QWA QWA – Mamelodi Sundowns might be going through a bad patch on thesoccer pitch this season but the team and its owner have refused tolet such lacklustre performances dampen its collective spirit of giving and putting smiles on other’s people’s faces
The team and Motsepe Family Foundation has brought forward Christmas for vulnerable and orphaned children from Maluti A Phofung when itspoiled them with piles of Christmas presents.
Supporters’ coordinator and former Sundowns Football Clubplayer, Daniel “Mambush” Mudau said the team and thefoundation had spent more than R200 000 on Christmas gifts forvulnerable orphans in the country.
The team works together with church leaders, councillors and civil society organisations to identify children who qualify for presents to avoid the initiative being politicised or stray from its purpose.
Mudau said they involved the church as a way of ploughing back to the community. “The objective of the toys distribution is to bring a little joy to the lives of poor, destitute children and share with them the love. If
I can manage to buy presents for my children who is buying for poor vulnerable children?
“It was through this idea that we decided to distribute toys to poorand destitute children in our rural areas.
“Christmas is a time for children, and we decided to take thisopportunity to come and pride our children in Maluti A Phofung,”Mudau said.
He said while still playing he used to come to this area and saw how poor it was and as a result when the initiative was launched he suggested that MAP be considered.
Acting Mayor, Mamoroanyana Mositi hailed Sundown’s and Motsepe’s gesture as a sign of good will and a reflection of a caring society.
“”This is the first time that some of these children got Christmas presents. The toys are going to play a role in their lives as it gives them a sense of belonging and it is the memory that will never go away,” Mositi said.
One of the Qholaqhoe crèche teachers’ Mina Moloi said Sundowns had set an example for others to emulate.
She also thanked the team on behalf of parents and children.
Among the toys that were distributed to 2 000 children in MAP were soccer balls.