South Africa

The IDC donation was used towards supplying a total of 200,000 litres of water, over 80 tons of food as well as thousands of hygiene packs, mattresses and blankets to affected communities during May 2022. Areas included Ndwedwe, Umlazi, Inanda, Marianhill, Amaoti, Ntuzuma, Chatsworth, Verulam, Riet River, Phoenix, Isipingo, Kwa Mashu, Molweni, Tongaat, PoloPony, Embo, Tshemimnyana, Chesterville, Lindelani, Newlands, Queensburgh, Malagazi, Welbedacht and Waterfall. “We sympathise with the people of KZN during this trying time. The IDC is deeply concerned about the …

IDC Donates R1.9m Emergency Relief to KZN Appeal Read More »

Following heavy rains and flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, volunteer teams from Ashraful Aid are in various districts of Durban attending to needs of families. Huge numbers of people lost their homes, possessions and now entirely destitute. People living near rivers are worst affected. Scenes from Marianhill, Verulam, Tongaat and Waterloo in KwaZulu-Natal province where Ashraful Aid Disaster Response teams are providing emergency items such as food, blankets and mattresses to residents. One of the biggest challenges right now is …

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Concerned with the rapid deterioration of some roads,Azaadville’s ward 3 councillor Shabier Dabheliahapproached Ashraful Aid for assistance. This was a veryuncommon request but Moulana Ahmed Namutambafrom Ashraful Aid’s Azaadville branch saw the urgentneed required and arranged for the streets to berepaired on Tajmahal, Badshani and near the shoppingcentre in Azaadville.With the assistance of a private donor we are buildingtwo public toilets behind the post office. The initiative isaimed to allow for more toilets in the vicinity of the grantand pension …

ASSISTING THE COMMUNITY OF AZAADVILLE – SOUTH AFRICA Read More »

Ashraful Aid, in collaboration with the City ofJohannesburg’s Sports and Recreation Departmenthosted a 7km Fun Walk for Charity on Sunday,November 7th 2021, at the Lenasia Cricket Stadium. Thefun walk began on Hummingbird Avenue in Ext 1, withthe final lap concluding inside the stadium. The eventattracted participants from Lenasia, and other parts ofJohannesburg. Among those who joined the fun walkwere members of Blind Cricket SA.    

Excitement was in the air in October, as host affiliateBlind Cricket South Africa welcomed visually impairedcricketers from various provinces around the country toJohannesburg, for the Blind Cricket South Africa T20National Tournament. The BCSA T20 NationalTournament is the showpiece event in the domestic blindcricket calendar year and we were humbly appreciativeof being approached to assist the players and otherparticipants with meals for the event. From October 4-8,we supplied the breakfast, lunch and dinner meals formost of the days throughout the tournament.MONTHLY …

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