CWD: May this Agency Rise from the Ashes
My personal association with Catholic Welfare & Development (CWD)—the welfare agency of the archdiocese of Cape Town which had to close its doors in November—makes me think of the 1980s. It calls to...
Category: Charity
Nazareth Durban Reopens with an Invitation to All
The official reopening of Nazareth House in Durban takes place on Saturday, June 8, and members of the public have been invited to tour the facility and meet the management team. This time last...
Caregivers Urged to Look After Themselves Too!
The Catholic Health Care Association (CATHCA) held its Gauteng provincial conference, with staff and members coming together to meet other care workers and share their experiences and challenges. CATHCA, a non-profit organisation, is the...
Archdiocese Gives its Views on Closure of Welfare NGO
The closure of Catholic Welfare Development may have come as a surprise to many, but that wasn’t the case for the financial administrator of Cape Town archdiocese, who says the CWD which closed in...
Catholics Called to Join Winterhoop Giving
Catholic parishes around the country are being invited to participate in a major national programme to help the poor in the colder months. Every year for 17 years the Dutch Reformed Church has organised...
Royal Affair fête at Little Eden in Jhb!
The theme of this year’s Little Eden Society fête is “Royal Affair”, and visitors are challenged to dress up for the theme, with the chance of winning prizes. The fête will be held on...
Good Shepherd Centre a Model for All
A centre run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Madidi, North West Province, was declared the best-practice model of integration of services by the provincial department of social development’s HIV/Aids directorate. Since its inception...
Think Before You Give!
The Lord reminds us it is better to give than to receive. During Lent, I am sure that most readers are focused on the value of giving. But as someone who runs an organisation that...
Mthatha Childcare Centre Celebrates Major Award
A Catholic childcare centre in Mthatha has won a prestigious service excellence award. The Catholic Development Centre (CDC) won the best-performing community-based childcare services category at the second Charlotte Maxeke Service Excellence Awards in...
Laid-off Church NGO Staff Achieve Doubled Buckets of Love
The last project which Catholic Welfare & Development (CWD), the former social development agency of the archdiocese of Cape Town, worked on was its annual “Buckets of Love” campaign. These buckets contained food and...
Meet the Children of Holy Family Care Centre in Ofcolaco, Limpopo!
Nomsa Mashabela takes the little ones of Holy Family Care Centre in Ofcolaco, Limpopo, for a walk. The home was founded in 2002 and is run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the...
Salesian Fr Bongi Nhleko Gets on his Bike!
A Salesian priest will take to the saddle for the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2019 to raise raise funds for young people from low-resourced communities on the Cape Flats to support their tertiary-level studies....
