RAM Heritage Day 2020

We are celebrated Heritage Day on 24 Sept 2020 in Montagu surrounds with traditional Cape Malay Curry, Koeksisters and lots of love.

We fed so many people we lost count. When we took a photo of a few of the pots they were already half empty. In mix of things we forgot to take a photo of the 100's of most lovely Malay Koeksisters. I give it a capital K as it's part of our heritage celebrations today. Grateful for this day and all the loads of people who helped Dulcie Lawrence at Sakhikamva ECD at Mandela Square in Montagu. The Malay Chicken curry was so tasty and delicious.

For the children we chose a milder curry made with boneless chicken portions. All received so well.

We had beautiful traditional dancers as well as the most gorgeous singers.

Thank you Dulcie and team for a lovely day.

2 Vehicles, 2 Deep Freezers filled to the brim, a trailer loaded with pockets of potatoes and food parcels, a truck collecting ex CT. We had a big Heritage Day feeding event and a thank you braai plus loads of food parcels.

So many to thank for the success of the past 5 days.

Thanks for the awesome support to:-

Checkers

Shoprite South Africa

Imagine Holidays South Africa

The Angel Network - Western Cape.

Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages

J D Stemmet Vervoer

Signage Installation & Services

SA Water Warriors

Avalon Springs Resort

Dare to Share

Oakland Dairy

Hillsong Church South Africa

all contributed towards us alleviating hunger.

We also want to thank our marketing for all our posters, Mindfield Design

Homechoice for sanitizer & mask packs we handed over to Ashbury Primêre Skool for the educators.

To all our sponsors: Thank you so much for all.

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Dad's Day 2020

We thank each and everyone who contributed towards making dads feel special in this covid time of this tourist & wine making town's closure of businesses for many months where no one could work to support their families. Some of them are single dads doing a moms job.

Thank you so much to ur sponsors and supporters:

Imagine Holidays South Africa

The Angel Network - Western Cape. Helping Where Help Is Needed.

Shoprite South Africa

Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages

Signage Installation & Services

Rubi's Rainbow Of hope

Hungry Lion

Niki Breskal Diamond

Oakland Dairy

for making this day great.
Change Agents South Africa for awesome assistance. And young men with such energy.

We thank Centre of Hope for the use of their restaurant facilities.

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We celebrate Women's day 2020 by helping others

We celebrated our rural women for Women's Day Saturday the 8th August 2020 in Montagu.

Assisted by many angels ex CT and our fellow NGO Change Agents South Africa team. We are super excited as we are always grateful.

What a wonderful day we had and enough masks / shields for everyone to attend our event.

We say thank you to so many helping us make this day special. We were blessed beyond our expectations. We put a call out and angels responded.

Our full team with Womens Day event.

We thank Ashbury Primere Skool for the use of the grounds. A school very close to our hearts. Thank you to the men who helped us. We are always so grateful.

All our angels all the way from Cape Town ... spent the day with the people of Ashbury in Montagu.

Thanks goes to:

Gay-Josephs Klein & family, Ragmat Baron, Tasneem Peters and our lovely girls.

Shoprite South Africa - soup truck ex CT serving 1000 cups & bread.
Plus R1000 to spoil the ladies. We are buying 100 slabs of chocolates!
Plus 80 blankets - 50 will go to an old age home in Guguletu in dire need.

Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages - for Coke drinks

The Angel Network - Western Cape. for much needed Masks and loads of blankets.

Imagine Holidays South Africa - funds for a treat for the ladies & crisps for the children.

Old Mutual South Africa - 150 blankets - 50 will go to an old age home in Guguletu.

Telez Augustyn - 350 disposable masks, 100 gloves & rope for a barrier. So needed-wow

Alvin Oldale of Signage Installation & Services we will only pay for the metal / base plates materials for distancing and single row discipline. All labour supplied free for the making of the metal poles.

CoronaCare for South Africa - came through for us with 600 masks ex Jhb. It should arrive today or tomorrow.

Blxck. couture for beautiful clothing

Ackermans - for beautiful clothing

Oakland Dairies for milk & yogurt

Avalon Springs Hotel and Spa Resort - for accommodation - 5th time in a row in this covid times. We are so incredibly grateful for a good nights rest while doing our work away from home- thank you.

CPI Graphics for 1000 Face Shields & Cherice van Wyk and ladies for arranging

Cape Dried Fruit Packers for 1000 fruit bars.

Our poster design donated by Mindfield Design picturing a collage of significant women in RAM's life both supporters, volunteers and beneficiaries. Together we make a difference.

9th August 2020 in Mandela Square

We also assisted with a Tea for Women at Mandela Square in Montagu. High Tea with the ladies of Mandela Square held by Dulcie Lawrence at the creche Sakhikamva ECD in Montagu.

We also donated 15 blankets for her to distribute among the ladies.

We love working with this women who is also one of our soup kitchens we love supporting. Dulcie Lawrence is one of the women to be reckoned with..her love and passion are infectious.

Cupcakes donated by Sarah Gamsu, Patisserie Normandie & Between Bakes

How can we say an adequate thank you for such awesome treats. Such beauty - artistic! Lovely cakes & biscuits.
Thank you Sarah Gamsu, Patisserie Normandie & Between Bakes for making me feel so special.

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Montagu Wedding fairytale & home handover

A fairytale day to remember forever. Superproud.

A tragic event is turning into a joyous celebration. When a young man’s house burnt to the ground on the 6th June 2020, his wedding plans seemed impossible. We decided to play cupid... On Thursday 25 June we were part of this fairytale wedding at 16h00 and then after, the hand over of their new Wendy home that has been generously donated by angels, so many helping hands to make this possible. A home handover & a wedding, a first for RAM - Rescue Among Many!

So many thank yous, and more to be added as we run around with limited internet, please know we will add every name that assisted...

See how these 3 NGO's came together to make this day special for this couple who had nothing. A collaboration with Change Agents South Africa & Angels Haven Foundation to give them a new life together without a further struggle. Something for them to build onto. Our Price and his Princess.

Thanks for your blessings so far:

John & Helen Cross our UK angels for the funds to build a new Wendy home.

Full House Furniture for all the furniture and for arranging our order for building of the home so quickly. We thank you for going over and beyond.

Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages - for the cooldrinks.

Signage Installation & Services

- An Inverter & down lighters for the new home plus transport for all the furniture x Cape Town. (no electricity)

Homechoice - 2 thick Blankets

The Vineyard Country House - The Wedding Cake

Duncan and Michelle Hennessey - for the wedding rings, dress shirt, books of encouragement and so much more.

Avalon Springs Hotel and Spa Resort - for again our NPO accommodation with our essential food goods for various soup kitchens extending over 2 days.

Amanda Viljoen Callaghan - Thank you for the carpet

Benitha de Gouveia - Sheets n bedding

Andriesa Jacobs - crockery & 2 plate gas stove and camping stand with wash basin and dry rack. For the pillows and the beautiful sateen bedding.

Sharon Hunlun - the desert cupcakes.

Ashtrid Kiewiets - Make up & Nails

Mindfield Design  -the snazzy invitation design

Alison Alexander - coming all the way from CT to assist us with the wedding and the flowers.

Angels Haven Foundation - the wedding dress, earrings, shoes, and much more.

Change Agents South Africa sorted the venue, pastor, in charge of the meals and doing all the running work to ensure everything is perfect for the big day.

Dorisca Kiewietz for looking after the catering.

RAM donated pots/pans and a Fire Extinguisher. We are also donating the Gas bottle purchased today.

How blessed we are to make a success of this fairy tale day. God is good.

We pray for blessings over this couple. They are so sweet and really & truly appreciative of all being done for them.

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Ellen Pakkies Women's Day 2019

Montagu is also plagued by social ills like gender based violence, bullying and drug abuse, like many other parts of our country. To try and change mindsets and create a dialogue around these issues, RAM in association with 1000 Women 1 Voice decided to make a day of it, and screen the movie based on Ellen Pakkies' life story, combined with a talk by Ellen Pakkies herself to bring awareness and to open the conversation about these issues. There were discreet counselling services on site and other spoils to make the day a success.

We are so thankful to our glorious God for blessing this event. Seldom ever seen in Montagu, as the movie started to play, Olin told me to look and see the amazing rainbow gracing the sky outside. What a start to what we know was a huge success of an event. Given that we had started later than planned, God's timing is always right - divine intervention.

Thank you 1000 Women 1 Voice, Tina Thiart, Ellen Pakkies, and Caroline Peters - what a team we were.

Assisted by an amazing team with Mareletta Van Zyl Mundey, the staff of Montagu-Ashton Tourism Association, and Olin Kiewietz & Dorisca M. Kiewietz .

A blessing filled day it was with so many sponsors to make this day possible.

Thank you for the venue, the Ophelia Hall, and Langerberg Municipality without the space, this event would not have been possible.

To cater for our guests, we supplied 500 cold meat sandwiches, dozens of muffins, and 4 humongous pots of soup, as well as  the Shoprite food truck that was made accessible to us - thank you.

Many tears were seen, many truths were told, and many lives affected.

The RAM team and Ellen Pakkies were graciously hosted again by the Montagu Country Hotel, such a huge spoil for us.

God is good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkU_Cc8-8Ls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9Hm9J6MQ4

Lingelihle Old Age Home Visit

Following the events of the previous day, RAM went on to Lingelihle Old Age Home in Ashton to hand out beautiful pairs of shoes from homechoice.

We received an urgent request for 100 Lt of soup and 30 loaves of bread. Not a problem - soup was made and ready to pack by 10 P.M. we stacked an extra 500 tins of soup to add to the 2000 cups needed.

Thank you to Deon Smit for collecting and delivering the soup.

"Where there is a will...nothing will stop you."
God provides renewed strength.

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Mandela Day 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjDUOoXABU

Check out some of our amazing projects that we implemented for Mandela Day 2019. Thank you to all those who contributed to ensure the day was a success.

We are beyond thankful to Rheinette Oakland, Oakland Dairies, who donated  milk, yogurt, and cheese. We handed over the items at various places; our Early Childhood Development Schools (ECDs), Lingelihle Old Age Home, and the homeless people in Montagu.

A big shout out to Sharon Hunlun and Ruan Hunlan who assisted in the cutting of the 42 kg donated cheese into smaller pieces, so that we were able to share with many families.

We are always so grateful for the wonderful contributions towards the works in our rural areas. Our heartfelt thanks to Herbert Bührer for the 5 rolls of lovely protein. To Johanna Kotze and LHL for their wonderful donation of fruit and vegetables. Our food packages for the homeless were more than filling thanks to the kind sharing hearts of our donors.

We made a lovely macaroni 'n cheese, and sweet delicacies to serve with a fruit salad for our Lingelihle Old Age Home in Zolani, Ashton.

The delicious pot went to Olin Kiewietz, who ensures bush and street people get warm meals. To Sharon Hunlun, who cooks for many elders in Montagu, a Kenwood electronic machine was donated.

We are beyond proud of all you do to assist our support base in Montagu. You are our angels helping us to make a difference serving the homeless in Montagu.

Fransie du Toit Primary School

In honour of Nelson Mandela Day, our colleagues in South Africa took some time out to support the incredible RAM charity.

We had an awesome time spoiling our young learners. Thank you principal Elrico Sylvester for making the necessary arrangements with the parents of these beautiful children.

Many thanks to Imagine Cruising SA and Imagine Holidays for the huge gift of a new fridge, microwave, urn and 7 heaters for the school.

Mandela Day spoils, spreading joy to our children.

Talana Primary School

What a beautiful day at Talana Primary School. Thank you Imagine Cruising SA , Imagine Holidays, and volunteer staff for spoiling our children with treats and  9 heaters.

What a warming gift!

Sakhikamva ECD

To our little children at Sakhikamva ECD; cold meat, yogurt, milk, eggs, sugar, Granola cereal, fish cakes, and vegetables were donated.

The same donation was given to our angel, who serves at a soup kitchen at a home-church. Her identity is to remain anonymous for security reasons. We ask that you continue to donate food, these amazing women do a sterling job in feeding so many children.

New home for deserving youngsters

So many thanks are in order for the assistance we received in helping these two young adults. From sad despair, they received their own beautiful little home through Olin Kiewietz of Change Agents SA.
Going forward, may your life ahead be safe and stress-free. This man is forever helping  RAM as much as we need hands. We are so glad we could help him at last.

Thank you for the awesome support to make this possible.

•  Full House Furniture for the beautiful new kettle & toaster.
• Andriesa Jacobs for the double bed.
•  Imran Khan for the single bed and bedding
• Colleen Williams & Good Hope Foundation for the carpet.

Computers for Montagu-Ashton Tourism Association

Thank you so so much Eugene Roderick Walker and Ikamva UBOMI for the 5 computers we delivered to Montagu-Ashton Tourism Association received by the manager, Mareletta Van Zyl Mundey

We also handed over keyboards, flutes, and a tambourine for their musical training of youth in Montagu. Thank you for receiving on our behalf Mareletta Van Zyl Mundey  the manager of Montagu Tourism. We would like to thank Herbert Bührer from Dare to Share, Johanna Kotze, and LHL for their wonderful donation towards the welfare of our youth.

Lingelihle Old Age Home in Ashton

Our elders at Lingelihle Old Age Home in Ashton receiving lovely warm clothing, knee blankets, yogurt, milk, apples, cold meat and Coca-Cola, as well as a new microwave!

Thank you angels, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, Full House Furniture, Johanna Kotze, Oakland Dairies, Dare to Share for making a difference.

Winelands SPCA

Thank you to an anonymous regular volunteer to RAM, who single-handedly got these donations with the greatest support.

We have 16 leads, 13 collars, 6 harnesses, 10 food bowls. That's a whopping 45 items - ONE person! Thank you so much for your love for our rural animals.

Thank you, Lionel's Choice Dog Food for the humongous donation of 459 kg dog food you gifted us. We are incredibly grateful to be part of this wonderful blessing to our animal shelter.

Thank you Mickayla Reeks for your school project, we invite you to join us again.

Fransie du Toit Primary trip to Cango Caves

Thank you Imagine Cruising SA & Imagine Holidays for transporting a farm school - Fransie du Toit Primary all the way from Montagu to Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn. Their lives have changed forever, for the better.

Thanks to Shoprite South Africa for the lovely Chicken Mayo sandwiches and bananas, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages for some cold drinks, and Oakland Dairies for some juice for our children.

The trip was followed by a lovely lunch. No need for words, the smiles, the loving eyes, their sincerity said it all. Were it not for your donations, they would not have experienced such a trip from outside their rural farm surrounds. Thank you for making extended and multiple contributions to make Mandela Day so special.

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Youth Day June 2019

WA Rossouw Primary School Sick Room:

Youth Day gifting on the 17th of June 2019 in Montagu - hosted at W.A. Rossouw Primary School. Thank you to Principal Adams and staff for giving us the honor of putting smiles on the faces of the children.

We built and furnished a small sick room for a rural school in Montagu. Every sick child needs a safe place to recover, the distance to go home for these rural kids is vast - often walked by them on foot.

Our heartfelt thanks to Ragmat Baron who entered a Sasol competition on our behalf and won. We are so grateful to have been selected as their charity of choice. To add to the funds we received from Sasol,  John & Helen Cross from the UK donated to assist us in the building of the structure.

Thank you so much to all those who donated to ensure that our sick room was well equipped.

• Flenter Hout Meubels for the custom made furniture : Head board, desk with drawers - with facility for FA Kit, full length mirror, chalk board.
• Nicola - 2 small white guest towels.
• Peninsula Beverages : First Aid Kit and Coca Cola.
• Full House Furniture : brand new 3/4 bed & heater
• Tasneem Peters : a comforter set
• Sharon Hunlun : custom curtains & hot water bottle
• Christy Haefele : Beating Heart SA

• *Sick room:*

  • face cloths
  • 1x large towel
  • Pillow
  • 2x pillow cases (kiddy space themed)
  • Fitted sheet (kiddy space themed)
  • Fleece blanket
  • Large cuddly teddy and cuddly doggy.
  • Rhodes Quality foods : 1000 Small Juices, 1000 small jellies,
  • 100 x A3 Posters

• *General*

  • 4 chess board sets
  • 76 soft toys/teddies
  • 20 large cars
  • 19 Large towels
  • 81 face cloths
  • 12 pairs of socks
  • 116 small toothpastes
  • 25 large toothpastes
  • 94 toothbrushes
  • 20 aqueous creams
  • 61 soaps
  • 11 scarves
  • 447 medium/large beanies
  • 95 small/baby beanies
  • 92 newborn/baby knitted sweaters
  • 13 medium finger-less gloves large towel

• *RAM*
  • Oakland Dairies Rheinette Oakland our stalwarts 20 kg cheese & Milk
  • Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages our trustees serving the Coca Cola, as well as providing a music truck.
  • Shoprite/Checkers Head office attended with their soup truck.
  • Johanna Kotze - Muesili & Weetbix.
  • Dare to Share and Herbert Bührer
  • Ragmat Baron, Zelda Carolus, Tasneem Peters - 1000 cocktail rolls with fillings.

To Olin of Change Agents SA, as always very hands-on before, during and after the event.

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Drought Relief Project - Oudtshoorn 2019

Drought Relief Donors

A fellow non-profit organisation, South African Water Warriors, initiated and distributed the donations received from our fellow South Africans to the drought stricken area of our country.

The much-needed water, fodder, and groceries was delivered to a drought-stricken farming community in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo. The area is one which has been particularly affected by the drought in the region and where we have been assisting with emergency drought relief packages. 

We would like to thank our donors; Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, Oakland Dairies, Imagine Cruising SA, Imagine Holidays, Signage Installation & Services, and Montagu Foods for their assistance and donations towards a great cause.

Thank you to Pieter du Plessis and Turnberry Boutique Hotel for arranging and providing accommodation. We had a much needed wonderful nights rest.

Thank you to Deon Smit and South African Water Warriors for your unselfish deeds to alleviate some of the sufferings of the drought-stricken Oudtshoorn.

We are forever thankful to Mans Vervoer Kraaifontein for your support, thank you to the amazing driver who maneuvered this huge truck to deliver the goods.

Convoy Arrival

A pleasant feeling of excitement, our expectations of something joyful and solemn was aroused among us as the convoy arrived. Look at how much was collected, and there is still more.

The Donations

We are more than happy to have received in-kind donations from across the country.

To be blessed

It is through the amazing support we received from our fellow South Africans that this drought relief project was possible. The blessings showered over Oudtshoorn, with many angels restoring hope, love, and life to our animals, farmers, and workers.

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