People's Post Athlone- 10 April 2018

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‘Charity takes you places’ AISHAH CASSIEM @aishah_cassiem

pendence. But as time progressed, I was exposed to people who did the same thing, except they did it to support their families,” id you know that helping those in need, she explains. as a volunteer, can take you places? “It was people whose struggles weren’t apThis is the life of Na-eela Holland, a 22- parent to the naked eye. This made me grow year-old woman who spends her days work- an immense respect for them. I thought to ing for various charity myself: ‘Wow, I want groups across the Cape to be able to live a life Flats. This passionate like that’. A life that individual from Athlowould have been so ne recently representmeaningful by doing ed South Africa at an simple things for othinternational event in ers, that their hearts Glasgow, Scotland­. will remember me in The young woman their prayers long aftwith a passion for charer my bones are beity not only representneath the soil.” ed her country, but she Holland says it was was also tasked to then that she decided make known SA’s into do something that volvement in growing a positively impacted global project known as people in any form Charity Week, on beshe was able to. half of international “There are so many humanitarian group Ispositive outcomes lamic Relief (IR) – one from doing charity of many groups she volwork. Since I started, unteers for. every initiative has Na-eela Holland (22) from Athlone. Holland balances her just fuelled my love to charity work after keep on going. The hours and on weekends, and works as a full- feeling one gets from volunteering is not time housing official for the City of Cape something that can be placed in words, it’s Town’s Langa branch. She says her love for only something that can be felt. I believe that charity started during high school. the good you do today will always have a but“My mom always told me the world owes terfly effect throughout the world. you nothing – you have to work hard to get “To just try and comprehend that any what you want. After school, I would make small thing you do has a greater impact on and bake things, then sell it to make money complete strangers. for stuff I wanted. I loved that sense of inde- V Continued on page 4.

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Headscarves to spread love Shaqeel Dareis and Shinaaz Adjiet hope to collect 1000 scarves to be distributed to less fortunate girls ahead of Ramadaan. The pair are running a scarf and sanitary drive and hope to distribute items donated to mosques in Khayelitsha, Philippi, Montrose Park and Heinz Park. Adjiet started the drive in 2014 and continued this year and hopes to double her intake and add new collection drives in the future. Read more on page 3. PHOTO: SAMANTHA LEE

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