Cremhog - George's Homeless People

Met 5 grade buite en mense wat skuiling soek onder plastiek bedekking kon Cremhog vandag 20+ komberse uitdeel en 40+ warm kledingstukke. Baie dankie vir almal se bydraes. Ons straatmense word met julle hulp n bietjie gehelp teen die koue. Nog skenkings sal help met volgende koue front.

More almal. Die ysige koue stel ons Hawelose mense op straat uiters bloot. Soms word hulle enigste goed ook deur owerhede gekonfiskeer.

Cremhog versoek dringend warm bàadjies en komberse om mense te help beskerm teen die koue. Skenkings kan by u Kerkkantoor afgegee word of kontak Andre by 0825518900.🙏

Met die hulp van NG George - Bergsig en ander individuele skenkers kon ons 25 komberse en warm klere uitdeel. Baie dankie vir elkeen wat dit help moontlik maak het. Solank koue voortduur, sal die behoefte voortduur. Mense op straat is dankbaar vir die skenkings

Cremhog - George's Homeless People
Reën SOS:
Ons benodig dringend komberse, langbroeke (klein grootte), hemde en warm baadjies om aan haweloses wat natreën te gee.
Gee asb af by jou naaste kerkkantoor of die Ithemba kantoor (hoek van Mark- en Stasiestraat) .

Kontak Andre Olivier
- 082 551 8900.

Cremhog - George's Homeless People sê dankie...
Op Kersdag 2023 vier ons ons Here se voorsiening in 2023.
U ondersteuning en medewerking het 'n plek van hoop help skep wat in 2024 mense se lewens sal verander. Dankie dat jy' n goeie hart, hande en gewer was in die jaar om Ithemba sentrum te help verrys. Cremhog eer en bedank jou uit die hart. Jy was in 2023 'n Barmhartige Samaritaan. Baie dankie. André Olivier

Cremhog - George's Homeless People se Kersafsluiting was 'n groot sukses. 72 hawelose mense het dit bygewoon en die byeenkoms het in goeie gees en dissipline afgeloop. Die gaste het die see-swem, eetgoed en die lekker ontspannings geleentheid terdeë geniet.

Baie dankie vir almal.wat met logistiek gehelp het - pakkies, kos en roomys aangery, toesig help hou en almal se bydraes om die dag te laat realiseer. Dankie ook vir die borg van cupcakes en veral Spur en Panarottis wat elk 100 etes geborg het. Dit was 'n besondere mylpaal vir hawelose mense en Cremhog.

Mag almal' n geseënde en geliefde Kersfees vier en geniet met vrede, voorsiening en genade.

Soli Deo Gloria.

Gedurende die koue winter kry ons hawelose mense baie swaar. Komberse, skoene en warm baadjies word dringend benodig.
Hulle enigste klere en slaapgoed is nat en bly vir dae klam. Verder kry hulle min kos. Cremhog verskaf in hierdie koue 1 daaglikse maaktyd aan 60+ persone per dag. Verder verskaf ons komberse en warm baadjies soos beskikbaar om die koue te help weerstaan. Party koue reën-en-winderige aande deel ons warm koffie en broodjies ook uit.
Enige donasies kan afgegee word by NG Bergsig Kerkkantoor (044 871 1338. Hoek van Vierde- en Meyerstraat.)

"SLAAP SOOS 'N HAWELOSE" NAG Fondsinsamelings-projek:
DATUMS: Vry. 28 & Sat 29 Jul.

KOSTES: R 3000/bed en R12 000/ huisie (4 bed)
('n Art 18A sertifikaat kan uitgereik word vir belastingdoeleindes)

DIE ERVARING SLUIT IN:
- Straatlewe aandete.
- Kampvuur gesprek.
- Straat wandeling om toestande te sien.
- Oornag te Ithemba Setrum in nagebootste straat naglewe omstandighede.

Ons benodig dringend fondse om die beoogde multi-funksionele binnehof, met sy oorhoofse bedekking, te voltooi. Die beplande afdak sal dien as eetsaal, opleidingslokaal en ook 'n vryetydsbestedingslokaal.\

Kaartjies:
Andre Olivier 082 551 8900)
Surika Louw (0834619755)

Cremhog launched "Sleep like Homeless".project to source funds or materials to put a roof over the Ithemba Centre courtyard. Please join us in making this project successful.
Tickets can be purched by NG George-Begrig office and Andre Olivier.

Lees gerus meer oor CREMHOG se Sentrum vir hawelose persone: Brosjure -https://tinyurl.com/3vx56au7. Ondersteun hierdie noodsaaklike werk onder George se hawelose mense.

Oprigting van lokale by CREMHOG se Herberg vir Hawelose persone vorder goed.

Okay, it was not pulled from our little garden patch exactly on 25 December, but near enough this date to be called

A CHRISTMAS CARROT

[Apologies to Charles Dickens].

This is the first carrot to be harvested at Ithemba, the centre for homeless people currently in its very early stages of being erected in George, South Africa by Cremhog [a local non-profit organization]. Ithemba means HOPE.

Now, this little carrot - and those that have followed or will follow - would not have been there if the seed had not been sown, had not disappeared in the soil. Cf. John 12:24 where Jesus says that only when a grain of wheat is buried in the ground does it sprout and reproduce itself many times over. When I think of the Christmas story as told in the New Testament, it is not the mentioning of Mary being a virgin, or the appearance of the angelic choir in Luke 2 followed by the shepherds’ arrival at the manger that touches my heart most deeply. What moves me most is the thought that God, reckless in his love, planted Himself in our existence, became a concrete part of our reality, pitched his tent among us, was born as our flesh and blood brother. Furthermore, that via his resurrection and the giving of his Spirit, Christ Jesus enables us to follow in his footsteps, becoming reckless in our love for our fellowmen and for the world around us! For it is one thing to dream of a better world, but quite another to help that dream come true by becoming a brother [and sister] in the full sense of the word to the needy, the downtrodden, the marginalized, the victims of gross injustice.

Celebrating Christmas is, therefore, so much more than a seasonal brief respite from our everyday lives, a time for relaxing with family and friends, exchanging gifts, singing carols, etc. Or rather, it can be all those things, but is meant to be so much more. Celebrating Christmas also means having a particular frame of mind. It is finding joy in increasingly becoming like grains of wheat or carrot seeds being sown for the sake of others, a growing desire, thus, to serve the best interests of the people around us, especially the poor, the homeless, those robbed of their freedom, their land, their human rights, and, yes, so many others as well. Not to mention the animals and the environment.

CREMHOG se Kersete vir Hawelose persone was ń besonderse geleentheid vir die gaste, span en besoekers. Kersliedere is met oorgawe gesing onder orrel begeleiding van Eric Burger terwyl die geur van die heerlike Kersete die saal gevul het. Na André Olivier se besonderse Boodskap, het almal behoorlik gesmul! Die soet pampoen was veral ń treffer. Kospakkies is ook uitgedeel na afloop van die ete. Dankie aan die onthaalspan en almal wat items vir die ete en kospakkies geskenk het.
Die woord op almal se lippe was DANKIE.

Ons fondasies vir al die geboue in die Sentrum vir Hawelose mense is nou klaar gegooi en betaal. Panele begin volgende week gemaak word. Dankbaar ons is so ver.🙏🙏

Cremhog celebrates the completion of all foundations and floors for buildings for the Ithemba Centre for Homeless persons in George.

https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/General/haweloses-se-ithemba-neem-vorm-aan-202211241208

Haweloses se Ithemba neem vorm aan GEORGE NUUS EN VIDEO - 'n Jare lange...

On the 23rd day of November, 2023, about 30 guests attended the long-awaited ceremony of the breaking of the ground where our CREMHOG centre will be built. None other than Mr. Leon van Wyk, mayor of George turned the first sod.
I can with great confidence state that there was not one person present who was not visibly excited and optimistic about what was happening. This again became evident when the name of our centre was unveiled: ITHEMBA, a word known in several African languages, including isiXhosa and isiZulu. One of the persons currently being served by CREMHOG’s ministries attended the proceedings and helped with the unveiling – in a very gusty wind - of the centre’s name. The moment was of such significance for him that he was in no hurry to get down again.
I think that picture will stick with me for a long time: That young man enthusiastically, hopefully, proudly perched atop the outer wall, in front of the board with the name: ITHEMBA – Place of Hope.