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Ashley Hayden
With over 15 years in the South African Entertainment Industry, Ashley is one of the more familiar and recognizable faces (and voices) to viewers. Charity: The Homestead – Projects for Street Children, an organization that helps street children reconstruct their lives through street work and intake shelters, more settled residential and educational care, to family reconstruction services.
Christina Storm
Christina Storm is known to millions the world over as a top and very successful fashion model. Her turn as an actress on M-Net’s Egoli in 2007 created quite a stir in the press and public alike. Charity: Christina is supporting the Lucinda Greyling Help Fund which is seeking assistance for Lucinda Greyling, a young lady who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2006. The cancer has since spread to her legs, rendering her body immobile.
Cindy Nell Roberts
Personality, presenter and model Cindy rose to fame after clinching the Miss South Africa title in 2002 and later went on to be crowned first runner-up in 2003’s Miss Universe pageant. Charity: Cindy is supporting two charities for Survivor, namely WAG, an animal rights and welfare organisation, and The Chrysalis Foundation, a charity that provides counselling and support to girls between the ages of 14 and 18 who have been victims of physical or emotional abuse.
Hanna Grobler
Actress, entrepreneur and charity worker Hanna Grobler is an accomplished actress and has appeared in numerous stage and screen productions. Charity: Proving her heart is as big as her smile, Hanna started her own charity, The Hanna Charity and Empowerment Foundation, which is helping a number of beneficiaries including Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Jakaranda Children's Home, Van Rensburg Old Age Home, Margaretha Akkerman Old Age Home, Baphuting Orpan Care - Village of Baphuting, Berg-en-Dal Pregnancy Crisis Centre and the Louis Botha Family and Child Care Centre.
Gys de Villiers
Well-known actor, writer and voice-artist Gys is best known for his role as Zieg Combrink in the M-Net soapie Binnelanders, from 2005-2006. Charity: HOKISA ( Homes for Kids in South Africa), founded in 2001 in Cape Town as a South African nonprofit NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) to contribute in the fight against AIDS by creating examples of care especially for those who are most vulnerable – the children. It is the aim of HOKISA to empower members of poor communities where HIV/AIDS is most devastating.
Craig Jacobs
Apart from being a successful and established journalist, Craig is the Creative Director of his own fashion label Fundudzi. Charity: The Trust – a web portal that aims to make it easy, affordable and risk free to find and contribute to charities throughout South Africa and other African countries. The Trust provides a network for reputable and accountable South African charities who have been qualified through ongoing due diligence - irrespective of size, purpose or geographical location.
Sade Giliberti
Sade is best known for her presenting work on the hit children’s television show YOTV and the most recent South African version of So You Think You Can Dance. Charity: Childline - is an effective non-profit organization that works collectively to protect children from all forms of violence and to create a culture of children's rights in South Africa throuth their various programmes that include their Crisis Line, Child Rights, Prevention & Education, Training of Volunteers, Training of other professionals who work in child protection and children, Therapy for abused and traumatized children and their families, Court preparation for child witnesses, Networking & Coordination and Advocacy.
Jub Jub
As a musician, Jub Jub has proven his muscle by releasing three incredibly successful hip-hop albums. Charity: The Ithuteng Trust is the only organization working in the Orlando section of Soweto that strives for the positive development of at-risk and traumatized youth and focuses on preventing these young people from engaging in criminal activities
Darren Maule
Actor and comedian Darren Maule started his career in the entertainment industry when he joined a live daily soap drama for Radio Punt called “Seepbel.” Charity: The Wesley Flavell Heart Foundation which raises funds for a small child who was born with three heart chambers instead of the usual four, which has rendered his body immobile and unable to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
Izak Davel
Singer, actor and dancer Izak Davel’s popularity spiked when he landed the role of Scab in the soapie Egoli. Charity: Ons Huis Trust – an organization that offers a permanent, full-time, protective home and activity centre to mentally handicapped adults, within a supportive environment, where they can enjoy adequate physical care and grow spiritually and emotionally so that they are able to make a contribution – no matter how small – to the community.
Garth Collins
Actor, comedian and MC, best known as Granite on the game show Gladiators, and has appeared on our screens in productions such as Villa Rosa, Kompleks and most recently as ‘Dries’ on Getroud Met Rugby. Charity: Guide Dogs Association for the Blind – an organisation that seeks to enhance the mobility, independence and dignity of blind and partially sighted people and to advocate the recognition and protection of the rights of all persons with disabilities.
GiGi
Exotic dancer, businesswoman and actress GiGi is most well known as the owner of The Lollipop Lounge - an exotic dance club – in Randburg, Johannesburg. Charity: Hospice Houghton, Johannesburg – part of the Hospice group that offers palliative care service that focuses on the quality of life, promoting physical and psychosocial well-being for people with active, progressive and advanced diseases for whom the prognosis is limited. This is achieved by providing holistic palliative care and support services, including training and education to patients, their families and care givers in the Greater Johannesburg and Soweto areas.
Okkert Brits
Okkert is one of South Africa’s all-time athletic legends. He competed in the pole vault and set many records (he currently holds the African record). Charity: Give Me a Chance Foundation – this organisation works to help children realise their dreams by raising funds for scholarship programmes as well as establishing a network of strong role models to mentor these children. Every cent received goes directly towards the children's school and hostel fees, school clothing, books and sport equipment.
Louw Venter
Actor and comedian, Louw went through a myriad of professions, including art student, copywriter, graphic designer, illustrator and eventually actor and writer. Charity: MyLifE Foundation - The MylifE Concept is a three stage holistic healing program built on the African concept of UBUNTU. They work from the belief that it takes a village to raise a child. For that reason their healing Villages will be a place for both empowered and vulnerable youth. The goal is to create a local solution to a Global crisis that now sees 150 million children living on our streets in utter hopelessness.
ProVerb
Recording artist, TV and radio presenter ProVerb started his rapping career in 1999. Charity: Bophelo Care Centre, Kimberley - Bophelo means “life”. Their Multi Purpose Community Base Centre strives to provide assistance and care to the Kimberley Community. Some projects and programs that are part of Bophelo include the Bophelo Cookhouse (emergency feeding scheme to assist OVC`s(orphaned and vulnerable children) in the community), Bophelo After School care centre (after school centre assist OVC`s in doing homework and school tasks) , Soup kitchens (provide OVC`s and vulnerable persons at local clinics with soup and bread, service is rendered at Matwabeng and Boitomelo clinics), Food and blanket support amongst others.
Kaseran Pillay
Comedian and Actor Kaseran is familiar to viewers due to his extensive career in film, TV and stage. He made feature film debut in Leon Schuster’s Mr Bones 2. Charity: The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund – our ex-president’s grant-making organization promoting a humanitarian response to the plight of South Africa 's children and youth. It also seeks to change the ways in which society treats its children and youth in order to improve their conditions and lives.
Lady Lea
Professional DJ and music producer, Lady Lea has been a guest DJ at most clubs in all major cities in and around South Africa, as well as in various other countries. Charity: The Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre is a registered ‘right to life’ animal sanctuary that is involved in the rehabilitation and re-homing of abused, unwanted and neglected animals. Their vision is to rehabilitate and re-home abandoned neglected and unwanted animals, support owners in distress and offer a personal service to owners and animals alike, to educate the public, especially children and to eradicate ignorance about animals and to facilitate the adoption of animals into caring homes.
Sandi Schultz
Actress and designer Sandi worked as a continuity announcer for M-Net and hosted various television shows for the SABC when not busy acting in various film, television and theatre. Charity: RCCTT ( Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust) is one of the oldest and most experienced organisations in South Africa working to end sexual violence against women. They work to improve access to care, treatment and justice for rape survivors, both female and male. They provide counseling and support services to survivors and their partners, family and friends, awareness interventions in schools and communities as well as empowerment through their Rape Crisis volunteer programme.
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