Amedea House

NAME	Karin Fourie
COMPANY NAME (if company project)	Caring Dudes and Divas
TELEPHONE NUMBER	27827731630
EMAIL ADDRESS	karin@airtimeproductions.co.za
NAME OF CHARITY/CAUSE	Amedea House
WEB SITE OF CHARITY/CAUSE (If any)
WHAT WAS THE NEED OF THE CHARITY/CAUSE?	We are collecting R3500 for this safehouse to be able to connect a gas stove. They are battling with power cuts in the area therefor a gas stove is needed to be able to feed the children.
HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THIS NEED (DESCRIBE YOUR PROJECT)	We, the Caring Dudes and Divas has been involved as a charity in many projects at the Amadea safe-house. This ranges from Christmas parties, to food donations, to pajama and slipper drives. We have done paving, and linen.We are just a bunch of friends that decided to start doing "the right thing" a couple of years ago. We have helped an orphanage in the Bronkhorstpsruit area to supply toiletries to the high school girls and after the enormous succes, this initiative is just growing.
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU PLAN TO HELP?	It started of with 28 girls
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU HELP?	This varies from project to project, I would say in total this far well over 120 children.
AGES OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS HELPED	From a few months to 17 years.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES YOU GOT SPONSORED FOR THIS PROJECT?	Difficult to say, I can find that out for you, but on estimate R3500-R4000 per project. we have done numerous projects. As far as I can remember we have done about nine of these projects.
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS HELPED YOUR PROJECT?	We are usually about 5-7 friends.
WAS THE PROJECT...	Existing project
DATE OF THE PROJECT	Gas stove drive for June-July
WILL THIS PROJECT CONTINUE?	Caring Dudes and Divas are here to stay!
WHY DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR PROJECT A SUCCESS?	Numerous letters of appreciation from the older children. Happy faces when we arrive and grateful faces after we completed a project.