Corporate Social Review Magazine 1st Quarter 2012 | Page 44
Mohamed Faried Nakwa, Moleleki Mokheti, Mr. Tara Seedat with students from Igugulethu School.
Empowering Communities and families through Education and Sustainable Development Projects SANZAF have reached great milestones;–Corporate Social Review had
the privilege to spend the day with Imtiaza Jhetam Volunteer, Mohamed Faried Nakwa
manager of the “Golden Smile” project and SANZAF public relations officer, Mr. Tara
Seedat. – Sanzaf are making a real difference in the way they run their funding projects
(we could learn a thing or two from this system) – we visited three of the schools in the
“Golden Smile” project – each school has its own sustainable vegetable garden and library overseen by SANZAF on a continuous basis (more on this in our upcoming edition)
– here are some quotes and comments from our visit that I would like to share with you.
The Golden Smile
‘’I am a volunteer at SANZAF, I
have no portfolio, I am excited
and glad to see more organizations that create a bond between
corporates and communities, not
organizations who want right photographs for media purposes, it is
no more a hand out but a hand up
sort of approach, we need to upgrade our communities that have
been previously oppressed and
exploited. The bulk of SANZAF
funding comes from the privileged
Muslim community; the building of
Mosques and Islamic institutions
has been equal to that of uplifting the non-Muslim disadvantaged
communities. Many of the communities that we work with fall within a
12 km radius of the Golden Highway, Lehae and Vlakfontein, we
there upon decided call the project
the Golden Smile”. Imtiaz Jhetam
harsh political decision, homeless
people were relocated to this area
without proper arrangements, the
Department of Education did not
plan building the school, SANZAF
came to our rescue, they donated
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