The Rachel Swart Fund

The Rachel Swart Fund Registered NPO based in Kuislriver. Rachel grew into a vivacious young woman of indomitable spirit, who was determined to live life to the full.

In January 1960 Sir John Ellerman, a British philanthropist, and Piet Beukes, a newspaper editor, officially registered The Rachel Swart Fund as a welfare organisation, after years of helping individuals with physical disabilities personally on an informal basis. They named the Fund in honour of their friend, Rachel Swart (née Cloete), who was born in Bredasdorp in 1923, without any arms or legs. By the time she was in her twenties, Rachel was married, ran her own home and had a baby son. She caught the attention of Piet Beukes, the editor of an Afrikaans weekly newspaper which focused on human interest stories. He wrote an article about her which deeply touched Sir John Ellerman. The next day, Beukes received a telephone call from Sir John, wanting to know how he could help Rachel. So began a friendship between the three that lasted until 1955, when Rachel died unexpectedly shortly after the birth of her second child, a daughter.

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Kuils River
7580

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Monday 09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 16:00
Thursday 09:00 - 16:00
Friday 09:00 - 02:30

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