THE REATILE FOUNDATION TRUST

THE VISION OF THE REATILE FOUNDATION TRUST

It is the distinguished vision of The Reatile Foundation Trust to ameliorate disparities by enhancing the living standards of underprivileged communities in South Africa.

Concurrently, the Reatile Group is committed to fostering sustainable business practices within Southern Africa, ensuring that its expansion not only yields benefits for shareholders but also extends to its employees, the broader industry, and the communities in which it operates.

The Reatile Foundation is integral to the Group's core purpose, upholding a profound commitment to facilitating the growth and development of both its staff and the wider community. This commitment serves as the fundamental principle guiding the Group's endeavors, motivating its actions, and driving its success.

Notable accomplishments include the creation of numerous employment opportunities by the Reatile Group and the provision of substantial assistance to disadvantaged communities and areas of need throughout South Africa, achieved through sustained diligence and prosperity.

The Reatile Foundation Trust actively supports various developmental and social upliftment initiatives, encompassing a tertiary education scholarship program, community betterment projects, and direct aid to other Non-Profit Organizations, thereby significantly contributing to the improvement of disadvantaged communities.

Bursaries

R9,2 million

126 Students

Scholarships

R6,2 million

225 Learners

CSI Projects

R26,7 million

109 NPO's

“Since its incorporation in 2013 The Reatile Foundation Trust has donated in excess of R42,2 million to communities and historically disadvantaged individuals across South Africa and has impacted the lives more than 45,000 individuals.”

BURSARIES

UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Since its incorporation in 2013 The Reatile Foundation Trust has awarded bursaries to 124 historically disadvantaged students at the University of Johannesburg in the following disciplines:

Engineering
Accounting
Environmental Studies

SCHOLARSHIPS

RUTA SECHABA FOUNDATION

Since 2019 The Reatile Foundation Trust has sponsored a total of 167 learners, to-date in partnership with the Ruta Sechaba Foundation at various Curro Schools.

SCHOLARSHIPS

STUDENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME (SSP)

The Reatile Foundation Trust in partnership with SSP from 2014 to 2020, providededucation opportunities to talented South African learners from low-income homes.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH

The Reatile Foundation Trust provides assistance and financial relief to communities by contributing towards established non-profit organisations within the communities who are under financial constraints.

The Reatile Foundation has been in partnership with the following organizations extending financial support for health-related procedures.

Vision for Change - Eye tests, spectacles, stationery and hygiene packs.
Hearing loss foundation – Cochlear implants
Smile Foundation – Reconstructive surgeries for children

Ikholwa Community Services

This NPO was established in 2002 and is situated in the Weltevreden Park area in Roodepoort, and care for 22 children.

The home is a registered Child and Youth Care Centre whereby the Department of Social Development place children via the courts. Placements can be short or long term. The ideal objective is to reunite children with family once the family and home situation is conducive to the child returning home, sadly that is very seldom the case.

The Reatile Foundation Trust recently stepped in to provide extensive repairs and maintenance for the local community home, a place they observed to have a truly loving relationships and homely atmosphere despite its dire need for renovations. Moved by the positive environment, the Trust was delighted to be in a position to assist, undertaking significant work that will greatly improve the living conditions for residents. The Reatile Foundation Trust recently completed extensive repair and maintenance work on Grace House and Hope House, significantly upgrading both residences.

The comprehensive project addressed key areas within both homes, including their lounges, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, passages, and entrance halls. Crucially, all 10 bedrooms across the 2 houses received much-needed attention. In addition to the interior renovations, substantial roof work was carried out on the exterior of both Grace House and Hope House, ensuring their long-term structural integrity.

Rosettenville Baby Home

12 beneficiaries

The home was registered in 2001 and is located in the south of Johannesburg.They provide care for 12 babies aged 0-5yrs of age who were neglected, abused or dumped by the mother. The home is haven situated in an area that is beset with drugs, prostitution, crime and human trafficking.

The recent refurbishment comprehensively addressed the home's exterior and structural integrity through extensive roof repairs, damp-proofing, waterproofing, and the installation of new gutters and downpipes. Interior revitalization included painting ceilings, replacing ceiling boards, cornices, and skirtings, installing new tiling, and applying fresh paint throughout, notably in a replastered and painted care worker's room. Fixture upgrades encompassed resealing the bathtub, repairing cupboards, fitting new curtains, and painting window frames and sills. These essential repairs and maintenance efforts have significantly enhanced the home's comfort and overall condition for its residents.

These repairs and maintenance efforts ensure the home is now a more comfortable and well-maintained environment for its residents.

Meals on Wheels

Thousands of beneficiaries

Established in 1964 and located in Haddon, Johannesburg, the organization operates over 700 points across the country, serving more than 90,000 meals monthly from its Haddon site alone. The organization recently completed extensive repair and maintenance work on a local community property. The comprehensive project addressed significant structural and aesthetic issues, including a complete roof overhaul, damp-proofing, and the replacement of all ceiling boards, cornices, and skirting boards.

Exterior enhancements included replacing rotted gutters and rafters and fitting new down-pipes. Furthermore, major repair and reinforcement work was performed on exterior walls to ensure the building’s structural integrity. Interior improvements involved new lighting, tiling, and windowpanes, as well as the installation of a new extractor fan and blinds in the main office. These upgrades have significantly enhanced the property’s safety, functionality, and overall appearance for the community it serves.

Girls & Boys Town Randfontein

50 beneficiaries

The NPO was founded in 1958 and is situated in the Randfontein area. The organization was founded by Father Reginald Orsmond, and help troubled youth by providing care, love and direction, and giving the kids the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to function well in society.

The Reatile Foundation Trust recently undertook significant maintenance work on a local community home, focusing on essential renovations for three of its eight cottages, as well as the laundry room, storeroom, and patios. The extensive project addressed critical areas, including:

Structural Integrity: Comprehensive roof repairs, waterproofing, damp-proofing, and the replacement of fascia boards were completed. The team also repaired and reconstructed purlins and valleys on the cottage roofs and secured existing roof tiles. Interior Refurbishment: This involved plastering and painting all rooms in the three renovated cottages, repairing and painting asbestos shower ceilings, and replacing and painting damaged ceiling tiles. Carpentry and Fittings: The storeroom received carpentry work, while cupboards were repaired, and new interior doors and painted skirtings were supplied and fitted in the cottages.

This substantial effort by The Reatile Foundation Trust has significantly improved the living conditions and functionality of the home's facilities.

Woodside Sanctuary

84 beneficiaries

Woodside was established 1955, and currently takes careof 85 patients. The organisation was founded by Vernon and Norah Veale, who themselves had a"special needs"child.

At the time there was no centre that provided special care for children and adults

born with profound mental and physical disabilities. They realised that they would have to build a centre that would safely care for people with these disabilities.

The requested donation was for extensive renovations including, repairs and maintenance

on the exterior of the Herbert Baker building, new gutters, downpipes, rafters, barge boards, damp proofing,facia boards, eaves, replacement of windows and frames, and ad hock work.

Lambano Sanctuary

12 Beneficiaries

The organisation was registered in 2001 by Melanie Prinsloo, and serve as a medical step-down facility for children and adults. These are patients who have suffered events due to illness, injury or disease, and who no longer require intensive and/or invasive medical procedures. The centre can also be classed as a centre for sub-acute patients, patients in recovery. Patients come here for rehabilitative care and treatment, and receive exceptional medical care, and families of these patients have their social needs met as well.

The centre has 4 homes one of which a dedicated Pediatric Hospice with the focus being on HIV positive children aged 11 to 22yrs. After treatment and rehabilitation some of these children will move into a house on the property specifically set aside for orphans who have no home or family to go to.

Extensive repairs and maintenance were conducted on three houses at the centre. This comprehensive project included roof repairs, the repair and replacement of rafters, and damp-proofing for several walls. Additionally, skirting and cornices were fixed or replaced, ceilings were repaired and painted, and window frames were replaced. The project also encompassed painting the interior and exterior of all houses, addressing cracks on one exterior wall, and painting doors.

Thembekile Primary School - Welkom

Retief Primary School

Park Care Centre

Hearing Loss Foundation

Pillsbury Child Care Park

Miracle Mission Baby Home

Jordan House Old Age Home

Central Gauteng Mental Health Society - Gordonia

Arise and Shine Hope Centre

140 beneficiaries

The NGO was started in 2005 by Noah Freedom Park, and the name later changed to

Arise and Shine Hope Centre.Freedom Park is a community that was previously an informal settlement.

The area is plagued by poverty and unemployment, and this centre brings hope and delivers excellent service to the community.

The centre serves as a creche, aftercare centre and a drop-in centre.The Early Childhood Development Centre caters for 55 babies and children up to the age of 6yrs.The aftercare Programme caters for 140 children and youth from 6year to 18years of age. The donation included the following: extensive maintenance and repair work,an ablution block, a jungle gym, cupboards, tiling, flooring, roof work, painting, ramps, stepscarport with a shade net, etc.

Uitkoms home for Girls

22 beneficiaries

The home started up in 1944 as a shelter for pregnant and homeless young ladies, and in 1999registered as a place of safety for young girls who are destitute, orphaned, abused and neglected.

Once their babies are born, they will stay at the home whilst suckling and later transferred to a baby home. They currently have 22 young adults in the home, aged 12 to 21yrs.The Trust has assisted them previously with plumbing, tiling, painting and waterproofing.

Their donation request for the current year focuses on essential repairs to the property. These include addressing leaks in both the study centre, ceiling and a bedroom, repairing damaged fascial boards, mending steps, and retiling the lounge area.

Skills to Furnish Internationals

90 beneficiaries

The NGO is situated in Village Main in Johannesburg and has been in operation for over 23 years. This organization is a registered NGO and NPO, holding SETA accreditation as well as specific accreditation with the Fibre Processing & Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority and the Department of Social Development.

They specialize in teaching furniture manufacturing to young individuals, significantly impacting the lives of many youth and their families. Through strategic partnerships with employers, they successfully facilitate employment for their trained beneficiaries. These include previously unemployed and destitute young men and women (both physically disabled and able-bodied), women from shelters, street children, and individuals with hearing impairments from DEAFSA. The majority of these individuals are now employed, with some even becoming entrepreneurs and actively contributing to society. The organisation currently has over 90 youth in training.

The donation request for extensive repairs and maintenance including major roof repairs including insulation, replacement of ceiling boards, painting of walls, replacement /repairs and painting of cornices and skirtings, lighting and tiling.

SHE Power – Menstrual cups

920 beneficiaries

The organisation was registered as an NGO in 2022 and they manufacture menstrual cups. This was in response to the dire need for a sustainable solution to the problem of learners missing out several days of schooling every month. The use of a menstrual cup ensures learning goes on uninterrupted during this cycle in a girl's life, and ensures that she does not suffer shame during her menstruation, neither resort to taking measures that are unhealthy and detrimental to her health.

The menstrual cups can be used up to 10 years, and a casing is provided for storage. We have selected Landulwazi Comprehensive School as a beneficiary. They are based in Thokoza. The school had a 97% matric pass rate last year, and they excel in academics and sport. The school has 1507 learners, 920 of whom are females that could benefit from this donation.

Curro Schools.

Andries Meyer old age home.

78 beneficiaries

The facility has been operating since 1971, and is situated in Eldorado Park, on the outskirts of Soweto and a very impoverished community. The home is a retirement and assisted living facility, providing good quality home-based care.

They currently have 78 residents and a staff of 45 inclusive of care workers and nurses, to provide 24 hour medical care. Their donation request is for repairs and maintenance including tiling, damp proofing, repairs and painting of cornices and skirting, repairs and painting of doors.

Abraham Kriel Johanna Malan ECD Centre

75 beneficiaries

The ECD Centre, which later came under the wing of Abraham Kriel, was started by Johanna Malan who was passionate about children's development, intellectual stimulation and childhood education. The centre serves children aged 3 to 6 years of age, most of whom come from the impoverished surrounding communities.

The project extended for a full revamp of the kitchen and replacement of ceiling tiles. This was an order issued by the Health Inspector for the centre to continue getting funding and being able to keep the establishment in compliance.

Abraham Kriel Bambanani

55 beneficiaries

The NGOwas established in 1902 by Rev. Abraham Kriel, for children who were orphaned during the South African war. They provide shelter, care, rehabilitation and skills development for children and youth in need in the greater Johannesburg region. These are children and youth who have suffered severe physical and mental trauma, abuse, neglect and poverty. The home is a haven for the children. The children will live at the home until they have completed schooling, and some of the will graduate from college or university. There are 7 homes at the Langlaagte campus and have 13 other sites including Westbury and Soweto.

The project entailed extensive repairs on 2 of the 7 houses on the property, including, painting the interior of both houses of 13 rooms each, complete overhaul of the kitchen, damp proofing of several walls, waterproofing, repairs and replacing of skirtings and cornices, build shelves in the wardrobes, installed additional wardrobes, replace rotted rafters, downpipes and gutters, fix and paint and replace doors, ceiling boards, etc.

FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 28 FEB 2023:

CONQUEST FOR LIFE

223 beneficiaries

Conquest for Life is a Youth run and managed Community Based Social Enterprise started in October 1995 in the township of Westbury.

The Reatile Foundation Trust funded and attended to much needed repairs and maintenance work and revamped the entire centre that included a new roof.

YENZANI CHILDREN’S HOME

16 beneficiaries

Established in 2002 in the Midrand area, the home cares for youngsters between the ages of 4 years and 18 years that have suffered violence and various forms of abuse.

EPWORTH CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

69 beneficiaries

Reatile Foundation Trust gave the 102-year-old Epworth Children’s Home in Lambton a facelift. The home underwent major repairs and maintenance earlier this year, sponsored by The Reatile Foundation Trust.

The maintenance and repairs included roofing, painting, flooring, ceilings, and a kitchen makeover.

LIFE 4 U FOUNDATION

Over 500 beneficiaries

The centre was established in 2013 and is located in Tembisa, Gauteng.

Reatile Foundation Trust assisted with waterproofing, damp-proofing, painting, roof work, cover in the feeding area, shelter outside of the centre and the installation of a gas geyser with a cage.

LOVE OF GOD DISABILITY FOUNDATION

30 beneficiaries

Establish in 2015 in Ivory Park, Gauteng for the upliftment of the disabled and unemployed youth in the community running various skills development projects and a feeding scheme for the community.

Reatile Foundation Trust sponsored the upgrade of ablution facilities and additional toilets to make it disabled-friendly, provided and converted a container to be used for sewing classes, kitchen revamp, building a concrete slab in the courtyard, building ramps with handrails and did some plumbing and electrical work and donated wheelchairs.

THE SMILE FOUNDATION

8 beneficiaries

Reatile Foundation Trust has a long-standing partnership with The Smile Foundation, and in 2023 donated toward reconstructive surgery on 8 children during Smile Week that took place at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley.

GERALD FITZPATRICK HOUSE AND NURSING HOME

80 beneficiaries

Established in 1929, this Home that is located in in Bertrams in Johannesburg accommodates up to 85 pensioners including frail care and old age pensioners.

Reatile Foundation Trust sponsored repairs and maintenance including roof and ceiling repairs, painting, flooring, plumbing and gutters.

TLC CHILDREN’S HOME

25 beneficiaries

Located in Walkerville, Johannesburg South and established in 2007, the home cares for babies and toddlers who will get adopted before they reach 3 years of age. Reatile Foundation Trust built a structure to hold 2 water tanks and also installed blinds in several rooms.

THE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1 beneficiary

Reatile Foundation Trust annually donates to the foundation to directly fund cochlear implants for children.

VISION 4 CHANGE

1,628 beneficiaries

Every year Reatile Foundation Trust partners with Vision 4 Change to pay for eye tests, spectacles, and stationery bags at public schools in need. In 2023, two schools benefitted, namely:

Thusang Primary School where 770 children were tested, in Leeudoringstad in the North West Province.

MARIE’S HOME FOR ABANDONED KIDS
22 beneficiaries

Kumalo Primary School in Katlehong where 858 children were tested.

HOME OF MOTHER AND CHILD

33 beneficiaries

Reatile Foundation Trust sponsored the home that was established in 1997 located in Ennerdale, Johannesburg South with much needed repairs and maintenance that included waterproofing, gutter repairs, tiling, carpentry, ceiling repairs and electrical rewiring, plumbing and curtains. The Trust also supplied and installed a jungle gym for the children.

The home provides a place of safety for children who are orphaned, abused or neglected

UITKOMS HOME FOR GIRLS

22 beneficiaries

Reatile Foundation Trust sponsored repairs and maintenance work that included plumbing, tiling, painting and waterproofing

The home started up in 1944 as a shelter for pregnant and homeless young ladies, and in 1999 registered as a place of safety for young girls who are destitute, orphaned, abused and neglected.

MARIE’S HOME FOR ABANDONED KIDS

22 beneficiaries

Located in Mayfair West, Johannesburg and established in 1979, the home houses orphaned, abused or neglected children brought to them by the Department of Social Development.

Reatile Foundation Trust sponsored minor maintenance work at the home this year, with major renovations having been done in the previous year by Reatile Foundation Trust.

PREVIOUS YEARS:

HOME OF MOTHER AND CHILD

Based in Ennerdale, the ‘Home of Mother and Child’ organisation helps children who have been abused or abandoned. They also assist mothers who are unable to provide for their children on their own. This home plays an important role in helping to raise these children and sending them to school. To create a safe environment for the children, The Reatile Foundation Trust assisted with renovations to homes and a playground for children.

LESEDI DAY CARE CENTRE

This Centre provides day care for the children of farm workers as well as children from nearby communities. The Reatile Foundation Trust provided containers to be used as classrooms by the children.

Empty classroom with two windows, a blackboard, and beige carpeted floor.

THE LOVE ONES OF GOD

‘The Love Ones of God’ works alongside the South African Police Services, welfare, and hospitals for help with cases that they come in contact with that require accommodation and further assistance. This includes pensioners, people with disabilities, low-income families with children, and the unemployed. The Reatile Foundation Trust upgraded two bathrooms for this NPO.

HLAKANANG DROP IN CENTRE

The centre runs an after school feeding scheme for children in the community. In most cases, this is the only meal that they receive for the entire day as most of the kids are from child-headed households, orphans and some who are living with the grandparents. The Reatile Foundation Trust supplied and installed two containers for the Centre that have been converted into a classroom and a kitchen.

VISION FOR CHANGE

The Reatile Foundation Trust collaborated with Vision for Change, a Non-Profit Organisation that provides eye tests and glasses to historically disadvantaged children. The Trust nominated the Zenzeleni Primary School in Alexandra Township where 1010 children received eye tests and 72 children were found to have eye problems and were provided with prescription glasses.

SMILE FOUNDATION

The Reatile Foundation Trust collaborated with the Smile Foundation, which provides reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities. The Trust also donated a cot to Rhima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Auckland Park.