PROJECTS, SUCCESS STORIES & NEWS FROM JFF
Jes Foord Foundation Partners with Litres for Education in a new exciting fundraising venture
Litres for Education is an initiative that was started by two garage owners in Durban and is now spreading around the country. It is similar to the "My School" card, but works with certain petrol stations. The Jes Foord Foundation has signed up with Litres for...
60 years of Women’s Month with Jes Foord
Are you a business? We challenge companies to choose a day in August to pack 60 bags. Alternatively you can also donate enough product for 60 bags and we will pack them for you! The monetary donation for this initiative is R150 x 60 bags = R9000 Are you an individual?...
The Jes Foord Foundation gives back to the community on Mandela Day 18th July 2016.
This Mandela Day, Jes and her team will be supporting the Marianhill Police Station establish their Victim Friendly Room. We are looking for volunteers to join us in making a difference in the community. On the 18 July 2016, we are hoping to furnish the unit ready...
Training the volunteers for The Victim Friendly Room Marianhill Police Station
Joyful Hlongwane has just completed the week long trauma training for the first group of volunteers for the Victim Friendly Room at Marianhill Police Station. It is always rewarding working with volunteers from the community who are willing to be the positive change...
Mentorship Programme for young men, making positive change 2016
Jes and her team love this project as it focuses on making the positive change in young men's life. This year's group of young men come from Hammersdale, with the Mentorship team headed by Constable Yani Komo from SAPS Hammersdale, what an amazing group of...
16 Days of Activism 2015
The latest stats for 2014/2015 confirm that 59 957 sexual assaults are reported in a year, which means a sexual assault (regardless of gender) is reported to occur every 9 minutes to someone – and these are the ones we know of and are actually reported. This stirs...
Lend a helping HANDbag
Based on SAPS stats for 2013/2014 just over 7 sexual offences are reported every hour in South Africa. So over a period of 16 days that equals over 2,745 reported cases (plus more of which are not reported in many instances) and we are wanting to match this with...
New exciting partnership for JFF
City Hospital Behavioural Centre, has extended their hands to create greater capacity to help rape survivors. The need has increased for more central counselling services for rape survivors who use public transport or who stay in remote areas. With this new...
Jes Foord New Beginnings Ball a Princess Success
On the 29th of August 2014 the annual Jes Foord gala event known as the New Beginnings ball was held at the Three Cities Docklands Hotel in Durban. 195 attended the ball for an amazing evening of fun. This year the guests stopped at nothing to dress up to the Princess...
Comedian’s Unite Against Rape
A foundation favourite Jess Knauf rallied up the best of Comedy in the Durban comedy circuit and hosted an event in benefit of the foundation on Friday 20 June 2014 at New York Restaurant & Bar. The night was full of laughs as Jem Atkins of On Fire Comedy MC’d an...