PEN’s
response to
COVID-19
Never before has our country made a more drastic and costly decision than the current lockdown.
There is only one objective: Save lives by preventing infections through SELF-ISOLATION.
PEN's lockdown action plan
PEN has 2 focus areas:
Protect the homeless
For the pandemic and the lockdown to end, all must self-isolate. This is extremely difficult to achieve for our homeless community who are at risk. The mix of malnutrition, addiction, TB and HIV are a perfect storm for COVID-19 to manifest in the most severe way. These people are scared and more desperate than ever.
support vulnerable children
Our socio-economic context means that usually most little people have very little time with their parent/s. The lockdown brings a beautiful opportunity for families to spend time together.
would you like to take action?
Here is how you can help PEN help those in need:
DONATE STUFF
We have partnered with eBlockwatch, National Security and the Breaze app to enable in-kind donations during the lockdown. PEN needs clothes, food, blankets, toiletries and cleaning products for the homeless. And if you feel like spring cleaning your toy cupboard, we would love to collect toys, books, puzzles, balls and board games for our young children and youth programmes. The detailed needs list can be found on the Breaze app.
Make a financial contribution
Donate to PEN by depositing directly into PEN’s bank account or through PEN’s online donation processing partner, Loving thy neighbour by clicking the donate button below.
Name: PEN
Bank: ABSA BANK
Account: 0020 263 385
Branch Code: 632005
Reference: COVID-19
What we do
PEN journeys with people to discover the Good News of God’s love, through practical support and human dignity.
Pen
is a faith-based organisation that has been working to uplift people living in the inner-city since 1992. Our vision is to partner with those we serve: “To Ignite Change, Nurture Individuals and Heal communities”. We offer a holistic set of services to support people to overcome their current circumstances, restore their dignity and become self supporting, well adapted, responsible members of society.
Welcome to PEN
How we help
Our dream is to enable and support PEN programs and PEN employees to grow and reach their goals to ignite change, nurture togetherness and heal communities.
