The Foundation exists to provide Inbound Assist Programmes and Outreach Services for public benefit. We aim to increase access to benefits and services for more people so that the overall quality of life improves.
We are committed to the principles of:
The Foundation was founded in honour of the late Roxzanne Renèe Samsodien.
The pandemic brought trauma that surrounds us in respect of illness that will also remain with us for many years to come in the form of the loss of loved ones. The Foundation was birthed during the COVID-19 pandemic, first as disaster relief aid in the form of food parcels, but it soon found root and we grew our efforts into an organisation that serves the greater needs of the public.
The Samsodien Foundation NPC has a three-legged structure:
Members of the public can register their families for the services detailed under the “Roxy Assist Services” free of costs. Outreach services are provided in accordance with funding received and depend on disaster situations in the country or as specified by the donor.
The founder, Clayton Samsodien (Public Officer and Chairman) and Phoenix FSG are the major funders amongst many other organisations listed on our donors, sponsors page. The Samsodien Foundation NPC also partners with other Foundations at times to expand its reach for specific delivery of aid or needs as they may arise. The Board is made up of 3 Directors that includes the founder and Public Officer as well as 3 unconnected persons accepting Fiduciary Duty to ensure that effective and efficient corporate governance is implemented and maintained at all times.
Clayton was born in District Six, an inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. District Six was a lively cosmopolitan community made up of former slaves, artisans, merchants and other immigrants.
By the 1970s, the majority of inhabitants was forcibly removed by the apartheid regime and the Group Areas Act. This early forced removal from his birthplace where equality and no boundaries existed formed the basis of Clayton’s later participation in the fight against apartheid and contributed to his empathy quotient. The main reasons for the removals, as stated by the government officials, was the interracial interaction that necessitated the separation of races. Unfortunately, the separation and segregation were not only race or ethnicity, but also class and income distinction within the different ethnic/racial groups. The impact was significant, people were forced out of their homes, driven into poverty, out of their businesses that led to destroying the harmony that existed in District Six and the total destruction of a community.
Clayton vividly remembers the apartheid bulldozers destroying homes and a bustling lively happy community being destroyed. But his personal experience of loss across his life has cemented and grown his unbridled passion and commitment to assisting others to access benefits that everybody should have, to provide more peace of mind, and to enjoy a better quality of life.
I want to give people hope, I want to provide access to basic relief aid, health, protection and peace of mind. I want people in distress to know that help is on the way.
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