{"id":47767,"date":"2024-07-25T10:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/helping-hand-welcomed-20240724\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:45:03","slug":"helping-hand-welcomed-20240724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/helping-hand-welcomed-20240724\/","title":{"rendered":"Vista&#8217;s helping hand welcomed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mandela Day is an annual global celebration that takes place on 18 July to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This day is a call to action for individuals, communities, and organisations to take some time out their schedule and reflect on Mandela\u2019s values and principles. In doing so, they stand to make a positive impact in their own communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, 19 July, the <span>Vista<\/span> newspaper team visited the House of Hope child protection organisation in Welkom, to treat its personnel to some boerewors rolls and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_1e85946c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vista\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12039\/ec1383e7fd7446e3ba95131af9649c38.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/15d911d241c74c13814b7588b1db88ea.jpg\" title=\"On Friday, 19 July, the Vista team visited the House of Hope child protection organisation in Welkom, to treat the organisation\u2019s personnel to boerewors rolls and drinks as part of their contribution towards the annual Mandela Day initiative. 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