SUPPORT 10-year-old busker Cameron Alford and your spare change will help bring joy to underprivileged children in South Africa.
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The Hastings Public School student and his mother Raylene, a former Qantas worker, will join the Qantas Cabin Crew Team in October to help out at a haven for underprivileged mothers and their children near Johannesburg.
Cameron will busk near the Port Central entrance and Coles in Hayward Street during the school holidays.
He will also busk at the gates of the Wildwood Festival at Cassegrain Winery on October 2.
Cameron will use his busking money to buy ukuleles to give to the children at the haven and any extra money will go to help the children.
The budding musician will entertain the youngsters at the haven near Johannesburg and teach them the basics of the ukulele.
“It’s so the kids can get a chance to learn an instrument and have fun, and maybe teach some other kids to learn,” Cameron said.
“They don’t really have much at the orphanage so I’m giving them something they will probably have for the rest of their lives.”
They will join the Qantas Cabin Crew Team, a registered charity which assists underprivileged and disadvantaged communities.
The team is making its annual visit to the haven near Johannesburg.
Ms Alford said it would be a good experience.
“I like to keep it real,” she said.
“It’s nice to have a [social] conscience that you are doing a little bit and not just being so focused on your own situation constantly.
“It makes you realise how lucky we are back here when you travel.”
Cameron has graduated from the ukulele to the guitar which he learns under the guidance of teacher Benny Hardman. He also dabbles on the drums.