FoundNation Podcast FoundNation Podcast

Simoné is exploring Eastern Cape-based organisations in Season 2. For this first episode she visits Khululeka, an NPO that works into the Chris Hani District. As their tagline "working together for children" suggests, their main focus is helping our youth. They do this by equipping and supporting ECDs in the province, enabling them to offer better services to the kids.

This organisation based in Walmer, Port Elizabeth creates opportunity by allowing those in need trade the items of recycling they collect for grocery items. These traders become micro-entrepreneurs that help the city prevent approximately two tonnes of waste from going to landfill every month. At present the centre is closed but they've applied for municipal approval to reopen.

This episode features Kleinskool Initiative, an organisation based in Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth. They do important work to help uplift the Kleinskool community. One of their main goals is to help learners from the area complete their academic careers. Kleinskool Initiative achieves this by securing sponsorship to cover the costs associated with learners' schooling.

Beanies-4-Babies' goal is to provide beanies to underprivileged premature babies in Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha’s state hospitals. If these little ones can stay warm, it increases their chances of survival. Hear more about how it all started and how you can get involved from Lynette Strydom, the founder of this community project.

In this episode Simoné meets with three women in the Inanda township. Pearl, Charity and Nomusa tell her more about the work being done at Imbaliyethu Creche and Ekhalayethu Old Age Club.

Simoné visits the small seaside town of Hibberdene where she meets Molehe from The Mercury Hibberdene Children's Holiday Home. He gives her a tour of the facilities and tells her more about why holidays for the underprivileged are so important.