The Rachel Swart Fund

The Rachel Swart Fund Registered NPO based in Kuislriver. Rachel grew into a vivacious young woman of indomitable spirit, who was determined to live life to the full.

In January 1960 Sir John Ellerman, a British philanthropist, and Piet Beukes, a newspaper editor, officially registered The Rachel Swart Fund as a welfare organisation, after years of helping individuals with physical disabilities personally on an informal basis. They named the Fund in honour of their friend, Rachel Swart (nรฉe Cloete), who was born in Bredasdorp in 1923, without any arms or legs.

By the time she was in her twenties, Rachel was married, ran her own home and had a baby son. She caught the attention of Piet Beukes, the editor of an Afrikaans weekly newspaper which focused on human interest stories. He wrote an article about her which deeply touched Sir John Ellerman. The next day, Beukes received a telephone call from Sir John, wanting to know how he could help Rachel. So began a friendship between the three that lasted until 1955, when Rachel died unexpectedly shortly after the birth of her second child, a daughter.

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12/11/2024

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Dear Sweethearts Family,

It is with heavy hearts that we recently received the news of Mary Honeybunโ€™s passing, a true trailblazer and the driving force behind Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. Maryโ€™s daughter, Jane, shared a beautiful message:

"๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, โ€˜๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.โ€™โ€

Maryโ€™s work and spirit inspired all of us. From humble beginnings, she created something that brought mobility, joy, and community to so many. She was both the heart and inspiration to the start of and our sister organisation Bread tags for Wheelchairs

Our founder, Leigh, shared these touching words about Mary:

"๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜โ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.โ€

Maryโ€™s legacy lives on in our work, in every wheelchair given, and in the lives touched by her vision. Rest peacefully, Maryโ€”youโ€™ll always be our guiding star.โญ๏ธ

31/08/2024
The Rachel Swart Fund has the following office furniture on sale as follows:3 x office desks @ R600 each.1 x boardroom t...
28/08/2024

The Rachel Swart Fund has the following office furniture on sale as follows:
3 x office desks @ R600 each.
1 x boardroom table with 6 chairs selling for R950

Inbox message on cell 066 227 5712

27/08/2024

Job opportunities for disabled with Pick n Pay e-waste bins

Retailer Pick n Pay has deployed newly-designed electronic waste (e-waste) bins in selected Pick n Pay stores across Cape Town.

According to the retailer, the e-waste bins will help create employment for people with disabilities through specialised training in repairing, refurbishing and recycling e-waste.

READ MORE: https://www.ngopulse.net/articles/job-opportunities-for-disabled-with-pick-n-pay-e-waste-bins

Job opportunities for disabled with Pick n Pay e-waste bins
27/08/2024

Job opportunities for disabled with Pick n Pay e-waste bins

Job opportunities for disabled with Pick n Pay e-waste bins

Retailer Pick n Pay has deployed newly-designed electronic waste (e-waste) bins in selected Pick n Pay stores across Cape Town.

According to the retailer, the e-waste bins will help create employment for people with disabilities through specialised training in repairing, refurbishing and recycling e-waste.

READ MORE: https://www.ngopulse.net/articles/job-opportunities-for-disabled-with-pick-n-pay-e-waste-bins

11/12/2023

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