Good Morning Angels: Assistance for victims of the Christmas Eve Boksburg Explosion
This Wednesday on Good Morning Angels we bring Angel-hope and assistance to victims of the Christmas Eve Boksburg Explosion.
It’s been almost four weeks since the Christmas Eve Boksburg explosion. The death toll has climbed to 40, with at least five people still critical in hospital.
Scores more people were wounded and homes and property damaged when a gas tanker exploded after getting stuck underneath a low train bridge, next to the Tambo Memorial Hospital in the Plantation suburb. 12 of those who died were healthcare workers and six of the wounded were from the emergency services.
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A number of families lost more than one person. One of those is the Mashaba family. Ndumiso and Neo left behind a three-year-old and a six-month-old baby. Ndumiso’s sister, Nthabiseng, left behind an eight-year-old son. Their parents, whom they shared the house with, now have to continue without their breadwinners.
Rosetta Brits buried her four children: Jamel (16), Gerrie (10), Sebastian (14), and Adrian (12). She has two more children, in grades one and four to live for.
These are just two of the families whose lives will never be the same again. While investigations are ongoing, the families have been advised not to speak to any media, even as they struggle to deal with the loss - both emotionally and financially.
One of the organisations that has been helping survivors with day-to-day needs and rebuilding damaged homes is Hope SA Foundation.
The founder of Hope SA Foundation, Namritha Sivsanker, and her team have been working on the ground to help families pick up the pieces of their lives.
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“From food and clothes to pets and baby formula, school fees, broken windows and ceilings, repatriation of bodies … the need in Boksburg is far from over.”
REQUEST FOR: The various families of the Boksburg Gas Tanker Explosion - represented by Namritha Sivsanker from the Hope SA Foundation
ANGEL: The Good Morning Angels Fund NPC
SPONSORING: The Good Morning Angels Fund will assist the Mashaba and Brits families with R50,000 each for whatever is needed in this time of grief. The Fund will also donate R100,000 to the SA Hope Foundation to assist the numerous other families affected by the Boksburg Gas Tanker Explosion.
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