How to Help

There are three main ways to help:

1. Making a donation in cash / via credit or debit card

2. Making a donation in kind

3. Donating your time

 

Making a donation in cash / via credit card

The table below shows what a difference a pound makes.
£1
 buys a pack of pencils (A child is given one pencil a year and wears it on a string around its neck until it is too small to hold, as families cannot afford to replace a lost one)
£2
 buys a box of crayons

500 sheets of paper

given monthly, enables us to feed one child each Saturday, Sunday & daily in school holidays.
£3
 buys a school shirt for a primary school child
£4
 buys a pair of school trousers for a primary school child
£4.50
 sponsors an orphan to attend a bilingual nursery class for one month
£5

pays for 1 child’s primary school fees in most schools for a year

buys a High School text book (pupils are expected to buy their own but most cannot afford to do so)
£6
 is sufficient to meet the food, clothing and education costs of an orphan or abandoned child for a week

buys a pair of trousers for a High School student
£9
 pays for a child’s high school fees for 1 year
£10
 buys a football/netball kit for a child

buys a pair of school shoes
£25
 provides a small family food parcel

buys a goat
£32
 buys a calf
£40
 provides a full school uniform including shoes, for a primary school child in need.
£50
 can provide basic necessities for a large family for one month

provides a full school uniform including shoes, for a high school child in need.

buys a donkey
£90
 buys a bookcase
£100
 pays a carer’s salary for one month
£200
 buys a water tank to harvest rain water
£400
 buys an ecosan toilet and cubicle for a family of six
£700
 buys a Pentium 4 computer & printer
£2,000
 can provide a bore hole for clean drinking water
£2.500
 covers the cost of materials to build a small classroom
£4,500
 pays for local labour and materials for one full size classroom
£6,000
 would enable us to build a toilet block with composting Ecosan toilets, so waste can be used ultimately as fertilizer.
£22,000
 would enable us to buy a Hyundai Tucson 4 x 4. (import duties on vehicles mean much higher prices in South Africa than UK)

Monthly donations can be made via Standing Order. Click below to download a form:

Download Standing Order Form (Microsoft Word document)

One off donations can be made by depositing money in Zisize's account. Our details are:

Account Name: Zisize - The Heaton Lee Memorial Trust

Sort Code: 40-32-16
Account No.: 71575589

Or by sending a cheque (made payable to Zisize - The Heaton Lee Memorial Trust) to Jeff Davies, Rhoslyn, Merthyr Road, Llwydcoed, Aberdare, CF44 0YF.

Or by making a credit or debit card donation via the Charities Aid Foundation website. Click on "Donate" next to the name of the charity.

CAF deducts 5% from each donation to cover administration costs and credit card fees.

If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete a Gift Aid form to enable Zisize to reclaim tax paid and send to Jeff Davies - trustee. (If donating via GiveNow, you will be asked about Gift Aid as part of the donation process.)

Download Zisize Gift Aid Form (Microsoft Word document)

For more information about Gift Aid, please consult the overview provided by HM Revenue & Customs (external link)

 

Making a donation in kind
Donations in kind can be made:
  • by giving a gift of e.g. a goat, which is bought locally and given to uplift a family. A card will be sent to the person whose present it is.
  • by contributing to the Atlantic Movers' container contents in July/August 2006. We will be posting lists of what is needed in June on the news page - currently under construction.
  • by purchasing / commissioning items made by local women which does not help Zisize directly but helps those we help.
  • by donating an item from our wish list at bottom of page
 

Donating your time

  • organise a fund raising event
  • make Zisize your charity for sponsored events
  • come to South Africa and help us in person

If you have any queries or suggestions, please contact us by email.
 

Wish List

Zisize (Ingwavuma) Educational Trust currently has no vehicle and is dependent on Niki’s personal bakkie for everything. Click here to view photos (external link). A priority on the wish list is therefore a vehicle for the charity, capable of carrying people, food, and to tow a trailer with water, building materials etc – ideally Hyundai Tucson or similar.

Main centre – Funds needed to equip it

  • Kitchen:- Fridge. Freezer. Cooker. Sink unit. ’Industrial’ style units
  • Large cooking pots for outdoor use
  • Paving stones for paths
  • JoJo tanks for water collection
  • Garden furniture and plants
  • Solar pump and pipes to pump water to reservoir tank
  • Tongue & groove ceiling for therapy room to make it a confidential space
  • Library:- Tables. Additional Bookcases. Additional books, especially isiZulu books.
  • Reception: sofas. Coffee table
  • Computer suite 8 computers, computer desks, 2 printers, internet access via satellite
  • Office:- computer. Printer. Work surface. Filing/storage cupboard
  • Preschool/ Care:- Educational toys. Outdoor play climbing frames and pedal cars, bikes. Construction toys. isiZulu books. Hedging plants. Jigsaws. Dressing up clothes
  • After school:- art materials, construction toys. More difficult jigsaws. Computer games & computer. Tables & chairs
  • Youth. Musical instruments. Computer. Internet link. Pool table.  Table tennis. Musical instruments. Sports equipment. Stage area. Sports fields for soccer, basketball, volleyball & netball
  • Running costs. Water, electricity, staff salaries, phone, petrol
  • Toilet block with 6 composting Ecosan toilets

Manyiseni Centre

  • Fencing to extend plot
  • Additional stock
  • Roof in outdoor area and build walls to extend centre
  • Installation of electricity
  • Photocopier
  • playground

School building

  • Classrooms and fencing at Mgedula plus burglar guards -
  • Supply of clean water at Mbalekelwa
  • Additional classrooms at Manyiseni and repair to existing following storm damage.

Feeding programmes at weekends and school holidays

  • An estimated £300 per month to feed children at the main centre weekends and creche children by day and evening for kids studying or using centre
  • An estimated £100 per month to feed additional children at Manyiseni & Ekuhlehleni

Ekukhanyeni Refuge

  • Additional carer
  • Complete building with doors, flooring and paint
  • Build alternative accommodation for our eldest boy and buy him 2 pigs, 2 goats, 3 ducks, a donkey, chickens
  • Build alternative accommodation for three siblings and their mother

Inclusive education

  • Covering uniform and fees for children who would otherwise be unable to attend school. 790 in 2005 helped a lot. A similar number will be required annually to meet needs of Grade 1 and grade 8 pupils entering new schools in each of our six areas of operation.

Innovative schemes requiring large scale funding

  • Skills training centre for non academic children
  • Accelerated learning scheme for late school starters
  • Computer aided classes for Pregnant teenagers and nursing mothers
  • Job creation for school leavers. Café/ gift shop/
  • Forum theatre project