The Pad Princess project dropped off much needed sanitary pads and pantyliners for unprivileged girls at the school on 13 March.

Northcliff Primary School’s marketing and resource mobiliser Suzy Beaumont said noticed that there were a lot of learners in need at the school, whether be it food, stationary or school uniforms. She also noticed a problem with girls who came to the school’s sick room frequently, and she realised the big need for sanitary pads.

“I realised that there were learners at the schools who didn’t have pads or the only one they had is the one they are wearing for the day. I am a part of the charities group on Facebook and that’s when I saw Alyson [Samson] from the Pad Princess project, was giving away pads to girls and young woman in need. I got in contact with her and she gave us sanitary pads.”

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Kindness Like Confetti hosted a fundraiser dinner to say farewell to the founder of the organisation, Alyson Samson, who will be relocating overseas and to welcome Claire Duvel who will take over the reins. The dinner was hosted at Satori Family Restaurant.

Samson said, “Claire has been involved in charity work for many years and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge with her to Kindness Like Confetti. I trust that you will all continue to support our all projects as you have done over the past five years.”

Duvel will still be involved in the main projects but with some changes: 

• The sanitary pad project will be run by Jenny Laas known as ‘The Pad Princess’ which focuses on distributing pads to schoolgirls and young women in need to help keep them in school.
• The Joseph Jersey Project will continue as is, under the leadership of Duvel and Lorraine Harvey.
• The organisation’s feeding schemes which take place in Linden on Monday nights weekly will continue as before.
• Project Uplift, the bra project, will continue as before in conjunction with Rebecca Kemp Pogir and The Hakuna Matata House. The ladies will continue to collect and hand over bras and underwear to Zabra AfreeBra Initiative for distribution.

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Janine Ward shared the happy news that after receiving donations for children in December, the women involved knitted beanies to pay it forward.

Johannesburg, South Africa – A group called ‘Kindness like Confetti’ (KLC), based in Linden Gauteng, sprinkle kindness far and wide! They donated children’s toys and clothing to the Jewels of Hope Christmas party in December.

The focus of Jewels of Hope is to impact a few lives profoundly for a lifetime, rather than to touch many lives temporarily. The organisation provides tools to community-based organisations to provide a means for personal growth and income generation for child-headed and other vulnerable households. They were so thankful for the donations from Kindness like Confetti.

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‘Kindness like Confetti’ run various projects, and this month they are collecting items to make up brave bags for cancer patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

Linden, Johannesburg – You know how confetti gets everywhere, stuck to everything and you seem to find it months after it was used? Well, that’s the perfect analogy for kindness. Kindness should be everywhere, stuck on every person and found long after it was dispensed. While actual confetti isn’t great for the environment, kindness is great for everyone and everything.

A group called ‘Kindness like Confetti’ (KLC), based in Linden Gauteng, spreads kindness far and wide! They recently launched their September project, which is to collect items for cancer brave bags.

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Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital treats some of the poorest citizens so Kindness Like Confetti is collecting sandwich stuff to feed cancer patients.

Johannesburg, South Africa (30 January 2020) – The 4th of February is World Cancer Day. Many cancer patients in state hospitals don’t have the ability to sit through treatment comfortably which is why The Brave Bag Foundation visits to offer small comforts.

The Brave Bag Foundation make up pamper packs which they hand out to cancer patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. What they noticed was that many patients didn’t have a meal and drink while they sat waiting for treatment.

The Brave Bag Foundation then started making sandwiches and mix juice for the people to help sustain them through the day.

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The Grade 4 to 7 learners of Yeoville Community School were surprised with a delivery of stationery packs donated by Kindness like Confetti (KLC), Mini Miracles and Ashraful Aid, community members and corporate donors.

Over 800 packs contained pens, pencils, a ruler, an eraser, a glue stick, a sharpener, coloured pencils, and a pair of scissors. Lever arch files, reading books, notepads, brown paper, art supplies, breakfast cereals and long-life milk also formed part of the donation. The learners were excited to receive their stationery packs.

The aim of this project was to give the learners of Yeoville Community School all the tools they need for a successful school day. Headmistress, Martha Mente who was thrilled to receive the stationery and supplies, explained to KLC that most of the children come from disadvantaged backgrounds where parents cannot afford luxuries such as stationery.

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