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Fight with Insight (FWI) is an open access gym that was established in the city with the vision of creating a safe place for the children of Johannesburg, using boxing to teach them life skills that assist them in taking responsibility for claiming their rights as law-abiding citizens of South Africa.

Sipho Ngwenya (16yrs) Peace Ncube (16yrs) Reggie Mogashoa (22yrs). They have all trained exceptionally hard to reach this level of competency and be selected, despite the challenges they face in their day to day lives. They deserve the opportunity to compete as representatives of their club, district, and province.

Approximately 120 children and young people between 7 and 25 years old and attend boxing sessions at FWI every week.

Hot Cares will be donating R5 000 towards

Boxing Kit, Travel costs to and from the competition and food for the boxers during the Championship tournament.

“Love and Compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” - Dalai Lama XIV

Without our knowing, people are stolen. Stolen and used. Every day. Suffering, hidden in plain sight. It may seem like a problem for some other far-flung society, but Human Trafficking is rife in South Africa. Right here in our immediate communities, people are deceived by dubious agents and false pretences of job, education or marriage opportunities and then find themselves forced into a life of slavery.

The unfortunate, painful and frightening reality is that children as young as six months are trafficked, and only 1% of people are ever rescued. It is therefore essential for us to stop the problem at source, and prevent people from being trafficked in the first place before they're forced into a life of prostitution, forced labour or even killed for their organs - which are used in Muti.

In South Africa, our high unemployment rate and the desperation it creates makes ordinary people vulnerable to exploitation. People are easily tricked into accepting offers; they are then beaten, raped, and drugged until they comply.

Love Justice has since 2004 been implementing what's called Transit Monitoring. It is one of the most powerful models to prevent people from being trafficked as it identifies people while they are being trafficked and before they can be exploited.

Trained monitors are posted at transit hubs and look for red flags which may indicate that a person is being trafficked. They then approach that person and conduct an interview, seeking to understand the reasons for their travel, validating their story and determining if the person is at risk. If they are found to be at risk, they intervene explaining the red flags and the potential danger they may be exposed to. They educate them on how to seek employment safely and send them home equipped with greater knowledge and understanding.

The horrors of being trafficked are physically, emotionally an

In 2010, David was 14 years old when he was involved in a motocross racing accident and his vertebrae was damaged. At the time he was a student at King Edward School (KES). He managed to continue his studies and matriculated at KES.

His mom had fought melanoma cancer since 2005, and 10 days after his first operation, his mom passed away (30/03/2010).

David’s father had looked after his mom for 5 years and now had to look after David and two younger brothers. David has had 26 operations to date. In 2013 he was diagnosed with a rare benign tumour which damaged his spinal cord and by 2015 he was paralysed.

Diepsloot - an underserved community with a population of approx. 250 000, 50% of population are youth & children

Insufficient cultural, sports and recreation facilities

A society struggling with poverty, limited educational opportunities, unemployment, crime, violence, drugs, alcohol and other forms of abuse.

Youth are disenfranchised and lacking a sense of self worth and purpose and are regarded as Youth-At-Risk

The Turffontein Congregational Church is a heritage site in Johannesburg and has been servicing the community for 126 years.

Over the years, the environment and surroundings have changed from a prominent affluent mining community to an area inhabited by those less fortunate and need a helping hand.

The church assists the community with alcohol and drug addiction, as well as providing the homeless with food parcels. Some members of the congregation, unfortunately, are not always able to provide their own homes with food, so the church assists in this way too. Sadly, the church has been affected by crime which has impacted their ability to service the needs of the community. An alarm system and other security measures have been put in place and Hot Cares is honoured to be able to provide the church with an urn, microwave, kettle, crockery and other items which are not only used for the members of the church but also for fundraising events which the church relies on.

If you can help any further please mail [email protected].

As heard every Monday and Thursday. Hot Cares aims at making a meaningful difference in the lives of those around us.

The Reea Epilepsy Care Centre is an organisation that was established in 1938. Based in York Avenue in Craighall Park, the Centre cares for 40 residents of all ages. Hot Cares recently visited the home and were impressed with their various projects, but were also acutely aware that it was not enough to meet every need. Hot Cares team added new winter sheets and pillowcases for each resident as well as bath towels and some toiletries for their bathrooms.

Nkosinathi nominated himself and his fellow artists at World of Words represented by Hector who started World of Words.

What Hot Cares is providing:

An Amplifier, 2 speakers with stands as well as a microphone.

Radical Extreme Sports Tour & Academy was founded and is managed by two young South Africans Tshepo Mmamaila & Itumeleng Selepe. Together they combined their skills and experience and just over 6 months ago started a skateboarding park in Alexander for the youth in the area.

#HotCares would like to assist in ensuring these talented boys have the opportunity to compete at the Ultimate X this month. We would like to thank Lara at Sun International for arranging accommodation for your team of 6. With the accommodation taken care, Hot Cares will cover the cost of the food for the 5 days.

Whilst skateboarding is fun and exciting, Hot Cares is fully aware of the dangers and would like to ensure these boys have the protective gear needed.

We look forward to hearing all about the event and wish you all the best in the competition and trust that this will be the first of many competitions for you.

Teachers play a crucial role in the lives of many children.

Today on #HotCares we are paying it forward to those who work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of our future leaders.

Those in question are the teachers at Fidelitas Comprehensive Secondary School.

What Hot Cares will provide:

- Tables and chairs to seat 50 staff members.

- An urn and crockery for the kitchen

- a radio!

- We are going to get some inspirational pictures made for the walls so that we can try and create a positive environment for the teachers so that they can have their meetings and their breaks together and build good relationships. Apparently at the moment, they stand for their meetings, or they have to wait until after school and use the classroom. They don’t sit together at break etc. and this can now be changed.

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