Projects
Below is a list of projects and activities being organised for Mensch Mitzvah Day! We’ll update as projects are listed.
Listed are also Volunteer Partner (schools, organisations, businesses and friendship groups) and Beneficiary Partners (non-profit organisations and projects) that are in need of a Partner to create a project.
| Project | Info | Volunteers | Beneficiaries | Website | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share Love and Food in JHB CBD | Join SAUPJ Gauteng Progressive Shuls connecting with people through love and food | SAUPJ JHB | JHB Inner City Homeless | saupj.org.za | JHB |
| Sunshine for Seniors | Interactive Cake decorating session and tea with the Highlands House bobbas and the elderly goggas from Ikamva Labantu | SAJBD (Cape Council) | Highlands House and Ikamva Labantu | ikamva.org.za/ | CT |
| Eco-brick Extravaganza | Grade 6 pupils will be making eco-bricks to then be donated as then used as building materials to create sustainable homes, schools and furniture | Herzlia Weizmann | TBC | www.herzlia.com/campus/weizmann-primary | CT |
| The Sandwich Brigade | Grade 2 kids will together read ‘The Cholent Brigade’ which explores the mitzvah of making meals, and then make jam sandwiches for others in need | PJ Library and Herzlia Weizmann | People in need | pjlibrary.org.za | CT |
| Tea on the Terrace and Games on the Go | Meet for a cuppa and play bridge, kaluki, chess, tile rummy, klabijaas etc…. | Claremont Wynberg Hebrew Congregation (CWHC ) | Cape Jewish Seniors (Claremont) | www.clarewynshul.co.za/ | CT |
| Draw your Dreams | We'll be teaching kids how to paint & draw and giving them snacks. We'll ask them to draw who they want to be when they grow up! | Atenu Developments, Namibia | 3 different creches in the small locations of Ruacana, Nkurenkuru, and Outjo | www.facebook.com/atenu/ | Namibia (Ruacana, Nkurenkuru, Outjo) |
| Donating Blood | Good deed donation safari to donate blood | Lisa Chait & Friends | Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service | www.wpblood.org.za/ | CT |
| Kids Fun Together | CTTH kids playing educational games and doing arts and crafts with the kids at Mavis's Daycare in Mfuleni | Cape Town Torah High | Livesmart DWT Educare Centre | www.cttorahhigh.org/ | CT |
| Paint-a-Thon | Painting the Glendale Workshop and Stimulation Centre | NEEDED | Glendale | glendalehome.co.za | CT |
| JCS Cottages Beautification Project | Calling all ORT JET members to join in and help paint a wall mural, plant a vege garden, or do a general clean up | ORT JET | Jewish Community Services | www.jcs.org.za | CT |
| Fun and Food at Masibulele Educare | Eye opening experience of a typical township ECD Centre. Visit. learn, run activities, provide lunch and hear about the exciting new upgrade. | Bouquet of Humanity and Launchpad SA | Masibulele Day Care (Khayaletshia) | letsbuildmasibulele.co.za/ | CT |
| Soccer-in-the-Sky | Soccer tournament for the homeless (and some homeful) at the FivesFutbol Grand Central roof top courts | FivesFutbol Grand Central | Souper Troopers | www.soupertroopers.org | CT |
| Environmental: Offset your Carbon Footprint | Adopt a Spekboom: Plant a Spekboom in the Giant Flag. | WANTED | The Giant Flag | www.giantflag.co.za/adopt | Eastern Cape |
| Football Fun Sunday | Barmy Boys 5-A-SIDE Soccer Tournament | Barmy Boys | Grass Boots Football | www.facebook.com/GrassBootsFC/ | CT |
| Ari, Aerin and Ava's JCS foodbank Collection | A collect-a-thon for the JCS foodbank | Ari, Aerin and Ava Diamond | Jewish Community Services | www.jcs.org.za/food-bank/ | CT |
| Collect-a-Thon | Pre-schools 1 weel collect-a-thon of gently used books for kids at Shine Literacy | Kerem | Shine Literacy | www.shineliteracy.org.za | CT |
| Beautification Project | Paint a mural, plant a vege garden, help with a clean up | WANTED | Jewish Community Services (JCS) Cottages. | www.jcs.org.za | CT |
| Moms Pamper Party & Kids Fun Day Out | Hosting H18 Foundation moms and babas from Joe Slovo for a lovely morning out in the sun with relaxation and treatments for the moms and activities for the little ones. | Chabad of the West Coast and Sinai Academy | H18 Foundation | hangar18.co.za/ | CT |
| Show and Book Collection | School kids are invited to watch a show. Payment is made in gently used books donated to Sakhai Isizwe, an NGO in Delft. | Herzlia Alon-Ashel Pre Primary | Sakhai Isizwe | www.facebook.com/sakhaisizwe/ | CT |
| Pizza Making Party | Pizza making fun with the kids from Oranjia | Gardens Shul and Chesed Club | Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre | CT | |
| Paint-a-Thon | Help paint The Homestead & also work with the kids to sew&stuff the Jedi Tedis to be donated to the Red Cross | Jedi Tedis | The Homestead and The Red Cross | www.jeditedi.net | CT |
| Interfaith | Interfaith reunion. Various religious groups together bringing food and toys to 3 orphanages in Windhoek | Windhoek Hebrew Congregation | 3 Orphanages in Windhoek | Windhoek, Namibia |