ABOUT OUR CHARITIES

Our community means a lot to us and we are dedicated to assisting in whatever way we can. Although we all wish we could do more, we have dedicated ourselves to a few causes that are close to our hearts, being the Hillcrest Aids Centre, Tafta and the wonderful Kitten Action.

The Little Fighters Cancer Trust draws it’s inspiration from children who have no choice but to battle Cancer daily and the trials and tribulations their families face. From starting out as a local charity in the Drakenstein area, we have grown exponentially and due to the great demand for support country wide, are now established as a national Childhood Cancer Charity. Many of the Families we support have only one breadwinner as one of the parents had to leave their employment to care for their child permanently. There are also numerous single parent families which we support. Families loose their homes, their vehicles and their hope due to mounting medical expenses. Some of the families we support cannot afford daily necessities such as food, water and electricity, clothing or transport because the medical expense associated with their Child’s Cancer receives priority. It is of paramount importance to support these families in their everyday lives as there is a huge gap in the system in South Africa concerning care and support for families of Children with Cancer. This is one of the reasons why the Little Fighters Cancer Trust is doing everything possible with our limited resources to raise Awareness for Childhood Cancer. Please feel free to join our facebook support page where daily updates on the Little Fighters are posted. We also have a website where you are able to learn more about our Little Fighters journey’s with Child- hood Cancer and about the workings of the Trust. We have a dedicated youtube channel with videos of some of our Little Fighters, we blog, we tweet, we have a dedicated sms line for donating and we have a monthly newsletter. Below are links which you are welcome to follow and see what we are about. Thomas Engela - Trustee and Founder - +27 074 886 5125 Donovan Louw - Trust Accountant - +27 021 872 8246 For more information on how to help visit www.littlefighters.org.za or our FACEBOOK page

HILLCREST AIDS CENTRE

The Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust is a faith-based ministry that has grown to become a multi-faceted HIV/AIDS project. This ministry attempts to address the impact of the devastating HIV/AIDS pandemic in a practical and holistic way. The mission of the organization is and always has been to show unconditional love to all infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in a practical way.

All aspects of the HACT project have arisen out of an observed need. That is, where a need has been witnessed, a plan has been put in place to attempt to meet the need in a way that uplifts and empowers, rather than judges and demoralises.

HACT is a registered Trust and non-profit organization and all trustees are volunteers from the professional sector. The Trust has an external audit annually, and has earned itself a credible track record over the years for financial accountability.
For more information on how to help visit www.hillaids.org.za or contact them on 031 765 5866

TAFTA

TAFTA (The Association for the Aged) is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO 002093) dedicated to the alleviation of distress and the promotion of the welfare and happiness of aged person living in the Durban area.

TAFTA's goal is to help elderly men and women remain independent for as long as possible – and services such as Home Based Care and Meals on Wheels are designed to provide the support that makes this possible.

However, sometimes it becomes necessary for a person to move into a protective environment where they can receive friendly support, including 24-hour nursing care if necessary. TAFTA owns several retirement complexes, homes and blocks of flats, which are available for people over the age of 60 to rent or purchase on a life right basis. For more information on how to help visit www.tafta.org.za or contact them on 031 332 3721

KITTEN ACTION is a project of the animal rights group, JUSTICE for ANIMALS, which was launched in 1997 to rescue abandoned and unwanted kittens and to care for them until they are old enough to go to permanent homes.

Scores of unwanted or abandoned kittens, who would otherwise be put down or die cruel deaths are saved every year by Kitten Action, the only organization in Durban that takes in kittens from as young as a few hours old and bottle-feeds them. More importantly, it finds homes for them and ensures that they are sterilized before reaching six months of age.

Since it started in 1997, Kitten Action has homed more than two thousand kittens. But it is not only concerned with the babies. Adult cats are also given the opportunity of a better life.

For more information on how to help visit www.kittenaction.org.za or contact them on

CANSA – Breast Cancer Awareness Month (OCTOBER)

Each October we raise money through our “Think Pink” items for the benefit of CANSA and Breast Cancer research and awareness. CANSA is a community-driven and volunteer-based organisation that has been fighting cancer to save lives for the past 79 years. Started in 1931 by a group of medical professional concerned about the high incidence of cancer, CANSA has grown to become one of the leading cancer NGOs in the country with 45 offices around the country and more than 12 000 volunteers and 260 staff members. For more information about the good work that CANSA does please visit their website – www.cansa.org.za