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This year Mandela Day was a great succesa at KCC. National Treasury, the Department of Public Works, Ouma Tema's Plus Fab, Tshwane North College, Bible Society and individual supporters came to offer their help. National treasury came and took 85 excited kids to the Pretoria Zoo for the day. Moreover, they gave away 100 Mandela day t-shirts, brought benches, plastic cups and plates. They ordered a jungle gym for the children. We are still waiting for it to be installed.

18 July 2014. It was another Mandela Day but the first one after the passing of the South African icon. KCC, however, experienced the visit of another celebrity who came with her team for the day.

In the morning Sibongile Simelane brought a jumping castle for kids to play with for the day. Deep House Junkies had landed their music system to play music for the kids while everyone was working to improve KCC. The KCC children once more entertained the crowd with their performances of different songs related to the life of Nelson Mandela.

In June KCC boys were surprised by a donation of fourteen soccer jerseys from a German youth welfare institution. It took not long and the newly founded team played their first friendly match.

After a week of intense training and excitement they were ready to go for the challenge. They faced a church youth team from another block of Soshanguve. Proud to wear their new jerseys they played well as a team. Everyone did their best. It was Sbusiso, Sigola, Innocent, Nhlanhla, and Lawrence who scored in the 7 - 8 defeat to the other team.

It was a huge community celebration. On June 16 KCC commemorated the students who had fought for freedom in Soweto in 1976 and raised awareness of the needs of the children of today.

June 16  is Youth Day in South Africa. People remember the students who fought and died during the Soweto uprising. They had stood up against humiliation and discrimination of the Apartheid regime and many of them paid with their lives. This year KCC organized a march through the neighborhood of Block NN. Children were dressed in vintage while staff marched in school uniforms.

... - to the mountain!" In June some of the KCC boys and girls went on a camp in the countryside for a weekend. It was a time to relax, to enjoy nature and to laugh as much as possible.

The first weekend of April boys and girls were invited to compete for KCC's 2014 beauty pageant. It was a great event that was enjoyed very much by both children and spectators. 

After last year's success KCC held its second beauty pagent. This time children and youth competed in four categories presenting their talents. Thabang won the "young boys"-competition, Palesa the "young girls"-competition. The awards for adolescents were won by Sibusiso (boys) and Lesego (girls). 

It has been a great surprise for christmas! The Department of Social Development gave away 18 buckets of food while Desmondi provided KCC children with one hundred christmas gifts.

On December 5 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away. To express their deep sympathy the children of KCC prepare to go to pay tribute to Mandela at the Union Buildings on December 11 next week.In June this year KCC children already came to dance for him while he was in hospital at Pretoria. Mandela loved and valued children of South Africa so much. They have been one of his first priorities. Thank you very much, Madiba!

In October, people from the community eventually received their spectacles. More than 300 children, youth, and adults had been tested by Brian Holden Vision Centre in late June.

Four months later, the pickup returned to KCC to bring what everyone had been waiting for for a long time. During the next days men and women came to stop by at KCC to get their brand new spectacles. About 150 pairs of glasses were given away to their happy new owners. Thanks to Brian Holden Vision Centre people now have a better view on what is happening around them.