In an effort to highlight football fun, 16 teams from across Cape Town took part in a Mini World Cup hosted at Crossroads sports field.

The Stars in their Eyes Foundation was started by a South African living currently in the Netherlands.

The FC Condor Park soccer club, started in Eerste Rivier in 2009, has made it its mission to keep youngsters off the streets and away from drugs by involving them in soccer.

The George United Football Club and Thor Construction recently provided 90 children with football coaching.

The Fellowship of St Peter Anglican Church of Mossel Bay recently donated knitted patchwork blankets to two deserving charities.

The Bet-El Congregation of Botrivier recently clubbed together to buy Sara de Bruyn a thre-wheeled walker.

The congregation of the Parish of All Saints, Mossel Bay, together with its Rector, Canon Brian Marajh and Bishop of George, Donald Harker took the gospel to the people in their own homes.

The women of False Bay Methodist Church showed much compassion and generosity when they heard of the Sibongile Day and Night Centre in Khayelitsha.

The Hope Centre recently linked up with Joshua Children’s Mission, an outreach of Franklin Graham, son of the evangelist, Billy Graham, to provide children at Warmbad Spa Primary school with some Christmas presents that had arrived from Germany.

Abagold gave a generous donation to the Rotary Haven Crèche, when they learned they were burgled

Steve Heath has driven his beach buggy, which he has named Buddy, over 100 000km raising awareness of child rape in more than a dozen countries, including Zimbabwe, Angola, Kenya and Uganda.

Eighteen young people from Mbekweni (Western Cape) recently attended an orientation camp that marks the beginning of a four-month long part-time reintegration course.

The Pick ’n Pay Bay Side Centre joined forces with the local newspaper, the Mossel Bay Advertiser, to organise a Golf Day in aid of the charity organisation Creating Effective Families (CEF)

The Retreat Mall in Station Road has a new charity shop called the Help A Rural Child charity clothing store.

The Baphumelele Children’s Home is a home to about 150 children from across the Western Cape