Small in numbers but big in action, these PE women

OWN CORRESPONDENT

The committee is only six strong with a total membership of 94. However, this small band of dedicated volunteers, work relentlessly to uphold the mission of the UJW which is to invest in all the peoples of South Africa and to create a better life for all.

The guest speakers this year were Reb Aryeh Furman, rabbi of the PE Hebrew Congregation and Lindsay Ziehl, manager of the Yokhuselo Haven for Battered Women. Among the guests were some of the recipients of the 2016 projects. 

Dream Dress Drive PE received matric dance dresses, shoes and fashion jewellery, to give to girls who cannot afford to buy their own.

Groom a Girl Initiative enabled these girls to buy a computer. This group consists of young professional women providing assistance to young girls who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They invest time in grooming each girl individually, as well as empowering them to be the best that they can be, and that despite their background, there is a world of opportunity awaiting them. 

Heaven’s Mission Angels Feeding Scheme provides soup kitchens for the hungry across PE and its surrounds. It received dry goods such as samp, baked beans, mealie meal and soup packets.  

Algoa Council for the Aged received knitted blankets, beanies and scarves.

Yokhuselo Haven is a safe house for battered women. It received garden furniture and plants, as well as children’s clothing and knitted toys.

Nkosinathi Foundation of aid for the blind and partially-sighted people,  receive a monthly food allowance.

Port Elizabeth Hebrew Congregation received 20 siddurim.  

The Jewish Pioneer Memorial Museum received a security gate.

UJW PE sent money to the  UJW headquarters to start a fund for the terrible fires that raged in Israel in November, with the money handed to the JNF.