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
13/03/2023

Good Morning Everyone

It is the last day to purchase your Two Oceans Marathon vouchers from The Rachel Swart Fund. 5H00 is the cut-off time.

Please support The Rachel Swart Fund, it is for a good cause.

Regards
Nahaline

09/03/2023

Hi there,

The Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon 2023 is the perfect opportunity to encourage your participating supporters out there to fundraise on your behalf. They donโ€™t need a charity entry to do so โ€” any runner can help make a difference. The event is just over a month away so reach out to your community soon!
The world's most beautiful marathon

The Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon event organizers are challenging all runners this year to help them reach the R1 million mark raised for charity. You could be amongst the charities to benefit.
How to get your supporters fundraising
Here are ways you can inspire your supporters to start their personal fundraising project for you as part of their Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon participation:
โ€ข Share the official link on social media and in your next newsletter. Encourage your running fans to select their preferred event from the page, then click on Start fundraising to get started.
โ€ข Help them tell the story: what change will a fundraising runner bring about if they raise R5000 for you, for example?
โ€ข Add an album of beautiful images and logos on your page for fundraisers to download and add to their projects
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Tip: Get more fundraisers
95% of your GivenGain profile visitors (and potential fundraisers) come from your official website. A fundraiser on GivenGain raises an impressive 20 times more in donations than an individual donor. Thatโ€™s why itโ€™s vital to ensure that your website displays a dedicated and prominent โ€œFundraiseโ€ section with a link to your GivenGain profile for them to get started immediately!

Hereโ€™s how to get more fundraisers for your cause:
Follow these 5 steps

Got a question? Please get in touch at fundraising@givengain.com.

All the best with your fundraising efforts!

08/03/2023

Runners who are still interested in doing the, are welcome to purchase vouchers from The Rachel Swart Fund, we still have a few available. The last date to register the voucher is on Monday, 13th March, at 5pm.

07/03/2023

Kindly note, the deadline to update your profile info has been extended to ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐Ÿฑ๐—ฝ๐—บ.

This has been done following a request from Athletics South Africa, to allow for the delivery of any outstanding ASA National Licenses to all provinces (and clubs).

Unfortunately, there will be no further extensions after 13 March, 5pm. Questions? Email info@twooceansmarathon.org.za or call our Entries team at 087 133 2285 or Reception at 021 2000 459. Thank you

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