Donate items for our Homes

With a ‘family’ of 300 children and adults, there are many day to day items that are always needed and greatly appreciated. In particular:

• Good quality used clothing in all sizes – especially socks, pyjamas and tracksuits
• Sheets, blankets and pillows
• Toiletries – soap, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo
• Office consumables – paper, stationery, specific ink cartridges
• Toys – paints, crayons, colouring in books, jigsaw puzzles (up to 200 pieces), Duplo blocks, soft baby dolls, light balls, large plastic cars/trucks, musical instruments, plastic sandpit toys, push & pull along toys

Items may be dropped off at Domitilla & Danny Hyams Home (79 Wagenaar Rd/cnr Harris Ave) in Edenglen or at the LITTLE EDEN Charity Shop at De’ Sun Place, 33, 8th Avenue, Edenvale.

Please note that we use a special bio-degradable industrial laundry detergent, and unfortunately cannot use donations of ordinary washing powder or fabric softener.

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Support our charity shops

Our LITTLE EDEN Charity Shops are so popular, we can’t keep up with the demand for good quality second hand clothes and shoes! If you have items you no longer use, please consider donating them to LITTLE EDEN.

All proceeds from the shops go directly towards providing quality care for the 300 residents with intellectual disability at LITTLE EDEN. So you can get rid of unwanted items and help our children at the same time!

Apart from a wide range of second hand clothing in all sizes, we also stock china, kitchenware, books, toys, linen, furniture, small appliances and bric-a-brac. So if you’re planning a clear out at home, please bring all your unwanted items to either shop – or drop them off at Domitilla and Danny Hyams Home in Edenglen.

Klopperpark: 345 Barbara Road, Klopperpark (Spar Shopping Centre)

Edenvale: De’ Sun Place, 33, 8th Avenue, Edenvale

Opening hours:
Mon-Fri from 09h00-16h00
Saturday from 08h30-12h30
Sundays and Public Holidays – Closed

For more information, please tel. 011 453 8065.

Volunteer

For the safety of our residents, all volunteers must submit a police clearance report and sign a resident protection form.

For more information, please contact Nichollette Zulu on +27 (0)11 609 7246 or email marketing@littleeden.org.za

Community service for scholars
Students have an opportunity to collect community service hours through our donations in kind collection programme.

Please contact Nichollette Zulu on 011 609 7246 for more details and to make arrangements.

Adopt an ‘Angel’ – by donating monthly towards the cost of care

Adopting one of our ‘Angels’ not only makes a real difference in the life of a child with profound intellectual disability – it also has a personal and meaningful impact on your own life.

When you sponsor a child at LITTLE EDEN with a regular monthly contribution, you receive a photograph and brief case history of your ‘angel’ in a Certificate of Appreciation. And you can enjoy further involvement by visiting your child any time (just phone first, please, to arrange a convenient time!), or arranging a birthday party for him or her.

It’s amazing how interacting with our angels – many of whom radiate joy despite having to spend their lives in a wheelchair – can put day-to-day frustrations into perspective!

Above all, enjoy the satisfaction of helping to bring joy, security and dignity to a child who has to depend on the compassion and goodwill of others for life.

The cost of caring for a child at LITTLE EDEN is R14 868 per month and covers everything he or she needs … from basic food and shelter to 24-hour care, medication, and intensive physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational-, hydro- and music therapy.

We welcome monthly sponsorship of any amount – from the full R14 868 to gifts of R5000, R2500, R1000 and less – all help towards the cost of care. All donations to the Society are deductible in terms of Section 18A of the Income Tax Act.

Get a MySchool or Makro Card

Support the children of LITTLE EDEN without spending a cent extra – simply by applying for a MyVillage Card or a Makro card and naming us as the beneficiary, and swiping it every time you shop at Woolworths, Engen, ToysRUs or Makro.

The MyVillage Card is not a debit or credit card; it simply tracks transactions made at the till and allocates a proportion of the sale to the nominated charity. More than R1.5 million is disbursed to various schools and charitable organisations through the system every month. Apply online at https://www.myschool.co.za/supporter/apply/ You will also find a full list of participating stores on the website.

If you already have a MySchool Card, you can add LITTLE EDEN as a secondary beneficiary, and your earnings will be divided equally between your existing beneficiary and our Society.

You can apply for a Makro card by downloading the Makro mCard App from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. LITTLE EDEN earns R5 for every R1000 spent, while you earn your usual MReward points. For more information contact us on 011 609 7246 or email info@littleeden.org.za.

‘Donate’ your birthday

When friends and loved ones ask what you’d like for your birthday this year, why not suggest they make a donation to LITTLE EDEN instead of buying you a gift?

As we get older, we realise the things we really want – love, friendship, good health, peace of mind, more time with beloved children or grandchildren – can’t be bought. And that helping someone less fortunate is money well spent.

Many of our children will spend their birthday … and every other day of the year … in a wheelchair. But your thoughtfulness ensures their days are filled with comfort, care and love.