Born from a need to sustain Communicare tenants and their surrounding neighbours, Vulamathuba Empumelelo started food gardens at various Communicare complexes and their Community Learning Centre in Brooklyn. These gardens address the food challenges people face during difficult financial times. Nature knows best It is important for the Vulamathuba team that the produce from the [...]
‘Tis the season to be jolly, they say, but for the Vulamathuba Empumelelo team, it was also the season to be giving as they pledged and gave shoeboxes filled with toiletries, clothing, stationery, toys and sweet treats to the Santa Shoebox Project. Now in its 18th year, this children’s charity has provided these shoeboxes brimmed [...]
The Continuing Education for Africa (CEFA) graduation ceremony on 17 November 2023 marked a monumental occasion for six Social Auxiliary Workers who began their year-long learnership with Vulamathuba Empumelelo and CEFA in May 2021. This class of 2021/2022 displayed remarkable resilience and an ability to adjust to new, often anxiety-provoking situations as they started their [...]
The Vulamathuba Empumelelo Bursary has a long and trusted history of helping people from previously marginalised communities realise their dreams through its many programmes. The Vulamathuba Bursary Fund is no exception. The Goal According to Siphosethu Gajana, the programme coordinator, the Bursary Fund forms part of Vulamathuba Empumelelo’s goal of increasing the economic mobility of [...]
