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StreetSmart diners raise money for children
Cape Town - StreetSmart SA, an organisation dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants in the Western Cape and Gauteng, has handed R45 000 to the Swellendam Bursary Fund, their Swellendam beneficiary for 2015.
The Swellendam Bursary Fund provides bursaries to promising local young people wishing to study at university or college, but who do not have the means to pay for their studies.
“The StreetSmart donation is a welcome injection at a time when one overseas donor could no longer support our Bursary Fund. The amount given comprises thirty percent of our total budget for this year, which is quite substantial. We are extremely grateful for the donation because it enables us to provide bursaries to all the students of Swellendam who merit financial support,” said Basil May, chairman of the Swellendam Bursary Fund.
The leading contributing restaurant in Swellendam over the past year, raising the most money in aid of StreetSmart, is Café Oppie Stoep.
Nationally, StreetSmart South Africa has donated the grand sum of R1.04 million for 2015 to various charities working towards the upliftment of street children. In addition to the Swellendam Bursary Fund, the other beneficiaris are: Cape Town Multi Service Centre, Home from Home, Learn to Live, Ons Plek, T.L.C. Outreach Projects in Cape Town; Kusasa in Franschhoek, Home from Home in Stellenbosch, Kids Haven in Johannesburg, Masizame in Plettenberg Bay and PEN in Pretoria.
StreetSmart Restaurateurs and their diners are taking hands to make a difference in their communities supporting organisations that are actively involved with social development and rehabilitation of street children with the ultimate goal of family re-unification.
There are currently 90 restaurants that have embraced StreetSmart’s vision to make a real difference to the lives of street children. Funds are raised by adding a R5 donation to each table's bill at the participating restaurants. This donation is voluntary and diners are able to contribute more if they wish to.
For more information or to make a donation, contact StreetSmart.
