The Gift of the Givers Foundation, the largest disaster response organisation of African origin on the continent, has launched a first-of-its-kind mobile app to facilitate simple, seamless and secure donations….
EVS is training youth who are prone to joining gangs, to become volunteer firefighters… creating purpose and changing their outlook on life! This snapshot of a conversation between one…
The GoodThingsGuy team have put together a list of organizations and institutions collecting funds and donations for fire victims. With around 20 000 residents already having been evacuated from…
The Nelson Mandela Bay Community came to the rescue of firefighters as their fire-trucks ran out of water. Athol Trollip, Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, posted a thank you…
It is with grave concern that Standard Bank has noted the devastation left in the wake of the raging fires and storms that have swept through the Garden Route and…
Looking at what’s happening in the Western Cape over the last few days makes me more concerned about humanity as the days go on. Western Cape, South Africa –…
The Knysna Fire Relief Effort has been set up in light of the recent storms that have hit the Garden Route and sent fires blazing through Knysna and surrounding areas….
Gail Bennett, a South African following the Knysna Fires wrote a post which is giving so many hope. Gail’s comment on an article on GoodThingsGuy is being shared far and…
A South African expat living in the UK has managed to raise over R300 000 to assist victims of the Knysna Fire. Natalie Grundlingh, a South African living in…
Kate Collins wrote a poem as a tribute to her aunt and uncle who lost their beautiful family home in the Knysna fire. A tribute written to bring them some…
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