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"I think the key is for women not to set any limits." Martina Navratilova Naudeshof Women’s’ day Celebration 2012 As part of women’s month this year the Naudeshof women decided to give back to their local community what they have been receiving the past years from the Waitrose Foundation. Therefore they visited the “Brave Heart Home “for abused, neglected and disabled children. The funds they have raised through the projects of the Women’s Club were used to buy food, vegetables, snacks and clothes for the children and on Saturday 18 September 2012 the women went to spend the day at the home with the children and provided these items to them. The chairperson of the Women’s Club, Ruth Dudumashe, also shared a word of appreciation and thanks to the staff who worked at the home for their love and patience towards the children. She also told them that everything they do will not be without blessings from God. Responses of some women : Jane Adams – “ Some of us do not appreciate what our parents do for us in life but when you meet children like these whose faces lighten up just from getting a hug from a stranger let my tears fall “ Maggie George “ –We sometimes do not know what is the meaning of having family to lean on and these children must put their trust in the hands of strangers for love and care . What goes through their young minds? “ The Brave Heart Home is situated in De Doorns and their main needs are food, nappies, milk and juice. Any donation is welcome. ~Written by Jessica Swartz, Project Coordinator, Naudeshof~ Karsten Women’s Day Celebration On the 4 th of August 80 women from Roepersfontein, Kromhout, Blouputs, Klein Pella and Raap en Skraap got together in the hall at Raap en Skraap to celebrate Women’s month. All women were dressed up beautifully, were welcomed and served on arrival with hot beverages and snacks by Petro. The program was opened by Kathy Persens with Proverbs 31. Evelynn had the ladies play various games as ice breakers to make them feel at ease. The theme for the day was “Make time for your friends” presented by Anelma Steenkamp. She used smarties to illustrate to the participants how different each other are in terms of their personalities, character, attitude, etc. The ladies were given each a smartie and asked to suck it until the colour coding were off until all of them only had chocolate in their mouth. The message to the ladies was despite the difference between women all are the same and equal before our Creator. As women they should make time for each other within their circle of friendship. Friendship is not cheap; you cannot put a price to it. The ladies were spoiled with a gift (a handmade, material hart) from the Blouputs women’s needlework group. ~Written by Veronica van Schalkwyk, Project Coordinator, Karsten~ 6
"There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there." Albert Einstein Zwartbooisberg celebrates Women’s Day Mariana Visagie, the crèche manager, and her team arranged a very special occasion for all female workers of Zwartbooisberg to celebrate Women’s Day. The function took place on Saturday 11 August 2012 at the crèche. Mariana was the speaker and she addressed the women on the history of Women’s Day. The youth and Afterschool children entertained the ladies with poetry, drama and dancing. Each woman present was given a gift as a token of appreciation and was served with a light snack. ~Written by Mariana Visagie, Worker Committee Member, Orex~ Introducing the new Chief Executive Officer Our Chairman is currently away on holiday so it is my great pleasure to introduce our new CEO to you on behalf of the Board. Nazlie du Toit joined the Foundation in August having come through several rounds of interviews and having been finally selected out of over 100 potential candidates! Nazlie has vast experience in the field of human resources and social development within South Africa. She has acquired this experience in both the private sector as well as within government and has thus seen things from both sides. For 10 years Nazlie managed Community Investment on behalf of the Community Chest of the Western Cape and was responsible for over 850 applications for community funding per year. Nazlie also gained valuable experience with Parmalat managing the Corporate Social Investment portfolio for this multinational company where she was responsible for developing policy and implementing CSI strategy. Most recently Nazlie has spent time with the Government Department of Social Development in the Western Cape where she was responsible for managing and co coordinating the implementation of strategies for the poor, needy and those with special needs within the region. Nazlie thus comes to us with a wealth of experience and also with a passion for social development and for making a difference to the lives of people – exactly what we need in the Foundation! During the past couple of months Nazlie has been frantically busy picking up the reins at the Foundation, doing several field trips to visit as many of the Foundation farms as possible. Many of you will already have had the opportunity to meet her and for those of you who have not yet had that opportunity, I am sure it will not be long before she arrives on your doorstep! I am sure with the amazing energy, professionalism, experience and skill set which Nazlie brings with her, that we are in good hands. It is a huge responsibility but also a very exciting challenge that Nazlie has taken on. I know that the board will provide Nazlie with their full support and we wish her all good fortune for the task at hand. ~Written by Rory Antrobus, Director, Waitrose Foundation~ 7
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