Jody's gift to East London

East London's Jody Scheckter won the Formula 1 World Championship for Ferrari in 1979 and went on to build a high-tech business in Atlanta, USA, before starting an organic farm, Laverstoke Park, in Hampshire, England. Jody recently made the largest personal donation to date to the Berea Gardens Retirement Foundation in East London. He requested that most of this donation be used to contribute towards the construction costs of a new wing at the Lily Kirchmann Home - the frail care facility in Berea Gardens where his mother lives. Part of the donation will go towards the Xhasanani Project, a community-run organisation mentored by Berea Gardens that cares for elderly folk in the nearby squatter community. The funding will go towards establishing a community-based home care support group for AIDS sufferers.