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NPO registration number: 001/913
NELSPRUIT
October 2014
Established in 1937
76 years of service to the community
“ It is Christmas in the heart
that puts Christmas in the air… “
ET Ellis
Greetings to you all
Many will be wondering where the year has gone.!! And we do too. We are fast
nearing the end of a very busy year. As some of you know the funding received from
USAID was “A specific” in that our criteria for being granted the money was to
provide awareness, training and lifeskills programs. This would better equip the
community about the prevention of HIV/Aids. The importance of preserving their
lives is to be able to care for their children without the bleak prospect of
orphanhood. We wish to continue providing this awareness and campaigning in
and around the Nelspruit area. It has a very positive impact on the lives of families
with children who are at risk.
We have our AGM coming up on 5 November 2014. If you would like to join us for a
short meeting followed by light refreshments please contact Penny Jane at our
offices 013 753 3330. In this way you can get to know our organization and what
we are about.
Thereafter we will be focusing on World Aids Day coming up on 1 December which
flows into 16 days of Activism against abuse on Women and Children.
We also have our 18th Xmas Dream Tree Project running again this year. Please see
page three for details.
We wish to take this opportunity of thanking all of you out there who have
supported us through the year and enabled us to provide our services to children
and their families. All wonderful wishes to all our readers and your families for the
season of giving coming up.
APPEALS
Calling all readers, friends and family
We are hoping to be granted the opportunity once
again of providing a wrapping service outside the
exit door of Makro. It is of course a fundraiser to
earn much needed money. We hope to wrap 7 days
a week as from 10 December through to 24th. Up
until the 10th we would wrap Friday to Sundays.
Please use our services for a very worth cause, and
if you wish to volunteer to do some wrapping for a
good cause please contact us. WE ARE WAITING
FOR YOUR CALL AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A
FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM MAKRO.
Please consider supporting our endeavours to continue with awareness
campaigns/lifeskills/training so that the outcome of what we started just over a
year ago can continue to gain momentum and bear bigger fruit.
Our vision is to provide this ongoing awareness/lifeskills/training during the
school holidays at schools in and around Nelspruit area. We are appealing to the
business sector to consider supporting this project work by:
•
Adopting a days event, or part thereof, in the way of food and refreshments.
No donation is ever too small..
• Awareness items such as rulers or a pen or even a cap with a slogan relevant
to the campaign and with your logo on it “proudly sponsored by……” will be
beneficial to all concerned.
Our contact details are available on our webpage or on the last page of
newsletter.
DATES TO DIARIZE
Fundraisers and awareness dates:
Nov/Dec
Nov/Dec
1 Dec
April
2014
2014
2014
2015
- Xmas Dream Tree Project
- Xmas Wrapping Service
- World Aids Day
- 4th Amazing Race
18th Xmas Dream Tree Project
Tags will be up on the trees by 20 October 2014
As a child we remember the excitement that used to build as Christmas
was approaching. It was Christmas everywhere you turned, especially
at home. Remembering all the gifts that awaited us under the tree...
mom giving us clues as to what to expect, but these were the times life
long memories were built on and so each of us have our own
memories and the times we shared over Christmas. Child Welfare SA
Nelspruit has already launched
the 18th Dream Tree Project and
the public is invited to share in
the joy by purchasing that gift
mentioned on the card hanging
from the tree. The gift
mentioned on the card is the
dream gift from a specific
child. The public is welcome to
browse through these cards
and search for the gift that fits
their budget. Currently our
office Child Welfare SA
Nelspruit is aiming to make
400 wishes come true this
Christmas. As has been
arranged
in
18 th Xmas Dream Tree
Project
previous
years you
Please take a tag from
will find one
of the Dream
the tree and bless a child
this
Christmas.
Trees at the Pick
`n Pay at the
Return the gift, wrapped
to the store or our offices
Riverside Mall,
Illanga Mall and
at 10 Ehmke Street
another inside the
Forum Pharmacy at
Nelspruit, by 19
December
and
we
will
Nelmed.
deliver these gifts to the
Don’t let this Christmas
go by without grabbing
underprivileged.
the chance of creating a
memory in the life of
a needy child. You can
do this by sponsoring
a gift to one of the
children in
Mpumalanga. Please
consider making a
difference this
Christmas!
Do you need a channel to reach the
community.
Then look no further:
Second hand clothing
New clothing
Second hand toys
New toys
Unused and old stationary still good enough
to use
New stationary
Support with school uniform
Old furnishings
Old office furniture,
Homeware– blankets, second hand linen,
curtaining towels etc
Food for families in need —dry food, tinned
food, frozen food and even fresh food
Toiletries for families in need —bath soap,
toothpaste, washing powder, sanitary pads,
Baby milk fomula - when we need it.
Xmas Dream Tree Project ( gift buying)
annually
Finding an outlet/market for the beading
project
Your skills such as fundraising, marketing
Assisting with finding donations for
fundraisers
Assisting with finding donations for families
in need
Assistance with our fundraisers on the day
and possibly even before
Help us make a chiller/walk in fridge a reality
to store our foods for those we feed weekly
Makeover on the pallisade fence– a scrape
and a paint.
Look out for our collection tins in town and
get generous.
Support for our campaigns/training and lifeskills
programs—refreshments.
To make a monetary donation
you can look out for our collection tins in
town or
make a deposit into our bank account:
Nelspruit Child Welfare Society
Standard Bank cheque account
Account number 030286794
Branch Code 052852
Our collection bins are situated in a number of schools
in Nelspruit and surrounding area- Loerie Pre primary,
Curro school, Penryn Pre school and Bergland Laerskool.
Please remember that any donation from second hand
clothing to books to toys and food can be placed in the
bins. In fact anything in your home that you no longer
have a use for will be welcome. Our offices are situated in
town at 10 Ehmke Street so please remember us when
you are clearing out your cupboards or moving house.
Many families benefit from what you no longer require.
And our Certificate of Appreciation/Recognition
went to St Michaels Anglican Church Nelspruit for
generous support monthly towards our weekly food
parcel project . The donation enables us to feed 24
families a week. Thank you very much.
We have decided that as each quarter comes along
and we publish a newsletter , an individual or
company that has gone the extra mile in
supporting us or responding to an urgent appeal,
will be recognized in this slot. We will be
presenting you with a Certificate of Recongnition/
Support . By doing this we are hoping this will
encourage other companies or individuals to assist
in whatever way they can to provide us with
support be it, financial,
your time, your goods.
Whatever keeps us afloat
and enables us to render
services within our
framwork.
Our Mission
Statement
Vision
Leading in the achievement of a safe and caring environment for children.
Mission
To promote, to protect and to enhance the safety and well being and healthy
development of children
OUR OFFICE STAFF AND COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OFFICE STAFF
Office Manager/Social Worker:
Nomfundo Myeza
Chairperson:
Desmond Shybz
Exec. Members:
Nicolin Sibanyoni
Andre de Goede
Social Worker:
Milycent Ndlovu
Qondile Dewa
Gugu Mashile
Princess Mpofu
Lucia Mtembu
Community Worker:
Nqobile Maseko
Comm. Members:
Richard Patterson
Mary Nkosi
Themba Maseko
Administrator :
Penny Jane Tredgold
Administrative Assistant:
Mavis Nzima
OUR CONTACT DETAILS AND OTHER
Please note our new email address.
Physical Addr: 10 Ehmke Street, Nst
Postal Address: P.O. Box 519, Nst 1200
Phone: 013-753-3330, 013-753-3225 & 013-755-3630
Fax: 013-753-3820
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: childwelfarenel.org.za