Susters 4 Life

A Stationery Haul with Heart

Sometimes support looks like school supplies.

This week, Susters 4 Life supported two moms with a stationery haul — responding to a real, practical need as the school year begins.

For many families, back-to-school season brings added pressure. Having the essentials in place can ease stress, support learning, and allow moms to focus on what matters most — their children’s wellbeing.

This is what community care looks like: meeting women where they are, listening first, and responding with dignity and respect.







💛 We are honoured to stand with the moms and families in our community.

This work exists because one woman refused to look away from women’s pain.

In the weeks since Reneé’s passing, we have listened — really listened — to the stories and tributes shared by her family, friends, colleagues, and the countless women whose lives she shaped.

What emerges again and again is this: Reneé believed in women long before they believed in themselves. Reneé did not believe in charity without dignity, or support without presence. She believed in sitting with women where they were — in their fear, their rebuilding, their becoming. She believed that women needed to be seen, heard, and believed in before they could believe in themselves.

Susters 4 Life was built from that conviction. From lived experience. From listening more than speaking. From choosing action over silence.

While her physical presence is no longer with us, her work does not end here. The values she embedded, the systems she helped build, and the trust she earned remain at the heart of this organisation.

We honour Reneé not by pausing, but by continuing — with care, integrity, and purpose.

Her legacy lives on in every safe space created, every woman supported, and every life strengthened through this work.

Women rise, stand strong and believe in yourself!

🎓Exciting news, the National Arts Council (NAC) invites accredited South African higher education and tertiary institutions to apply for the 𝐍𝐀𝐂 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 on behalf of students enrolling for the 2026 academic year.

The NAC Local Block Institutional Bursary Funding guideline document can be found here:https://www.nac.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BLOCK-BURSARY-FUNDING-GUIDELINES-2025.pdf

Apply and share with those that are interested.
Closing: 19 December 2025
Outcomes date: 30 January 2026

Visit their website at www.nac.org.za for more information on how to apply.

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑: 𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟔.
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑: 𝟎𝟔𝟎 𝟕𝟗𝟏 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓.
𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄: 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐧𝐚𝐜.𝐨𝐫𝐠.𝐳𝐚