Hello everybody
January has gone by so quickly and the phrase ‘hit the ground running’ sums up quite nicely, how it has been for me on this side! We are hardly out of the holiday spirit when we have to go back to work, sort out the kids and their schedules, sort out our own routines and just basically get on with it! I so love January – everybody has New Year’s resolutions [which, let’s face it, lasts for about 5 minutes], but everything is fresh [new school year and new friends] and it is a time to re-assess where we are and what we’re doing.
Simplicity is the buzz-word at present – keeping things simple and do-able and that way, we don’t set ourselves up for failure or disappointment!
I hope that 2012 will be a year filled with many new things for you, that you’ll be productive in whichever project you find yourself working, that the people who surround you will make you happy and that you know that you are loved!
Thank you to the following contributors:
Dr Lara Smith, Marlene Helfrecht, Bronwyn Hopwood, Salomy Coetzee, Sandy Schuurmans, Audrey Hugo, Michael P., Denise and Willem van Bergen, Rosemary van der Pas, the Ladies at the Constantia Gardeners’ Club, Tania Bain, The Newlands’ Lions, Ada and Henk Timmerman, Ingrid Rix, Collyeen Sinclair, Heather Mylne, Sharon Wewege, our friends at The New Beginnings Clinic in Meadowridge, Pamela Cable, Annette Milner, Arlene Holt, Anonymous friends, and staff at SAPS Wynberg.
Retreat MOU
During December there were 164 babies born – 60 boys and 74 girls. There were only 3 babies born on Christmas day [quite unusual as it is normally about 10] but the Zoe personnel who spent the day at the clinic said that they couldn’t have asked for a more special Christmas day. The beautiful Christmas baby and mom packs were handed out to those who delivered their babies on the day and they were overjoyed by this.
Hanover Park MOU
There were 9 babies born on Christmas day at Hanover Park and with this being the first year that the Zoe Project has handed out Christmas mom and baby packs, not only were the moms overjoyed, but the staff who worked on Christmas day was overwhelmed by the Christmas day gesture. All babies born are healthy and beautiful. We have a desperate need for a Doula in Hanover Park – please contact me if you can commit a full day with the mom and are able to stay until she gives birth and if you are interested in helping out.
Baby and Mom packs – new items
We had great support last year for products for mom and baby packs and we really hope that this year will be the same. We are currently in desperate need of the following items – new baby grows and vests for newborns, receiving blankets and/or winter sheeting to make receiving blankets and small toys; maternity pads and juices for the mom packs as well as toothpaste and toothbrushes and panties [sized medium].
Dry Goods Pantry at Retreat MOU
The dry goods pantry was started in Oct 2009 under the premises that, as long as we have donations, we will continue to stock it. Unfortunately, early last year, two of our major contributors decided to discontinue their contribution due to personal reasons. Due to this, we have been unable to give the amount of tinned food and other dried goods on a regular basis to the Retreat MOU kitchen. The reason we started the dry goods pantry was to fill-up on the shortfall that was provided to them. We would like to continue with the dry goods pantry and require the following items on a regular basis – tinned tomatoes, tinned meat and vegetables, 2 minute noodles, packet soups, rice and pasta.
If you would like to contribute one or all of the abovementioned items, please contact me to discuss.
We are still receiving home made soup which is frozen and used as needed. 40 Units for Retreat and we’re starting to give to Hanover Park too. The donation of food from the Food Bank is less than it used to be and due to this too, we would like to be able to fill up the dry goods pantry again.
Should you be in a position to offer any of the abovementioned items, please contact me to discuss delivery or collection.
Our vision for 2012 is to continue to reach out to the moms and babies who require counseling; we are planning a number of talks, mostly at schools and with women’s groups. Information about us spread through word-of-mouth and I would like to ask each of you to continue sending our updates to your friends and people whom you know could possibly help us.
Guardian Angels
The thought of spending your birthday alone and unnoticed is something that touches each of us. I am in the process of arranging a project called Guardian Angels for the St George’s Children’s home under the Information Empowers Banner. This would be that each of the 40 girls there [age ranging between 3 and 16] receive one special gift on their birthday. The idea is that my birthday is in June and I will buy a special gift for a child there whose birthday is either on my birthday or in the month of June.
This project will only work if we have the following:
40 people who absolutely commit to ‘adopting’ a child on her birthday [there are 40 children in the home].
Each person to buy one special gift for their ‘adopted’ child and for that person to personally deliver the gift to St George’s home for the child on her birthday.
I would like to just request that if you are interested to be part of this project, to send me an email in order for me to gauge interest. Unless all the children have one Guardian Angel, the project cannot go ahead. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Second Hand clothing
Seasons are changing and we all ‘grow’ out of our clothing. Please remember us when you want to donate or throw out your clothing that you no longer use – adults and children!
Information Empowers on Facebook
Please join us on Facebook if you have a Facebook account, and please share on your wall in Facebook. The more people talking about Child Sexual Abuse and prevention, the more awareness will be created. The link is below.
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day today and as always, much love
Norah Papanicolaou
January has gone by so quickly and the phrase ‘hit the ground running’ sums up quite nicely, how it has been for me on this side! We are hardly out of the holiday spirit when we have to go back to work, sort out the kids and their schedules, sort out our own routines and just basically get on with it! I so love January – everybody has New Year’s resolutions [which, let’s face it, lasts for about 5 minutes], but everything is fresh [new school year and new friends] and it is a time to re-assess where we are and what we’re doing.
Simplicity is the buzz-word at present – keeping things simple and do-able and that way, we don’t set ourselves up for failure or disappointment!
I hope that 2012 will be a year filled with many new things for you, that you’ll be productive in whichever project you find yourself working, that the people who surround you will make you happy and that you know that you are loved!
Thank you to the following contributors:
Dr Lara Smith, Marlene Helfrecht, Bronwyn Hopwood, Salomy Coetzee, Sandy Schuurmans, Audrey Hugo, Michael P., Denise and Willem van Bergen, Rosemary van der Pas, the Ladies at the Constantia Gardeners’ Club, Tania Bain, The Newlands’ Lions, Ada and Henk Timmerman, Ingrid Rix, Collyeen Sinclair, Heather Mylne, Sharon Wewege, our friends at The New Beginnings Clinic in Meadowridge, Pamela Cable, Annette Milner, Arlene Holt, Anonymous friends, and staff at SAPS Wynberg.
Retreat MOU
During December there were 164 babies born – 60 boys and 74 girls. There were only 3 babies born on Christmas day [quite unusual as it is normally about 10] but the Zoe personnel who spent the day at the clinic said that they couldn’t have asked for a more special Christmas day. The beautiful Christmas baby and mom packs were handed out to those who delivered their babies on the day and they were overjoyed by this.
Hanover Park MOU
There were 9 babies born on Christmas day at Hanover Park and with this being the first year that the Zoe Project has handed out Christmas mom and baby packs, not only were the moms overjoyed, but the staff who worked on Christmas day was overwhelmed by the Christmas day gesture. All babies born are healthy and beautiful. We have a desperate need for a Doula in Hanover Park – please contact me if you can commit a full day with the mom and are able to stay until she gives birth and if you are interested in helping out.
Baby and Mom packs – new items
We had great support last year for products for mom and baby packs and we really hope that this year will be the same. We are currently in desperate need of the following items – new baby grows and vests for newborns, receiving blankets and/or winter sheeting to make receiving blankets and small toys; maternity pads and juices for the mom packs as well as toothpaste and toothbrushes and panties [sized medium].
Dry Goods Pantry at Retreat MOU
The dry goods pantry was started in Oct 2009 under the premises that, as long as we have donations, we will continue to stock it. Unfortunately, early last year, two of our major contributors decided to discontinue their contribution due to personal reasons. Due to this, we have been unable to give the amount of tinned food and other dried goods on a regular basis to the Retreat MOU kitchen. The reason we started the dry goods pantry was to fill-up on the shortfall that was provided to them. We would like to continue with the dry goods pantry and require the following items on a regular basis – tinned tomatoes, tinned meat and vegetables, 2 minute noodles, packet soups, rice and pasta.
If you would like to contribute one or all of the abovementioned items, please contact me to discuss.
We are still receiving home made soup which is frozen and used as needed. 40 Units for Retreat and we’re starting to give to Hanover Park too. The donation of food from the Food Bank is less than it used to be and due to this too, we would like to be able to fill up the dry goods pantry again.
Should you be in a position to offer any of the abovementioned items, please contact me to discuss delivery or collection.
Our vision for 2012 is to continue to reach out to the moms and babies who require counseling; we are planning a number of talks, mostly at schools and with women’s groups. Information about us spread through word-of-mouth and I would like to ask each of you to continue sending our updates to your friends and people whom you know could possibly help us.
Guardian Angels
The thought of spending your birthday alone and unnoticed is something that touches each of us. I am in the process of arranging a project called Guardian Angels for the St George’s Children’s home under the Information Empowers Banner. This would be that each of the 40 girls there [age ranging between 3 and 16] receive one special gift on their birthday. The idea is that my birthday is in June and I will buy a special gift for a child there whose birthday is either on my birthday or in the month of June.
This project will only work if we have the following:
40 people who absolutely commit to ‘adopting’ a child on her birthday [there are 40 children in the home].
Each person to buy one special gift for their ‘adopted’ child and for that person to personally deliver the gift to St George’s home for the child on her birthday.
I would like to just request that if you are interested to be part of this project, to send me an email in order for me to gauge interest. Unless all the children have one Guardian Angel, the project cannot go ahead. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Second Hand clothing
Seasons are changing and we all ‘grow’ out of our clothing. Please remember us when you want to donate or throw out your clothing that you no longer use – adults and children!
Information Empowers on Facebook
Please join us on Facebook if you have a Facebook account, and please share on your wall in Facebook. The more people talking about Child Sexual Abuse and prevention, the more awareness will be created. The link is below.
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day today and as always, much love
Norah Papanicolaou
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