion never seem to go out of style whether you going on a party or costume party. They all came with few basic items, leaving accessories to imagination and creativity, with versatile costumes and unique memorable 2022 High Tea of its own kind. Thank you to all who participated and made the event a success!

Hosted by Masishaba Elizabeth Mlotshwa (Managing Director)
And Miss Keamogetswe Makhaya (planting a seed and giving back to AMMISH)

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At the heart of gifting is a purpose. We give because we love,we care and appreciate others.

On the 3rd October 2021 Ammish was invited to walk with purpose. Our supporters gave from their heart-took time to walk to help raise funds for Breast cancer, were a gift pack was provided to the supporter to raise funds and awareness about Breast Cancer.

It was the 16th Avon Justine iThemba Walkerthon. Ammish took a walk at Emperor’s Palace with 50 participants encouraging women to go for regular breast screening and thereby potentially saving countless lives. Thank you to all who participated and thereby put this important topic high on the agenda. Here you can find pictures of last years walkathon.

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Dear Supporters and World,

On the 27th April 2021 Ammish Community Development hosted Amadodakazi Asebukhosini for our Teenagers (Celebrating the Beauty of a daughter) at Arthur Ash Tennis Hall at Central Western Jabavu in Soweto. Let us begin with the following scripture:

The Story of Amadodakazi Asebukhosini

The story behind the Event is to embrace our daughters from 9-17 years who attended the Event. Amatsitsi from Ukukhanya youth production together with Umama wezi Intombi (Older Zulu Women) from Zola township in Soweto were dancing and singing with pride for our girls. The Reed dance is an annual Event which aims to celebrate and unify nations as well as honouring nation virgin maidens. In light of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This cultural practise hopes to curb this epidemic by promoting a culture of respect for young women

Who vow to remain virgins until marriage, it also fosters self-esteem, strengthens community, and provides a strong sense of cultural identity essential for Nation-building. It is all about teaching morals and good Behaviour to young girls. Also teaches young girls, who have to be virgins in order to participate about how yhey should act as grown women. As part of promoting Celibasy until marriage and the girl to respect their bodies.

This was a good opportunity to our School girls joining in traditional singing and dancing in their culture.
This kind of cultural Event such as Amadodakazi Asebukhosini for our Teenagers ussually takes place at royal residents of the Chief, with us it took place at our own Arthur AshTennis hall. Thank you to all people that participated, supported the event and of course our awesome girls!

Sponsor: CocaCola Beverages Africa

You may find also interesting:

• Ithemba Walkerthon for Breast Cancer awareness
• High Tea Party in Soweto
• Interview with director Masishaba Mlotshwa

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Have you ever taken part in a walkerthon? For the 15th year Avon/ Justine organized their Ithemba walkerthon. This time in partnership with Ammish Community Development we hosted a 400m virtual walk for Breast Cancer Awareness. To find our Organization taking part in such big events is a priviledge and we feel recognised and honoured.
It was amazing to see our Elderly, Mothers, Youth and Children enjoying the 400m walk to five Roses to meet other engaged people. Especially during these times it is important that we still stand-up together and raise awareness of other burning issues in our world.

Fighting Breast Cancer

The walk was to inform our community especially Mothers and Elderly to do regular self- examination, annual checkups and mammograms to reduce the risk of not finding a problem before its too late.
A wonderful thank you to each and everyone who supported and took part in 400m Breast Cancer walkerthon this past Saturday 31st October 2020. Hopefully males will also join or take part in this annually event next year.
This walk is very close to my heart and its always fulfilling to reach the finishline to a difference to a person who is a victim or a surviver. Thank you very much,

Masishaba Mlotshwa

Know the signs.
Know the risks.
Know how to take action.

#Avon Justine#Ithemba walkerthon# pinkistrides#Monatewalk#Walkinkind# Journeysis# Ammish Community Development.

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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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Big news for Christmas 2018: We are starting our own Santa Campaign

Edit: See how our campaign went.

In 2018 we applied for Santa Shoebox again as we did in 2017 successfully. Short info: Santa Shoebox is an organization which collects shoeboxes with presents from individuals and gives them to children in need. Last year we only asked for 500 boxes and got 700 pieces. In 2018 we hoped to get 3500, because our numbers of children expanded so incredibly fast. Unfortunately, Santa Shoebox didn’t have the capacities to supply us this year  . But we want our children to be happy during Christmas time…

That’s why we will be our own Santa this year!

Together with many corporate partners in Soweto and surroundings we want to stem this challenge and prepare 3500 present boxes to make this Christmas really special for all our beneficiaries. That is why we need your help! 

There are three major aspects where we need support:

• donations of the boxes content
• help with packing boxes
• financial support to compensate gaps in content supply

How does it work?

1. Companies and big donors are asked to take part in our Christmas Shoebox Survey: ammish.org/christmas-shoeboxes (in the survey we will ask questions on how you can support us). Private donors please read the FAQ at the bottom   .
2. We will evaluate the results and make a plan about who is responsible for what
3. We will contact our parners and tell them exactly what they can do to help (within their capabilities)
4. All boxes will be compiled, packed (in a big community event) and stored until the end of November
5. We will distribute the boxes to our children

FAQ’s

Can I support you as a private donor?

Yes you can and we appreciate your help a lot. Please use the information provided in the donations box at the bottom of the page. If you want to volunteer and help you can also contact us through: ammish.org/contact.

When will we hear back from AMMISH?

We will collect all the information from different partners and make a plan who will cover which gender and age group. As soon as we are done with that we will tell you exactly what we need from you.

When should we have our items ready at the latest?

Ammish needs all the items at the end of October. If you’re faster – awesome!

How can we contact AMMISH if further questions arise?

You can use the contact information on our contact page: ammish.org/contact.

Can we receive a tax deductible donation receipt?

Yes of course you can! We are an acknowledged NPO and can issue donation receipts. Please write a separate email after your donation that we can issue your receipt.

We have chosen to pack boxes ourselves, can you tell us the approximate value of the items?

All items together should be around R250 upwards to insure the quality and fairness of the presents.

Will my company benefit from this campaign?

We hope that the good cause of the campaign is enough reward for you. But of course, every partner will be credited on our website, social media and in the newspapers.

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