Help Santa Shoebox Project by pledging, packing and dropping off a Santa Shoebox for an underprivileged child in or around your community.
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Help Santa Shoebox Project by pledging, packing and dropping off a Santa Shoebox for an underprivileged child in or around your community.
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Now in its 19th year, South Africa’s best-loved children’s charity, the Santa Shoebox Project, has reached 1 301 508 under-privileged children in total. In addition, another 182 816 children have been impacted by the 7 Early Childhood Development Centres the Project has built, the 2 175 teachers trained and the 223 reading corners installed under the SSP Legacy arm of the Project which commenced in 2014. From 1 September each year you can pledge a Santa Shoebox containing: * Toothbrush * Toothpaste * Soap * Facecloth * School supplies * Toy * Sweets * An outfit of clothing You are also able to purchase a Virtual Santa Shoebox (VSS) year-round. These Shoeboxes are made by teams of volunteers, and allocated to underprivileged children living in remote areas of South Africa. Due to the lack of donors in rural areas, these children would otherwise not receive a Santa Shoebox, and quite possibly no end-of-year gift at all. The sales of VSS fund SSP Legacy work, hence our theme From Boxes to Bricks.
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- 1. Don’t pass any personal information to people you haven’t met offline before.
- 2. When meeting one of your contacts offline for the first time, always be sure to arrange to meet in a public place.
- 3. Make sure that you are not left alone with someone that you have never met before.
- 4. Know where you’re going. If you’re headed off the beaten track or into an unfamiliar part of town, be sure you have directions and a GPS or map book.
- 5. If you feel unsafe, consult the person in charge and let him or her know.
- 6. Avoid wearing expensive jewellery: it could get damaged, lost or stolen.
- 7. Ask, ask, ask! If you’re worried about something or concerned about your safety in a certain situation, ask the person in charge.