Partnership with ANC Youth League
AMCARE launched a partnership with the Ward 38 Zakhisizwe Branch of the ANC Youth League in a programme called “Wheel to Life” on 8 October 2009.
The Branch, under chairmanship of Ms Noncedo Tujane, has taken the initiative to help AMCARE with its work of poverty relief in the townships.
They have come up with the idea of calling on all their members to contribute one grocery item each month which they will contribute to AMCARE for distribution to the poor.
The project is called WHEEL TO LIFE because they want it to gain momentum and keep on rolling into the future.
A large group of ANCYL members met with AMCARE management and staff on 8 October in the Air Liquide Conference Centre at AMCARE’s Injabulo Clinic to launch this Wheel to Life programme and appropriately enough, the first product they will asking their members to collect during this month is roll-on deodorant!
AMCARE was delighted by this unexpected show of compassion and support from the ANCYL, which is often only seen as a militant organisation.
Dr Vernon van Wyk, CEO of AMCARE said that this co-operation between two civic organisations like the ANCYL and AMCARE was a refreshing development that showed a concern amongst the youth for those less fortunate than themselves.
AMCARE in turn undertook to take this WHEEL TO LIFE project a step further by encouraging the Alberton Methodist Church congregation and all other AMCARE supporters to take up this challenge and collect a different product reach month, starting with the roll-ons. |
