GALLERY: Golden Oldies teams perform well
The last festival of the year will be hosted at Alberton Rugby Club on November 30 and like last year, it is in aid of the Abraham Kriel Bambanani.
The two local Golden Oldies teams from Alberton, the Gauteng Old Boys and the Madalas, played very well during the Hillbillies Festival played at Union Rugby Club.
Gauteng Old Boys played against the RealBillies in the first game of the day while Madalas played against the Black Jacks later on, on the day.
The conditions were made worse by a strong wind, but it didn’t appear to put a damper on the rugby that was played.
It was hard at times but again, as always, all Oldies games played in a wonderful spirit.
The last festival of the year will be hosted at Alberton Rugby Club on November 30 and like last year, it is in aid of the Abraham Kriel Bambanani.
Any help that can be given is highly appreciated and most welcome.
The community is requested to support this tremendous day for an even better cause.
If you have never attended an Oldies festival then there is no better festival to start with than this one.
Remember, no cooler boxes, but there will be plenty of food and drink on sale on the day.
More about Abraham Kriel Bambanani
According to Ricci Boonzaaier of Abraham Kriel Bambanani, the theme this year is He-Man becomes Charity Man.
Everyone is requested to dress up as their favourite superhero.
It promises to be a fun-filled day if ever there was one.
Abraham Kriel Bambanani offers hope to the most vulnerable members of society – children.
They provide nutrition, education and, more importantly, a safe family environment for the children.
Without this stability the children’s lives would be really different. Unfortunately, it does cost a lot to keep the homes running.
Boonzaaier said: “We are raising funds for sports development for our children. We have about 750 children that we take care of via our residential and community care programmes.
“Abraham Kriel Bambanani has numerous residential homes and community programmes across Johannesburg, caring for the most vulnerable children and youth.”
With the residential care model, holistic care is provided to traumatised, molested, abandoned, neglected and orphaned children committed into their care by the Children’s Court.
“The community care programmes take care of over 500 children affected by HIV/Aids. With many children being orphaned due to HIV/Aids or being taken care of by their guardians, in many cases their grandmothers.
“Income is a huge problem resulting in poor nutrition and other problems that manifest in the children.
“Abraham Kriel Bambanani runs two types of HIV/Aids programmes in Soweto and Westbury which are home-based care programmes and drop-in centres.
“We also run three educational programmes. The Johanna Malan ECDC, Impact School and the Emdeni Skills Centre.
“Children and youth should be developed by their full potential and by completing their education it will empower them to a better future.
“We invite people to visit our website www.abrahamkriel.org for more information.”
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