Centre on a roll with community outreach
PROMOTING healthy lifestyles and making a difference in the lives of primary school learners were the focus areas of The Abundant Life Centre’s (TALC) community outreach and involvement this month.
The centre which is based in Veldenvlei and focuses on spirituality, health and hygiene and life-long learning rolled out their back to school uniforms project and ‘Fighting Fit’ fitness and healthy lifestyle initiative this month.
On a mission to get the community physically fit, improve their health and deter chronic illness, TALC launched their fitness programme earlier this month, which takes place every Saturday during February and is a onehour aerobics workout session.
According to Pastor Ivan Naidoo, the fitness programme aimed to benefit the community in terms of health and improving their fitness.
‘Health is one of our key pillars at TALC and we believe that people can introduce exercise into their lifestyles to help fight illnesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes, affecting so many.
‘Our institution is in the life building business, playing an active role in community development, more specifically in helping people unlock the benefits of being spiritually strong, mentality developed, physically fit and clean.
‘We were blessed to also focus on another of our key areas, lifelong learning, and distributed new school uniforms and shoes to learners at Floraton Primary School and Matshagule Junior Primary School outside KwaDlangezwa.
‘We value education and are grateful to these schools for allowing us the opportunity to bless these children with new uniforms.
‘It is important for learners to have pride and it is vital to boost their self-esteem, which will carry them through their lives,’ said Naidoo