get up, get here, get down and help create our mini town

Description

POPUP focuses on upliftment through life skills training and skills development as well as support services including medical services. The goal of POPUP is to alleviate suffering, uplift the community, change people's destiny and ultimately work towards the ideal of transforming the city.

The organisation wanted to create a Mini Town. The purpose of the Mini Town is not only to teach the Popkids about road safety, but also to make them aware of their surroundings in a fun way. The project also provides an ideal opportunity for business to advertise.

The first stage of developing the Mini Town was to measure and map-out all the roads. Once this was done, the ground for the roads could be cleared of grass, weeds and stones and levelled off ready to be paved. With the help of the volunteers the site could be transformed from scrub land into the blue prints of the organisation’s vision.

Currently the organisation has 50 children that would benefit. Once the new facility has been completed 100 children will be homed at the organisation. The children of this organisation will be educated on road safety. 

The AVI Team

Jeanette Kgobane – AVI Finance Shared Services
Jeshona Naidoo – AVI Finance Shared Services
Ngana Umba – AVI Finance Shared Services
Orpha Doubell – AVI Finance Shared Services
Theressa Parkin – AVI Finance Shared Services

Feedback from the project

One part of our Mini Town will present the Kruger National Park. Was a real jungle indeed, but they cleared the area, painted the "Leopard Lodge" and prepared the home of our first "wild animal". They also added a few more coats to our "Crazy Christmas gifts" boxes. 

Those ladies were a vibrant group; ready to take on any challenge. A big thank you for everything you did. You ladies were fantastic, ready, willing and able!