During October till December 2010 Radio Pulpit will have the Dare to Care project and this year we will focus on "Homeless people".

This year the focus is on the homeless, specifically families and the elderly. These are the unhappy people in our communities who are per definition without a place to stay. They life in structures of plastic and card board and in shacks in the veld, mostly unemployed and without hope to find a job.

"For I was hungry and you gave met something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothes me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."
Matthew 25:35-36

Statistics show that there are more unemployed people in SA that people who have a job. We here at Radio Pulpit are colour-blind, and will help anyone, irrespectively of colour or race. We are acutely aware of many thousands of black homeless people living in shacks around Pretoria. What is however not so visible is that there are also 20 000 white homeless persons in the same area of which an estimated 6000 are children who are not attending school due to their socio-economic situation.

Dare to Care will endeavour to lend a helping hand to homeless persons and we invite you to become part of this effort. You can do so by donating a hamper/s of food which will be distributed to families and elderly persons. Hampers must contain non- perishable foodstuffs and could be aimed at a typical family of 4. The cost of such a hamper could be around R300, depending on the contents. These parcels of hampers can then be taken to a distribution point where a trusted person of a accredited organization who are partners of Radio Pulpit will receive it for distribution to those in need. If you are not in a position to take a parcel of hamper to such a distribution point you may consider making a cash donation into the Dare to Care project account and we will then negotiate with one or more supermarket chains to buy hampers in bulk and we will then distribute these to homeless people.

I thank you in anticipation for becoming part of this project. For further information please phone Christa Johnson at (012) 334-1287 or e-mail christaj@cnmedia.co.za.

The end date for this project will be the 10th of December 2010.

A food parcel is preferred rather than a donation.

You are also welcome to give donations towards this project by sending it to P O Box 3436, Pretoria 0001, or into our bank account.

Banking Details:
Name: Radio Pulpit Project 1
Bank: ABSA Bank
Branch Code: 632 005
Account Number: 915 947 2185
Reference Number: DTC and your cell phone or telephone number