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HELPING HANDS is a support group for Aids orphans, children infected and affected by HIV/Aids, children who are abused and children suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). It was all started in 2000 in Elsies River by a woman named Priscilla Simons, when she was diagnosed HIV positive and already in stage III. The divorced mother with two children of her own, aged 8 and 13, is originally from Elim. After she had made peace with her situation and accepted living with the virus, Priscilla started living positively, reached out especially to children in the same position. She started the support group when the Lord called upon her. At the moment she makes motivational speeches at schools, churches, prisons and elsewhere in connection with the virus. She hosts several talk shows on radio stations to make people aware of HIV/Aids. She now lives in Wellington where she has rented a small house to help those in need. She cooks meals three times a week and like all mothers she likes to give the children something extra after they had eaten their meals, such as sweets, juice or fruit. During holidays she takes the kids out on trips, which she plans throughout. The holiday programme includes mountain climbing, playing in parks, swimming and watching movies. The children are taught about life skills, Aids, childhood and the world as we know it. During the winters she sees to it that the children have warm clothes and throughout the year she tries to put smiles on their faces. The ages of the kids range from one year to fourteen years old. She has volunteers that help her with the children, doing the cooking every second day, helping her when she is sick and another who provides them with transport. There is also a teacher who helps with the children and another to do the cleaning in the house. Her dream in life is to open an "HIV/Aids Helping Hands Home" or the "Priscilla Simons Helping Hands Home", with space for children to sleep, play, eat and feel safe. "Let's make a positive difference in a child's life. Your child is our child. Love and be loved." Priscilla can be contacted at 073-428-7706. |
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THIS year Rotary International is celebrating its Centenary Year. One of the greatest Rotary projects undertaken this century was the eradication of Polio, the world's greatest cause of disability. This enormous task was originally undertaken by Rotary in 1985, then in 1988 it was adopted by the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, US Centre for disease Control and Prevention as well as Government Health Departments worldwide. Rotarians all over the world have donated more than 500 million dollars to assist in the mass immunization campaign. Rotary had hoped that the world would be free of Polio this year, but due to some remote areas still recording cases, they now have to embark on one last drive to eradicate Polio in these areas. Rotary has accepted the challenge and is mounting a major drive to see that immunisation takes place in these areas. They promise to finish the job of eradicating the dreaded disease of Polio and to deliver to all children everywhere a lasting gift: a world free of Polio. |
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FOR the past six years the Athlone Institute Trust (AIT) in Paarl have been awarding bursaries and bursary loans to promising and needy students who are permanent residents of Paarl and Mbekweni. By the end of this year AIT, via the Bursary Project Committee, will have awarded bursaries and bursary loans to the value of R1,18 million, thereby assisting a total of 415 students at various registered institutions, ranging from the Peninsula and Boland to the Free State, Guateng and the Eastern Cape. In the 2005 academic year the AIT will again grant a number of bursaries to tertiary students who are in their second year and further on. Bursaries will be awarded with academic potential and/or financial need of the applicant as primary considerations. A maximum of 20 bursary loans will be made available to first year students with serious financial need, but who have obtained a minimum aggregate of 950 in the final matriculation examination. Only students who are registering at a tertiary institution for a course that has been accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) will be considered for a bursary or bursary loan. An applicant must be a permanent resident of Paarl or Mbekweni and/or a parish member in good standingof one of the member churches of the Athlone Institute Trust or a parishioner in good standing of any bona fide church/religious group in Paarl. He/she must be enroled at a registered tertiary institution for full-time undergraduate studies for 2005; have been promoted after the last year of study; show potential to study successfully; and be willing to be involved in some form of community service in the Paarl/Mbekweni area under the supervision of the Bursary Project Committee. Application forms and information are available at the offices of the following churches: Bethel United Congregation Church, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Immanuel UR Church, St Stephen's Anglican Church, Zions UR Church and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church T241, Mbekweni (Rev Stanley Jacobs). You can also phone the secretary at 862-5482 from tomorrow, Friday 19 November. Completed application forms must be posted to: The Secretary, PO Box 846, Huguenot 7645, to reach them not later than Friday 21 January 2005. a |
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'n FONDS is gestig om kinders wie se ouers dit nie kan bekostig nie, te help met terapeutiese onderrig. Die Noorder-Paarl Kinderondersteuningsfonds (NPKOF) is deur Christen ouers van Laerskool Noord-Eind begin. Die gedagte is dat die skool kinders met leerprobleme sal identifiseer en dan by die fonds sal aanklop vir moontlike hulp, sou die ouers nie oor die vermoë beskik nie. Die fonds sal aanvanklik net leerders van Noord-Eind help, maar indien hulle sodanig groei, sal dit ook na ander skole uitgebrei word. NPKOF is 'n nie-winsgewende organisasie en is geregistreer by die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling. Hoewel terapeute bereid is om die fonds tegemoet te kom, kan terapie sowat R200 per maand beloop. Geldinsameling is dus baie belangrik. Een sakevrou wat reeds haar gewig agter die poging ingegooi het, is Antoinette Coetzee van Salon Chantelle. Saterdag van 08:00 tot 20:00 gaan die hare behoorlik waai by haar salon op die hoek van Hoof- en Bo Langstraat. "Ons gaan net hare sny, en ook net volwassenes. Die opbrengs van die dag gaan net so vir die fonds," vertel sy. Mense wat meer wil weet of die fonds wil ondersteun, kan skoolhoof André Verhoog skakel by 872-4237. |
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'n FONDS is gestig om kinders wie se ouers dit nie kan bekostig nie, te help met terapeutiese onderrig. Die Noorder-Paarl Kinderondersteuningsfonds (NPKOF) is deur Christen ouers van Laerskool Noord-Eind begin. Die gedagte is dat die skool kinders met leerprobleme sal identifiseer en dan by die fonds sal aanklop vir moontlike hulp, sou die ouers nie oor die vermoë beskik nie. Die fonds sal aanvanklik net leerders van Noord-Eind help, maar indien hulle sodanig groei, sal dit ook na ander skole uitgebrei word. NPKOF is 'n nie-winsgewende organisasie en is geregistreer by die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling. Hoewel terapeute bereid is om die fonds tegemoet te kom, kan terapie sowat R200 per maand beloop. Geldinsameling is dus baie belangrik. Een sakevrou wat reeds haar gewig agter die poging ingegooi het, is Antoinette Coetzee van Salon Chantelle. Saterdag van 08:00 tot 20:00 gaan die hare behoorlik waai by haar salon op die hoek van Hoof- en Bo Langstraat. "Ons gaan net hare sny, en ook net volwassenes. Die opbrengs van die dag gaan net so vir die fonds," vertel sy. Mense wat meer wil weet of die fonds wil ondersteun, kan skoolhoof André Verhoog skakel by 872-4237. |
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