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WATCH | Residents open their hearts for Mandela Day

Lauren O’Connor-May

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Children skip in the parking area of the YMCA Campsite in Strandfontein. The campsite hosted Advance Edokus volunteers who held a Back to School fun day with the children. The children played five-a-side soccer, did arts and crafts and listened to motivational talks.
Children skip in the parking area of the YMCA Campsite in Strandfontein. The campsite hosted Advance Edokus volunteers who held a Back to School fun day with the children. The children played five-a-side soccer, did arts and crafts and listened to motivational talks.

TygerBurger brings you a wrap of some of the Mandela Day activities that took place on Friday 18 July in Mitchell’s Plain and Strandfontein.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is mandeladayeridge6_83746.jpg Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch members painted a wall covered in gang tags. The wall is one of several more that will be painted over as a sign to gangs that the area does not belong to them. The City of Cape Town sponsored the paint and equipment and children from the area painted their handprints on the wall.
Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch members painted a wall covered in gang tags. The wall is one of several more that will be painted over as a sign to gangs that the area does not belong to them. The City of Cape Town sponsored the paint and equipment and children from the area painted their handprints on the wall.
Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch, in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health and the Cape Flats YMCA held a Message of Hope event at Eastridge Community Centre. Residents were given free health checks and Jars of Hope and speakers, encouraged residents with messages of hope. Here Azrah Eckerode tests Candice Phili’s blood pressure.
Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch, in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health and the Cape Flats YMCA held a Message of Hope event at Eastridge Community Centre. Residents were given free health checks and Jars of Hope and speakers, encouraged residents with messages of hope. Here Azrah Eckerode tests Candice Phili’s blood pressure.
Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch members and Law Enforcement officers paint a wall that was covered in gang tags.
Eastridge Neighbourhood Watch members and Law Enforcement officers paint a wall that was covered in gang tags.
The wall in Eastridge that was spraypainted with gang graffiti.
The wall in Eastridge that was spraypainted with gang graffiti.
Children skip in the parking area of the YMCA Campsite in Strandfontein. The campsite hosted Advance Edokus volunteers who held a Back to School fun day with the children. The children played five-a-side soccer, did arts and crafts and listened to motivational talks.
Children skip in the parking area of the YMCA Campsite in Strandfontein. The campsite hosted Advance Edokus volunteers who held a Back to School fun day with the children. The children played five-a-side soccer, did arts and crafts and listened to motivational talks.
Firefighters from Mitchell’s Plain fire station handed out cups of soup and bread and interacted with residents at Sewende Laan in Strandfontein. The informal settlement was the firefighters' final stop of the day. They had also visited informal settlements in Westridge and Rocklands.
Firefighters from Mitchell’s Plain fire station handed out cups of soup and bread and interacted with residents at Sewende Laan in Strandfontein. The informal settlement was the firefighters’ final stop of the day. They had also visited informal settlements in Westridge and Rocklands.
TygerBurger brings you a wrap of some of the Mandela Day activities that took place on Friday 18 July in Mitchell’s Plain and Strandfontein.

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