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Beyond Feel-Good Giving: How to Make Mandela Month Truly Transformative | Oasis Haven

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🌟 This Mandela Month, The Social Impact Show challenges listeners to rethink charity. Sam Marshall sits down with Tundani & Chuma from Oasis Haven—a Johannesburg safe house raising orphaned kids for 20+ years—to reveal why sweets and paint jobs aren’t enough.

🔍 Hard Truths You’ll Hear:

"Feel-good giving fails kids." Why R200/month beats one-off toy donations.

R20,000/month per child: The real cost of therapy, schooling, and care (spoiler: City Power bills hit R50k!).

Donor fatigue fixes: How to give sustainably vs. "spreading impact thin."

Transparency pledge: Oasis Haven opens its books—literally.

💡 Why Listen?

"Education is the only gift that lasts when these kids age out of the system." — Chuma

"That ‘revamped kitchen’? Useless when the NPO closes months later." — Sam

đŸ€ Take Action:

Sponsor a child: R200/month debit order → OasisHaven.org

Pay a utility bill: Directly settle their R50k/month COJ account.

Tour their facility: See impact firsthand (011 687 8057).

#MandelaMonthDoneRight #SmartGiving #OasisHaven
22 Jul English South Africa Business · Non-Profit

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