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.