K/ton rehab needs funds

The Kensington Outreach Organization will be hosting their first annual fundraiser event for the year on Saturday 24 March 2012 at the Kensington Civic Centre and is inviting the community to show their support. The organisation's project manager Kevin Alexander said they were in dire need of transport to fetch and drop off parents and kids who participate in the drug and alcohol rehabilitation programes at the center.

"There are many who miss out on it due to transport problems," said Alexander. The fundraiser came up during a meeting and various workshops last September and the outreach are finally taking a step further to make it happen. He said it was important for the people within the community to be he educated and especially parents, to be able to know how they should handle their child in a situation like this.

With the event starting at 6pm on the day, Alexander added that there will be various entertainments, including well known singers Ivan Collision, Trevor Sampson, SA’s Got Talents finalist for 2011 Limited Edition and lots more. The non-profit organization has been in existence for the past few years and is funded mostly by the Department of Social Development to get through with most of their needs.

"We would like other companies to get involved with the organization, sponsoring and assisting where they can, and giving into the community at the same time." Alexander said that they were forced to upgrade the centre to accommodate more people and that they are receiving more and more calls for help each and every week. He added that most of the children have no other place to go after rehabilitation and that they aim to educate parents on how to handle their kids after reintegration.

The organization will be catering for 400 people on the day and tickets will be sold for R100 per person. If you would like to support the Kensington Outreach Organization on this good course, you can contact Kevin Alexander on 021 593 3484 or 072 279 3170. VOC (Aishah Cassiem)