{"id":170507,"date":"2018-01-16T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/170507\/making-a-difference-for-more-than-two-decades\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:00:51","slug":"making-a-difference-for-more-than-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/01\/16\/making-a-difference-for-more-than-two-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive: Making a difference for more than two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the beginning there were six keen women from the local community and a wonderful donation of eight new sewing machines.<\/p>\n

This coupled with the determination to make a difference in the community was all it took for Marion and Alastair Brown to begin the Khanyisa Outreach Skills Development for Vulnerable Women and Children.<\/p>

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Khanyisa had its humble beginnings in Marion\u2019s Assumption Convent School classroom almost 26 years ago, when the couple received the donation of sewing machines from a past student and businessman George Callipolitis.<\/p>\n

For the full story make sure you get a copy of the Germiston City News, on the streets on Wednesday (January 17).<\/p>

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