{"id":73825,"date":"2014-11-19T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/73825\/you-can-get-involved\/"},"modified":"2014-11-19T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T06:52:35","slug":"you-can-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/11\/19\/you-can-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"You can get involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vusa Umuntu Community Service (VUCS) is a group dedicated to helping communities in need.<\/p>\n<p>The group focuses on skills development, employment creation and crime prevention, with the objective of achieving community upliftment.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The VUCS was founded 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this short time we have worked hard on our visibility in the community,&#8221; explained Thabile Sibeko.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have participated in the child abuse awareness campaigns hosted by the Cluster Crime Prevention Unit of the SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have worked in conjunction with the Daveyton Heart Atlantic Club and partnered with the metro on a number of events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The VUCS has also set up two soccer teams, catering for the under-12 and under-19 age groups, as well as an open netball team consisting of different age groups, ranging from 16 years and older.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the soccer and netball teams have participated in local tournaments and are continuing to practise and participate in events that uplift the communities in which they reside,\u201d said Sibeko.<\/p>\n<p>Like many organisations, the VUCS looks to its local community to get involved and help with various projects.<\/p>\n<p>What does the service need from the community?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Join the group in organising and demonstrate your services to other supporters.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Donations are always welcome.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Attend the group\u2019s events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked why they decided to form VUCS, member Sibeko explained: \u201cWe saw a need in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group is currently busy with its latest fund-raising project, which will see the needs of underprivileged school pupils addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe identified underprivileged school kids in the area and we felt the need to intervene,&#8221; said Sibeko about the organisation&#8217;s current project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first step was to identify the problem and see what we needed to supply; we decided on school uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur purpose is to ensure that every child is confident with their appearance when going to school in order to achieve great results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so passionate about preparing these young ones for 2015 because we believe that the future of the country is in their hands and there can only be good leaders when people are well educated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the community\u2019s assistance we can build unshaken and strong leaders in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Vusa Umuntu Community Service or to find out how you can get involved in their projects call Sibeko on 076 969 3526, or Yandiswa Mlomzale on 073 514 1196, or email to Vusaumuntu@gmail.com or yandisamlomzale@yahoo.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e4ab0e81b79460c8642efdf47fd4201d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the Vusa Umuntu Community Service do for its local community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":73897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[984,977,8297,1257,1051,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,3778],"class_list":["post-73825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-charity","tag-children","tag-community-2","tag-donate","tag-donations","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-vusa-umuntu-community-service"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["charity","children","community","donate","donations","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","Vusa Umuntu Community Service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}