Charities

New Beginnings – Striking at the Roots!

New Beginnings is a welfare organization who believes in bringing long term change.

We don’t merely rescue animals or help people in need – we enable, empower and educate in order to create a ripple effect of change. We believe in changing mindsets, changing destinies and creating new beginnings.

We have a strong passion for animals who are abused, neglected and starved.

We are pro active.

We don’t wait for animals to come to us, we go in to the field and we find those who are broken.

We shout for the voice less. 

We believe in the power of dreams; we encourage children to use their dreams to fight life-threatening illnesses and we try, as far as possible, to make these dreams come true.

Our vision is to grow the Foundation to enable us to continue giving hope to children fighting life-threatening illnesses through the fulfillment of their dreams and making our national projects available to as many of the children as we can, the projects include: 

Camp Sunshine, Queen for a Day, Captain Courage, Show You Care Send A Bear and the Jabulani Kingdom Hospital entertainers which function on an ongoing basis.

Each year the Santa Shoebox Project collects and distributes personalised gifts of essential items and treats for underprivileged children throughout South Africa and Namibia. In 13 years, your generosity as reached 858 673 children.

Please remember that all items must be NEW and AGE-APPROPRIATE. PEP Stores is our one-stop-shop for all Santa Shoebox contents. All of the following items are required:

Toothpaste, Tooth brush, Bar of soap, Wash cloth, An outfit of clothing, Educational, supplies, Sweets, A toy.

Please consider also including a reusable shopping bag for the child to carry their Shoebox home in.

Some additional things to consider:
• Please put all liquids, like cosmetics or blow bubbles, into a ziplock bag, so that the contents cannot leak out and spoil the shoebox.
• Please include extra batteries with battery-operated toys or choose a non-battery-operated alternative.

The following is a list of things we ask you NOT to include in your Santa Shoebox:
• Perishable or tinned food or sweets containing nuts. Please put chocolates in a ziplock bag.
• Medicine or vitamins of any kind.
• Violence-related items like toy guns or knives.
• Anything of a political, religious or racial nature.