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Good Morning Angels

Good Morning Angels is Jacaranda FM’s flagship community upliftment and CSI platform: changing lives and giving hope since 2005, every Wednesday morning on Breakfast with Martin Bester.

Good Morning Angels is good news, feel-good appointment listening, and an opportunity for listeners, corporates, and advertisers to actively get involved and contribute to causes close to their hearts on a weekly basis. It showcases the power of the human spirit, community, kindness, and the power of radio. Our listeners always step up – they are the angels.

Good Morning Angels assists with a variety of needs involving individuals, communities, organisations and causes of all kinds and descriptions. All recipients are vetted and chosen with the utmost care and due diligence. The assistance is not a hand-out, it’s a fulfillment of needs … it’s a hand-up.

To get in touch email: angels@jacarandafm.com
Weekly English South Africa Non-Profit
44 Episodes
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Grieving mom gets Angel-help to continue helping dogs in need

Despite losing her daughter in August, Estelle Smith is still doing all she can to help dogs in need; that's why Good Morning Angels assisted Estelle with R100,000 to continue her invaluable work for the "underdogs" and help her through this tough time.
25 Sep 14 min

Getting a community-driven centre back on the road

Good Morning Angels assisted Triest Training Centre, a centre that cares for people with intellectual disabilities with a donation of R100,000, to pay for the outstanding repairs on their minibus and to fill up the tank for a few trips.
18 Sep 9 min

Assisting a mother after the tragic loss of her daughter

Charmaine is used to fighting all manner of battles for animals in need, but this weekend, an unthinkable tragedy struck this fearless fighter when Charmaine's best friend, biggest supporter and sister-in-arms, her daughter, Nikita, died in a car crash. The Good Morning Angels Fund will assist Charmaine with a donation…
4 Sep 8 min

An East Rand school community comes together for Juffrou Liebe

Chanré Strydom is in Grade 7 and listens to Breakfast with Martin Bester every morning on her way to school with her sister and dad. She loves Good Morning Angels, and she loves her former maths teacher, Juffrou Liebe. When she heard that Juffrou Liebe Keyser needed help with an…
28 Aug 8 min

R100,000 assistance to a dad with Gillian Barre Syndrome

A 49-year-old Vanderbijlpark dad and husband, Emil Krügel, was a happy, healthy man - until 16 days ago, when he woke up unable to walk. His wife, Sonia, drove him to the local hospital, not knowing what to expect as he was fine when they went to bed the night…
21 Aug 9 min

Giving a talented young cricket player the chance of a lifetime

Using funds from the 2023 Good Morning Angels Golf Day, we assisted a young, talented cricket player named Aphiwe Yako to reach his dreams. Good Morning Angels has some funds left from last year's amazing Golf Day. From all the supporters of the event and our listeners, we would like…
14 Aug 11 min

Angel help for Kofifi FM and the people of Westbury

Good Morning Angels and Rentech have assisted Kofifi FM and the Westbury Community Development Trust in spreading hope and helping the Westbury community which is riddled with crime, drugs, and gang violence.
3 Jul 9 min

Helping a passionate coach to raise young rugby stars

The Good Morning Angels assisted the Jaguars Rugby Club with R10,000 towards their awards celebration as well as R15,000 towards next year’s kit and jerseys. That’s a total donation of R25,000 to help the Jaguars develop the young rugby stars of the future.
26 Jun 5 min

Ending Period Poverty for schoolgirls across South Africa

It’s all about Girl Power and the Dads who love them! Good Morning Angels and SPAR Women’s Challenge Tshwane managed to raise R220,000 to put vending machines stocked with sanitary towels in schools across South Africa.
12 Jun 33 min

The Angels of Middelburg come together for 14-year-old AJ Bothma

The Good Morning Angels Fund contributed R50,000 towards the Bothma's Fundraising efforts to help AJ with his medical needs. Although young AJ Bothma will never be able to play rugby or cricket again, he and his family remain positive through the help of their community and Good Morning Angels.
6 Jun 16 min

Spreading the warmth and love of WarmFees 2024

Wednesday on Good Morning Angels, Martin Bester and the Round Table kicked off WarmFees 2024 by assisting New Jerusalem Children’s Home with R25,000 and 200 brand-new blankets to keep the children warm this winter.
22 May 8 min

Angel assistance after devastating fire at Louis Botha Children’s Home

After a devastating fire left 12 boys at the Louis Botha Children’s Home with nothing, the Angels came together and assisted them with R100,000. Naked Insurance donated R50,000 towards repairs and needs after the fire damage at House 11 at Louis Botha Children's Home as part of the Naked Difference…
8 May 9 min

R100,000 to assist Prudence Mahlangu after she lost everything

From the LottoStar Summer of Millions funds raised for Good Morning Angels, an amount of R100,000 will go to Prudence Mahlangu to help her with some of her big financial obstacles, to enable her to pay her arrears for her car and school and to assist with her daughter Marcia’s…
24 Apr 14 min

R150,000 towards 16-year-old Ruan Weideman's life-saving surgery

In January, 16-year-old Ruan Weideman was diagnosed with an Odontogenic Myxoma, a fast-growing tumour in his jaw. The tumour is not cancerous, but it is growing at an alarming pace. From the fabulous LottoStar Summer of Millions funds raised for Good Morning Angels, an amount of R 150,000 will go…
24 Apr 8 min

R63,000 for Maryna van Deventer to help restore her eyesight

41-year-old Maryna van Deventer from Rustenburg and her family have had a rough few years. Her husband is unemployed, he has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and they lost their car. Maryna walks her 15-year-old daughter to school every morning, and then she walks to work. In December, it…
24 Apr 7 min
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