The wonderful thing called giving

My pastor's wife had a birthday last week, as a church we wanted to give her something special. People were requested to contribute what they could towards her gift. The amount was totally up to you. There was so much money given that we were able to give her a wonderful gift. She personally thanked each person for contributing. I thought that was lovely.

This got me thinking about giving. How we each can make a difference to those who are less fortunate than we are. I thought of Beza and the hard work she is doing to alleviate the burden of the less fortunate. I thought of my friends Kaylene and Sisi who give up part of their Saturdays to teach high school children who are grappling with Maths and Science in South Africa. South Africa ranks the second lowest in the world on Maths and Science - it's a sad reality. I thought of Tshego who is feeding the homeless in the streets of South Africa, Johannesburg. You can read all about it here. I think of my family's Sithole Fund which is providing school fees and school uniforms for the children from the rural village of Embododweni in South Africa. The children are funded from grade 0 till grade 12 provided they pass each grade. And my sister Akhona, who is supporting school children with uniforms, books and looking after their overall well being through the Rockstarz foundation. Follow them on twitter to find out what they are up to at @RockstarzFound. And the millions who are raising money towards the "Save the Rhino" cause world-wide. I even bought a red rhino horn to show my support.  

Rockstarz Foundation giving marshmallow Easter eggs to school children

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” 
― John Bunyan

Children who are supported by the Sithole Fund at a Christmas lunch last year

Find a cause something you feel passionate about that you can give to. It will leave you feeling so blessed. I am passionate about giving to causes that benefit children especially girls. I have listed some that can look further into if you are interested:

1. Unicef does lot of causes around the world such as basic education and gender equality, child protection and prevention HIV/AIDS from transferring from mother to child. HIV/AIDs prevention was closest to my heart when I started donating. Check them out here.  

2.  I recently came across this video about gendercide. Girls are being aborted, abandoned or killed across India and China simply because of their gender. Check out the trailer, be warned this video is heartbreaking. The film's website continues to mention that 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so called "gendercide".

3. Human trafficking, my friend was telling me that he met a girl who is a volunteer for human-trafficking. She says the new trend is to make the victims (usually women and girls) fall pregnant and then they start trafficking their child from the age of 5. Do you know how young a 5 year old is? And what future will this child have? It really saddens me. You can support this cause here.  

If you are already giving that is awesome. Please keep it up!  Please share with me some of the causes you support and what made you choose them. We can make this world a better place for all.

I will leave you with the words of Jesus in Acts 20:35

It is more blessed to give than to receive.