CEMS staff with the gifts they bought.
CEMS staff recently made the Christmas dreams of more than a hundred children come true when they bought the items on the children’s wish lists. Santa would have found it difficult to deliver the pile of presents with a few reindeer and eventually used a truck to deliver the gifts to the Abraham Kriel orphanage in Limpopo!
“It was a great day for the children! The gifts which you so lovingly bought made them feel loved and special and I basically cannot stop saying thank you on behalf of these children”, said Mrs Gezina Lombard, the marketer at the orphanage.
The Abraham Kriel orphanage is situated in Modimolle in Limpopo Province and it takes care of 135 kids between the ages of 3 and 19. CEMS launched the wish list project in 2011. This year 15 houses received gifts from Unisa staff. These included clothing, food, stationery and toys. Eleven houses received gifts from departments in CEMS, and two from the department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Department of Communication in CHS.
According to Mrs Helene Louw who organised the collection of the gifts, CEMS will continue partnering with individuals, departments and communities in order to help and give hope to the children of Abraham Kriel orphanage for years to come.
*Story submitted by Tumisho Mashego
