STEM VIR JOU WEN-PROJEK!

Die 7 top projekte wat vir die Romans Pizza Double Up Challenge ingeskryf het, is geïdentifiseer en die wenners moet nou gekies word!

Stem van 1 tot 14 Augustus vir die projek wat jy dink die grootste verskil vir kinders in nood maak, en staan elke dag ‘n kans om ‘n R250 Romans Pizza-geskenkbewys los te slaan!

Sms dan “Romans Pizza” gevolg deur die naam van die projek van jou keuse na 32716 (Bv, Romans Pizza Patch)

Vingers op die knoppies vir ‘n dubbele glimlag vir ‘n kind in nood!

Die 7 top projekte is:

1. 4kidz

‘n Groep van 5 laerskool leerders het begin om verjaarsdagpartytjies vir behoeftige kinders - wat nooit partytjies het nie, te hou. Hulle het sommer Romans Pizza aan boord gekry wat dan pizza tydens die geleentheid vir die kinders skenk.

2. Die 5 sent projek
Willowbridge Shopping Centre het R74 433,15 se 5sente ingesamel en Stop Hunger Now kon daarmee 37,216 maaltye vir honger kinders koop.  Met die insameling van 1,45 miljoen vyfsente, wat nou finaal die mark gaan verlaat, het hulle die voorreg gehad om menige kindermagies met nie-bederfbare kos vol te maak en word daar met bokse kos, bokse hoop afgelaai.

3. Bag of Goodness

Liesel Smalberger, ‘n onderwyseres by die Carel du Toit Sentrum, waar dowe kinders leer praat, het met "My Bag of Goodness" begin waar hulle op 'n weeklikse basis kospakkies aan behoeftige families in hulle skool gee.  Op die oomblik voorsien hulle 50 per week, maar dit raak meer.  Sy voorsien 'n sak wat genaamd is "my bag of goodness" wat 'n individu of onderneming kan vul met wat hulle wil en soveel hulle wil gee.  Die "slogan" van die projek is "its not the quantity but the thought of giving that counts".  Haar droom is dat die projek so groei dat hulle omliggende skole ook op 'n weeklikse/maandelikse basis kan help met kospakkies vir behoeftige families.

4. I’m Special-projek

I am Special Ministries spandeer kwaliteit tyd met behoeftige kinders om hulle spesiaal te laat voel sodat hulle kan besef dat dit nie saakmaak waar hulle vandaan kom of wie hulle is nie, nie eens wat hulle doen nie - "JY is spesiaal, want God het JOU gemaak!" Hulle doen onder meer poppekaste en die Romans Pizza Double-up challenge het nuwe lewe aan hierdie projek gegee met mense wat onder meer klere, speelgoed, tydskrifte en sporttoerusting vir die kinders ingesamel het. 

5. Patch

Patch verskaf gratis terapie aan kinders in die Helderberg omgewing wat seksueel gemolesteer is.

6. Tennis-projek

Growing Sports Foundation gee aan 2 000 behoeftige kinders gratis tennisklasse. Tydens die lesse word ‘n gunstige omgewing geskep waar die kinders dan ook positiewe gewoontes, lewensvaardighede, dissipline en sturktuur aangeleer word.

7. Troospakkies

Ramsay Media het genoeg geld ingesamel om 200 troospakkies vir seuntjies wat verkrag is te voorsien. Die troospakkies bevat waslappe, tandepasta en –borsels, inkleurboeke, speelgoed,en koekies.
Old Mutual het 3 000 troospakkies voorsien vir verkragtingslagoffers (meisies) tussen die ouderdomme van 4-8 en 9-12.
Media24 het 6 400 "snack packs" gepak vir kinderverkragtingslagoffers.

Hulle almal help Matla-a-bana, ‘n organisasie wat kinders tydens hierdie traumatiese tyd bystaan.

I am Special: PROJECT

I am special have been involved in the lives of thousands of children over the last 3 years. With their school programme they get to spend time with each child - loving them and through the compassion and dedication of their facilitators and friends (sponsors) showing children in poor and under privilege communities just how special they are. Letting them realize it does not matter where you come from or who you are, not even what you do, you are Special just because God made you.

Their circumstances can not be changed, but they can be given  hope and guidance. (please see YOUTUBE link www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTYVWTyFQE ). This is an ongoing project so during the month of June and July they continued with their classes. They also have a "I am Special Puppet Show", where they go to mainly under privilege communities presenting the puppet show free of charge. Again with the aim of letting children realize that they are SPECIAL. During the month of June and July three puppet shows were done for altogether +/- 150 children.

The Romans Double up challenge inspired a whole new dimension to their programme. They enlisted their charity on the Double Up challenge website to get people involved in helping them to let children feel special, asking individuals, groups or companies to get involved. The response was incredible!  We have so far been able to help 1600 children with magazines for research, new sporting equipment for gym class, toys and stuff for the girls, dress up corner, baby clothes and products for an aids orphanage, muffins for 50 hungry tummies and crayons to help I am Special ministries present their programme.  Dipped confections coffee shop in Stellenbosch hosted a High Tea for I am Special where the guests brought toys, clothes and things that they could give to children in need, Hlamba linen helped a young girl with clothes after arriving at a save house with her mom, The International Hotel school took I am Special as their CSI project for 2012 and Doxa Deo donated three boxes of baby clothes, as well as donations in kind.

"We can only thank Romans double up for inspiring us to add a new “leg” to our programme. We realized that there are a lot of people out there that want to help but do not always know where and how. And now they can contact us to help them making a child feel special."

They planned to help 10 000 kids and will be able to help far more children between the ages of 0 - 13 years of age than they have anticipated.

This project is considered a success, because they saw the faces of the children as they are told they are special, they saw their faces when a facilitator makes time in her/his day (every week) just to spend time with a child, they heard children telling a friend “i am Special”. They saw the reaction of children when they receive something as simple as a magazine and they saw the face of a little girl getting a new pair of jeans and panties... And they saw the faces and reaction of people willing to make this happen. They saw something money cannot buy.

Media24 Books Employee Engagement Forum, Amabookaboeke: PROJECT

The Thuthuzela Care Centre at Karl Bremer Hospital helps rape victims become survivors. Amabookaboeke's (Media24 Books Employee Engagement Forum) aim is to assist the counsellors in the tremendous job they do and to help the young lives begin a healing process.

They supplied the centre with pamper packs for the young survivors aged 0-12 years. Each pack contained nappies or boys or girls underwear, sanitary towels, toothpaste, toothbrush, comb, hairclips ...(for the girls), cloth, soap, a soft toy, sweets and whatever other little gifts that are donated. You may make up a pack yourself or make a donation of some of the products. They are happy to buy products on your behalf too. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting the project. They are grateful for all the donations whereby they are able to supply to the centre. The support for the project has been phenomenal. In June 2012 they planned on supplying 100 pamper packs. With the generous contributions of friends and colleagues they were able to donate 200 packs, books, a toy box with toys, and also some toiletries for the Centre itself.

The estimated value of products and services sponsored were R17 000, they had 358 volunteers assisting with this project and is definately continuing with this project as they are getting ready to pack another 100 packs in the next month.

They consider their project a success because people are passionate about this cause. Every person that they speak to, every parent that they speak to wants to come aboard. Even if you can only contribute a bar of soap per month you are doing your bit towards a pamper pack being ready for delivery.

Women and Beyond - "No Shame" campaign: PROJECT

On the 14th of July a "No Shame" campaign was hosted for Women and Beyond at Bayside Mall for 3 days to not only create awareness but collect goodies so that whenever a mother visited them, they could cater for the children as well. The project could only accomodate 33 plus children and toys and snacks were needed to make Goodie-bags for the children (aged between 4 and 9 years old) visiting the care centre. 

All the sweets, bears and colouring paper & crayons were sponsored and yes, this project will continue because the need is great as they receive women daily in their care and they mostly come with children when they attend their counselling sessions.  They have seen growth from just being able to help 1 child to gradualy growing to 33 and more. It has been growing and it benefits the children emotionally as well to be attended to on that level. They even appointed a child therapist who will make sure the childrens emotional and psychological needs are met.  They would like to add a snack as well into the goodie pack.

Media24 staffers do more than their bit for Matla a Bana: PROJECT

Media24 staffers countrywide celebrated Mandela Day by rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in the heartbeat of South Africa by not only publishing stories of hope but also making them happen. They got their staff members involved and packed more than 6 000 snack packs for the Matla a Bana project in aid of child rape survivors. Products and services to the value of R100 000 got sponsored for this project, 450 volunteers helped and planning on helping 5 000 children, they ended up helping 6 400 children. The project was definitely considered a success as staff loved the project and with the commitment of the CEO they will be packing even more packs next year.  They also exceeded their target by 1400 and staff are still donating. Great awareness for the rape crisis in SA was created.

LIVE TO RACE: PROJECT

My name is Joe Struwig, I am the Chairman of “Live to Race”, a Children’s Outreach, we are in our 5th year running. We are a group of 120 drivers (all volunteers), owners of sports and race cars with a passion for special children. We are a self funded NPO and are currently working with approx 10 National Charities including Reach for a Dream, Hokisa, The Homestead, CHOC, The Anna Foundation, etc, etc. Our Charity partners include Old Mutual, WPMC, ER24, Airports Company, Total, Ignition TV, CAR Magazine, 104FM Radio Tygerberg – to name a few.

The Killarney Race Track in Cape Town once again became a hive of action and adrenalin when “Live o Race” hosted another “Live to Race” fun day for special children – with the aim of wiping some serious smiles onto those little faces. The date was Sunday the 29th of July and 25-30 sports and race cars were taken to the track driving children living with cancer, children in wheelchairs and children from disadvantaged backgrounds around the track.

They requested pizzas from Romans pizza to provide lunch for the 113 people on Sunday and Radio Tygerberg collected the pizza's and arrived at the track with a total of 19 boxes and 38 pizza's and everone had a FEAST!!! 

This project was motivated by the Double Up SA challenge and they managed to help 81 kids.  The project will absolutely continue as Live to Race is a sustainable outreach.  They do 4 events at Killarney Race Track every year and have been doing so for the past 4 years running.

They have a team of volunteers who bring their time and their sports cars only so that they can share the experience with someone who's in need of a little care and upliftment.  It's a passion which they all share and it's wonderful being in a position to do so - to make a difference in a child's life!

Kit-a-kid campaign: PROJECT

There are thousands of learners who has never had new school uniform and a result is low self esteem and confidence.   The Kit-a-kid campaign were aiming to Kit their entire data base of 487 needy children with winter school uniform, have a party for all of the recipients, transport them from the various areas and treat them with "goodies" at the hand over party on the 14th of July.  They made use of local celeb's Christo Davids (Errol from 7de Laan) Kim Cloete ( Bianca from Isidingo) and the cast of Kat and the Kings at a Celeb fundraiser on the 7th July at Cape Gate Mall, where the public could get an autographed photo with the celebs, in exchange for a R50 Ackermans voucher. This went toward the R150 that each of their recipients would get.

They then invited all of the recipients who are children from various homes, orphanages and support organisations in areas like Delft, Phillipi, West Lake Side, Mitchells Plain and Bontheuwel to a hand over party om the 14th of July where some face painting were done, games were played, lunch was provided (including some great pizza's from Roman's - THANK YOU!) and entertaining all with the aim of inspiring the kids. They planned on helping 487 children, but managed to help 200 kids between the ages of 6 and 13.  The estimated value of products or services they got sponsored for this project was R50 000 with 15-30 volunteer assisting them.  They consider this project a success as this project has been running for 8 years and has many success stories of previous recipients who's school grades actually inproved after receiving the new uniform and positive interaction at the hand over party.  And yes... this project will continue as Party With a Purpose Productions (a NPO) are working hard towards growing the project to reach more needy children.

Help us: YOU ARE SPECIAL

The Vision of the Charity is to Share God's love with children. Thus to let children know that there is someone who care and let them realise how special they are.

Lots of drops makes an ocean............. I am special ministries will participate in the Romans Double up challenge during July. The objective of our project .”YOU ARE SPECIAL” is to let as many children as possible realise just how SPECIAL they are. The aim is to make a difference in the lives of 10,000 under privilege children and let them know they are SPECIAL during July. You as an organisation, group or individual (staff, co-workers, church group, congregation, school, friends ) can take hands with us in any one of the following ideas for the project. You can either donate it yourself to an under privilege child/children in your community or contact us to collect the stuff and donate it on your behalf. luani@iamspecial.org.za / 083 399 1685 Ideas of how we can make a difference: By gather or donating any: • Clothes ages 0 – 18 • Jigsaw puzzles • Books • Colouring books • Crayons • magazines • Building blocks • Toys for the sandpit • 300 packets of Mon Ami crayons • 20 portable CD players • Baking tray cake for a class party • Baking cup cakes • 50 Packets of Small fizzers or lollipops • Sandwiches for hungry tummies • Donating money.  I am Special ABSA 4074682301 San Tyger REF Double up   Step 1. Choose one or more projects (if you have another idea of making children feel really SPECIAL go for it. ) 2. Send us your idea with a contact name, number and e-mail luani@iamspecial.org.za www.doubleupsa.co.za PS: Please contact luani@iamspecial.org.za / 083 399 1685 if you have an idea or question regarding the double up challenge.

Project - Holiday Kids Club

Ikwezi Development Projects’ (www.ikwezidp.org.za) building needs fixing so that they can run all their projects again.  They will need furniture for an office and counsel room, the children need food, warm clothes and blankets. They further need finances to pay their two fieldworkers and volunteers and also a big vehicle to take them shopping and to outings, camps etc.

Cecelia Elrick will be having a Holiday Kids Club for the Aids Orphans with the help of 8 USA visitors. Every morning they will give the children breakfast, play games and sing with them, teach a Bible story and enjoy art together. In the afternoons they will start a vegetable garden at a school and paint the home of an orphan.

Project: I am Special Ministries

I am Special Ministries focuses on children from Gr R – Gr 7 in five different schools from Kraaifontein, Durbanville and Ndbeni. Most of the children in the schools are from under privilege communities. They need to realise that they are also SPECIAL not because of who they are or where they come from or even of what they do - they are Special just because God made Them.

Our aim is to help children realise that they are special, for the love of God is not only ours to keep, but His to Share. And who better to share it with than the leaders and followers of tomorrow. We mostly focus on children from deprived and underprivileged communities. We don’t want to change their circumstances or promise them a better life, but we want to inspire them with hope and guidance. With both school-based skills and biblical principles, the curriculum teaches a child to keep up with the mainstream and to succeed in all areas of life. We visit every child once a week, spending quality time with each one by playing games, creative art, storytelling, ministering, loving them and showing them they are special.  This is an ongoing project every day during the school term hoping to help 2 000 kids.

Project: I am Special Ministries - Winter School puppet show

The Bridgetown Moravian Church is having their annual Winter School on the 3rd of July, ministering to children during the school holiday, and also a way to help keep children off the street during this holiday by means of a weekly programme.

I am Special Ministries are going to do a Puppet show on the 3^rd of July for the children - helping them to realise just how special they are.

Project - On top of the library

Perivale Primary School in Grassy Park:  Most of the learners come from an economic – deprived area of Marble Flats, Ottery where unemployment is high and the school struggles financially. Gangsterism, crime and overcrowding are three of the most common obstacles encountered daily by learners at this school. Perivale also receives a low subsidy from the government because they are situated in a better off part in Lotus River, but the children who feed into the school are from close surrounding areas that are more disadvantaged. This creates a problem at the school as they do not receive enough money to run the school effectively which is evident if you look at the state of some of the classrooms, an old non-functional library. Upgrading the library will assist in creating a culture of reading and empowers reading learners to become independent learners and to participate in a global society.

Levels of change - Renovation: Cleaning the library, sorting the books out, new shelving, painting, attractive environment for learners, bean sacks etc. - Donation of books: New books for intermediate (Grade 3,4,5) and senior phase (Grade 6,7) Mostly story books, comics, magazines - Operating library Librarian, cataloging to books, categorizing, library policy, afterschool programs and reading to learners.

Project: Ray of Sunshine house

Candice and a few individuals from work and church have been involved in the Ray of Sunshine house.  This house is situated on a smallholding in Klipheuwel, where children in need live and play to their heart's delight in a safe and loving environment. The home takes in abandoned and abused babies.  Some of the children stay for a very long time and one of the little girls have even been adopted.  Even though they cannot adopt them all, they are blessed, honored and fortunate to be able to make a difference in this world, by changing and enriching these children's lives.  There are 14 children (from newborn to toddler) at any time at the home.

They need to secure the home that they are currently renting and constantly need baby supplies etc.  Candice and a few individuals would like to be able to do more and would like more people to become aware of their needs as an organisation.  They would like to buy products and clothing for the children and put money towards their building fund.

Contact Candice ctcandi@gmail.com if you would like to assist her with this project.

Old Mutual: PROJECT

Project update: 


Old Mutual personell will upgrade the rape room at Vredenburg Hospital to be victim friendly.  They will also assist in upgrading the forensic social worker room at Vredenburg Child Protection Unit (at Saldanha SAPS) to be child-friendly.  The opening of these two rooms will take place on 11 June 2012.

We are proud to announce the upgrading of two important rooms on the Cape West Coast. The victim room at Vredenburg Hospital and the room of the forensic social worker at Vredenburg FCS (based at Saldanha SAPS) was upgraded to be victim/child friendly by the Old Mutual Staff fund and the St Helena Church. Murals were done in both rooms and they were furnished with carpets, toys, linen, furniture and more.  The St Helena Church as well as Akkerdyk Church in Vredenburg will adopt the hospital and FCS unit and give support to officials and children and also to supply comfort packs to the victims. These facilities will assist 150+ children every year.

Active primarily in the Western Cape and Gauteng, Matla a Bana funds and maintains child-friendly abuse reporting facilities, offer specialised training for law enforcement officers, courses in forensic medical examinations for medical practitioners and train and support social workers so that they are better equipped to deal with child abuse cases. Matla a Bana also spearheads advocacy and child abuse awareness campaigns and the provision of comfort packs to child victims of rape and abuse. Matla a Bana assists more than 13 000 child victims of sexual abuse and rape each year. Matla A Bana is the only legally affiliated NGO to the South African Police Service who has a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU).

Old Mutual Employees across in Cape Town and JHB gave 67 minutes of their time in honour of Nelson Mandela who celebrated his 94th birthday on 18th July 2012. Employees spent time making, decorating, painting and packing special comfort packs for girls between the ages of 4-8 and 9-12 who have been abused. Matla a Bana distributes the comfort packs to Family Violence, Child Protection & Sexual Offences (FCS) Units nationally. Children reporting incidents of rape and sexual abuse, are given comfort packs at the police stations or FCS units to help address their emotional, physical and emergency needs. Old Mutual Employees also spent time making emergency, waterproof sleeping bags for homeless and destitute people. The bags are made from newspaper and plastic. This project was run regionally and more than 200 sleeping bags were made by Old Mutual Employees across the country.

This project was a success in many ways. 1. Old Mutual and Matla a Bana joined forces to pack 3000 comfort packs which will be a source of comfort to 3000 children who have suffered abuse, and are brave enough to report it. 2. Old Mutual employees walked away from this experience a little wiser, extremely moved, and hoping that their small contribution will make a difference in the life of a broken child. 3. Because of the number of comfort packs Old Mutual employees were able to pack, Matla a Bana will be able to distribute comfort packs to the SAPS FCS units around the country; for at least 3 months.

Project - Little 2 much

Through the Little to Much project, True North desire to create a new generation of school ready children by supporting early learning initiatives within vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. During 2009 and 2010 a pilot project has been undertaken in the Vrygrond and Overcome Heights communities, situated near Muizenberg in Cape Town. Through a process of data gathering and interviews four home-based crèches were identified as requiring immediate assistance. These crèches currently have approximately 250 children in their care, many of whom could be classed as “high risk” due to extreme poverty, disease and deprivation which threaten their academic, social, emotional and spiritual development. True North currently provides educational resources, structural improvements to buildings and facilities, guidance regarding training opportunities for teachers as well as ongoing support and monitoring. In tandem with these efforts valuable information has been gathered regarding the social dynamics within these communities, specifically as it relates to the education of young children. Our Goals The goal is to transform these schools into professional and well managed facilities with adequate premises and high standards of education, including nutritious meals and other essential basic needs. True North aims to create a safe learning environment for all pre-school children under the care of fully trained staff. A high value is also placed upon the education of parents regarding their unique role within a well-rounded approach to early childhood development. The ultimate goal of the Little to Much project is to ensure sustainable change and growth. The initiative will be extended during the three year period from 2010 to 2012, ultimately serving as a model for the transformation of other home-based pre-schools within the community and adjacent geographic areas.

Elmethra de Bruyn have offered to help design material for any campaigns they might have or giving art classes to small kids.

4KIDZ: PROJECT

4 kids called 4KIDZ, from Welgemoed Primary School saw the charity Fisant Superkidz Educare Centre on the blog, was motivated by the Double Up SA challenge and wanted to help them.  They know what a highlight their birthday parties are in their lives, so they have decided to host a birthday part for the kids at the centre - and give a special gift to those kids who have a birthday in July. Nellie turned 4 and she got a beautiful doll - which she did not believe was hers! They also took pizza (Roman's Pizza from Durbanville brought this), muffins, sweeties, juices and blankets for all. First the kids were very scared off them. One little boy could not stop crying, even when they gave him a Chomp. But the good news is that he was playing soccer with them 5 minutes after all the crying! When they were there, Miss Joan showed them her computer room - which only have two very old computers. They asked Radio Tygerberg to ask their listeners to help - and guess what - someone donated a computer!
They planned on helping 20 children and did just that!  The products and services they got sponsored for the first party is estimated at R800 plus the computer. They will definately continue with this project and is going to do this every month for the next year. When they saw all the happy faces, they knew that they did good. And that is all that is important. And also that they could play together and be happy together.

Ramsay media comfort packs: PROJECT

Ramsay Media's Cape Town staff collected just short of R2 000 - an amount matched by the company - and then put aside time to assemble bright, cheery packs comprising facecloths, toothpaste and brushes, pencils and notebooks, colouring-in books and crayons, juice, biscuits, underwear, balls and teddy bears, which we tehn handed over to representatives of Matla a Bana and SAPS.

The need of the charity was comfort packs for boys rape survivors under 12 as they go through the ordeal of reporting the crime.

They planned on helping 200 kids and with the help of some of their JHB colleagues assisting with 75 packs, they reached their goal of helping 200 children between the ages of 4 and 12 years of age.  80 Volunteers assisted with this project of the 13th of July and the project will continue as they have decided that this will be their company's annual Mandela Day initiative.

The consider their project a success as child rape (and that of boys in particular,the focus of our efforts this year) is heartbreaking. By focusing our attention and our efforts, we will make the ordeal of reliving the trauma when recounting it to police a little less daunting for these youngsters - our comfort packs will make a difference.

Project - Madeleine McCann

Graham Perry will be helping to finde Madeleine McCann who is now 9 years old.

Help us - Matla A Bana, a voice against child abuse

We supply comfort packs to child rape victims via SAPS. We need packs for small and medium boys and small and medium girls. Most of these kids have been raped by someone they know.
Visit www.matlaabana.co.za for more info. Contact matlapr@mweb.co.za or Mariken on 021 913 9107

PATCH/Helderberg Child Abuse Centre: PROJECT

Daily, there are on average, two children sexually abused in the Helderberg area. The majority of the children reported to PATCH are young girls, the youngest being only 6 months old. A total of 370 cases were reported to PATCH last year. Receiving therapy after an incidence of child sexual abuse is of the utmost importance and PATCH staff members have seen the positive impact it has had on the children they come into contact with and therefore wish to continue for years and years to come.

In response to the tragic yet preventable problem of Child Sexual Abuse, PATCH implemented an accessible and FREE Therapy Project available in the Helderberg to all children under the age of 18 years. Therapy is free of charge to all racial, religious and status groups, each child will attend an hour of therapy once a week for a minimum period of a year. The key factor in the success of the project is that the therapeutic service will be given by our suitably qualified Social Workers who are supplied with the necessary equipment and facilities needed to enable them to carry out their work.
PATCH planned on receiving an average of 580 reports of child sexual abuse with only 300 children who would continue to receive therapy once their case of abuse had been assessed and PATCH assisted 370 children (between the ages of 0 - 18 years of age) through therapy during 2011.

PATCH is an existing project and has been in operation since 1992, therefore this project has been a continuous one for the past 20 years. In the past ten years, PATCH has seen a dramatic increase in the number of child clients receiving therapy in the Helderberg. This is seen in a positive light as the more children who disclose their case of sexual abuse can receive the therapy needed to deal with their trauma as well as assist in the conviction of their perpetrator(s). More than 400 children receive free therapy from our registered social workers, almost 200 children are supported during medical examinations to collect evidence and over 6 000 children are reached by our prevention efforts every year. We are proud of our services and we do believe that we are making a difference in the lives of sexually abused children.

Fisant Superkidz Educare Centre - Help us

This charity looks after babies from 0-1year and children from 2-6 years. They feed them 2 cooked meals per day and 2 snack times.They need  any kind of donations no matter how big or small will be highly appreciated. Our biggest challenge at this stage is OUTDOOR play equipment.
Contact :  Joan Reid: +27848351504

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Willowbridge 5 cent: PROJECT

Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. The organization is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime by providing food and life-saving aid to the world's most vulnerable and by creating a global commitment to mobilize the necessary resources.
Stop Hunger Now’s meal packaging program provides volunteers the opportunity to package dehydrated, high protein, and highly nutritious meals that are used in crisis situations and in school feeding programs for schools and orphanages in developing countries around the world.



From the 1st of April 5 cent coins were discontinued. So they started asking people "what are you going to do with the ones you still have left in your purse or lying around?" and educating them that with one 5 cent coin they won’t be able to buy a meal, but put 40 of them together, and they can indeed. Stop Hunger, in cooperation with Willowbridge Shopping Centre and Radio Tygerberg, invited the public and schools to help them to collect one million 5 cent coins, with which they would be able to finance 25 000 meals.

The response was phenomenal!  They aimed to collect 1 million 5cent pieces and ended up collecting 1,488,663 x 5cent pieces which means they were able to donate R74 433.15 towards Stop Hunger Now which paid for 37 216 meals.  

On the 20th of June personnel from Willowbridge Shopping Centre and Radio Tygerberg joined Stop Hunger Now in Crossroads for the meal distribution at 3 creches in the area.  The big brown eyes that watched us in anticipation as boxes of food (and hope) were delivered and the "thank you's" afterwards touched everyone's hearts.  And as the old 5cent greeted the new day for the last time, we knew it brought care and satisfaction to many hungry tummies of those in desperate need. 

Buy a pizza

You can help this project by buying a Roman's Pizza! During this month the Roman's Pizza shops will donate money for each pizza sold towards this project. Who says pizza is not healthy?!

First cause!

Matla A Bana - a voice against child abuse is the first cause to register for the Double Up Challenge in the Western Cape. They help more than 13000 abused children every year and need help to create child-friendly environments and supply comfort packs to the victims. Read more on them on www.matlaabana.co.za

Welcome!

Welcome to the official Double Up blogsite for Radio Tygerberg. Here we will keep you posted on all the causes registered, we will tell you what challenges our listeners took up and about their great achievements! You can also listen to our special Double Up programme that will be aired from 1 June 2012. Hope to see many Radio Tygerberg listeners going out there and doing the "Double Up"!