Society of St Vincent de Paul

Toni Dammert Foundation Youth Enrichment Program/Outreach

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The Toni Dammert foundation(TDF) was established in 2018 and is a non-profit company in Kuilsriver,Cape Town. Their mission is to provide a meal and food parcel to hungry and underprivileged people and to assist and encourage people who’s life circumstances have made it unable for them to support themselves. The Toni Dammert Foundation is one […]

Jordan obtains his Matric

The Society of St Vincent de Paul places great emphasis on helping school children and has been sponsoring individuals and schools with school costs including stationery for many years.

Hotspot Library Restoration Youth Development Programme

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The Hotspot library is expanding The Hotspot library in Scottsville has grown quickly and now has over 1000 children registered. Terence Crowster, who runs this very worthwhile community project from a converted shipping container, now has six libraries operating. The Society of St Vincent de Paul has been supporting this project from day one. This […]

January 2023 Food Relief

January is a long month for all of us, but for the poor it is far longer In response, the Society packed 100 Bags Of Love during January The packed bags have all been distributed in Fisantekraal, Klipheuwel, Wallacedene and surrounding areas to families in dire need of food. To many needy families this Bag […]

A HUGE Thank You from Mamawethu Crèche

Karen and Helmar of Mamawethu Crèche say Thank You Mamawethu Crèche is one of several crèches that SVP supports. The following is a message of thanks that we received from Karen and Helmar who run the crèche. Facebook

Bags Of Love – Well Done!

Thank You for your incredible donations Due to all the wonderful donations from you, our parishioners and donors, we have been able to pack nearly 300 Bags Of Love so far this year, and we are looking forward to being able to pack even more in the New Year. We are very fortunate to have […]

Westbank Clothing Outreach

Westbank Outreach – Clothing Kids & Adults Westbank Outreach is one of the organisations that The Society of St Vincent de Paul supports. Last Thursday and Friday Westbank Outreach held events where disadvantaged kids and adults could clothe themselves. The following is a Thank You from Westbank Outreach. ✨🌹🌼🌷🌻🌷🌺✨ On Thursday and Friday past, the TDF […]

Packing Bags Of Love

On Thursday 24th November members (and some family members) of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) met at the Durbanville Catholic church to help pack items of food for the ‘Bags Of Love‘ project. Utilizing the generous donations given by parishioners, a set list of items had been purchased from the Giant Hypermarket […]

Hotspot Library Feeding The Kids

In 2017, community activist Terence Crowster opened a library after noticing the low levels of literacy in schools.  The library is situated in a gang hotspot in Scottsville near Cape Town. When the library first opened it only had 30 members. By 2021 that figure had grown to 500. Terence started off the library  by […]