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Crèche
Graduation & Christmas Party 2006
Bongimpilo
Crèche held its annual graduation ceremony and Christmas party
attended by over 200 people.
A great day was had by all - the
festivities included drum majorettes, local choirs, song and
dance by the crèche children and a cooked lunch for all.
Beautiful gifts
were received by the children, donated by members of Church on the
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National Woman's Day
9 August 2006
A Grannies' tea was held to commemorate
this important day on our calendar which pays tribute to those women
who marched in Pretoria in 1956 to protest the Pass Laws.
  Over 100
grannies from the area enjoyed tea, cake, dancing and singing.
Guest speakers included Mrs Cynthia Shezi who spoke on abuse and
many of the challenges facing women in the community today and
Russell Chili from Focus on the Family who spoke on abstinence and
the importance of allowing teenagers to be taught about the facts of
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Timu Kota Visit -
August 2006
We had the pleasure of hosting a
group of young people from the Netherlands called "Timu Kota" -
Swahili for Dream Dare Do. Their mission is to empower
dreams and their aim was to share their talents with young
people from all sectors in South Africa. They spent 2 weeks in Kwa
Ngcolosi imparting their knowledge on art, singing, drama,
photography and sports. The highlight of the visit was
the recording of a CD featuring a group of unemployed youth from
the area. They have been greatly encouraged by this feat as
well as from other self-esteem programmes which were undertaken. Timu Kota sponsored an experienced
wireworker to share his craft with some unemployed Youth at the
Sethani Centre. They will continue to make small items to
sell either as a group or individually.
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July 2006 - Fun Run
On
1 July a Youth Awareness Day was held. It started with a Fun Run -
a 9km circular route along the road. There were 50 participants and
it was run with a lot of enthusiasm. Most of the runners were
barefoot - including the second runner home and we are planning to
find sponsors for the top 5 runners who displayed the potential to
achieve well with training and proper equipment. Thereafter there
were motivational speakers, dramas and poems covering issues such as
Drug Abuse, Abstinence, importance of education etc. It was a great
team effort from the Youth organisers and the Sethani Staff.
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Computer courses
 40 young people have
completed the Basic Computer training course. This has
provided huge motivation to the unemployed youth and there is a
waiting list of 50 for the next round of courses to begin after the
holidays in August. The Centre is now equipped with 4 new computers
and software.
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Oaktree visit
We were pleased to
welcome a visit from Oaktree International Representatives Max and
Denecia. Max is the South African representative and Denecia is the
International Co-ordinator based in Melbourne, Australia. They spent
an enjoyable time interacting with the staff and youth at the
Centre. |
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Durban Girls College Visit
- May 2006
 Members
of the Committee of the Oak Tree Seed Group at Durban Girls College
visited the Sethani Resource Centre recently. They brought some
much-needed books to add to the library as well as the "Colour me:
Zulu" series of educational books - pages of easy Zulu vocabulary,
translated into English and illustrated. These books were
sponsored by individual girls and donated to the library. They
have been well-received and enjoyed by the children in KwaNgcolosi. |
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Beadwork group
A beadwork group has
started and the ladies have been very excited to receive two orders
to make home decor items for a small business in Hillcrest. It is
encouraging for the unemployed women to be able to earn their own
money and we hope this venture will continue to grow. |
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Sethani Resource Centre
Open Day - April 2006
 Hundreds of children from the local community attend Open Day at the Sethani Resource
Centre - April 06.
Many thanks to Clive McMurray
and staff from FCB South Africa who visited the Centre with
donations of magazines and refreshments. Resource Centre in use:
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Sethani Centre - January
2006
New office furniture
at the Sethani Centre, funded by Eton College,
UK and new uniforms distributed from the Centre:      |
