Worthy Women NPC in South Africa was part of the 3,500,000 participants from 100 countries which took part in the International Good Deeds Day, clocking over 7 million hours of voluntary service.
The event which took place on the 25th April 2018 was the largest since inception.
As part of its events for observing the Good Deeds Day 2018, members of Worthy Women NPC spent quality time at the Bethesda House in Benoni, a shelter for Abused and Vulnerable Women and their children motivating and inspiring the ladies.
The non-profit company also donated food, clothes and toiletries to the Shelter. Karin Bekker a South African Artist performed for the women and children.
Speaking about the event, Director of Worthy Women NPC, Levina Smit said her organisation would not rest on its laurels.
Leviena Smit with team
“We are already busy with the planning of the Good Deeds Day which will take place April 7, 2019 and it promises to be bigger and better every year,” she said in a statement sent to INN.
“Worthy Women NPC has adopted Bethesda House and will be helping with the renovations and upgrading of the house and their day-to-day needs such as toiletries, groceries, clothes and school stationery for the Children.”
She added that Worthy Women NPC is working to support the values behind the establishment of the shelter which is to serve the victims with integrity without bias, discrimination and judgement.
Worthy Women is a non-profit Company that focuses on inspiring and empowering abused, disabled & disadvantaged communities to become the best versions of themselves, using skills development, entrepreneurship programmes, outreach programmes, provision of educational programmes, health care programmes and deaf beauty pageants as key drivers for social inclusion, social cohesion and social integration.
Good Deeds Day is an annual tradition of good deeds. All over the world, hundreds of thousands choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively change the world.
Since its launch in 2007, the annual tradition of good has grown from 7,000 participants in 2007 in Israel to almost 1 million in 2015.
The Good Deeds Day event went global in 2011 with 10 international cities, including many in the USA.
In 2012 MTV Global joined in the commemoration with a six-week-campaign on its online and TV platforms, exposing the message to 24 million viewers around the world.
In 2013, 16,000 volunteers from 50 countries took part in hundreds of projects. In 2014, 500,000 people took part in Israel and some 35,000 globally.
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