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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a fun day painting <b>Fish Hoek FCS Unit</b> with <b>The Vital Foundation</b> volunteers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you might know, the <b>child friendly facilities</b> at the police stations really make a huge difference to the <b>hurt children</b> when they have to disclose about the traumatic events around their abuse. Before we implemented these facilities, they were exposed to <b>secondary abuse</b> by people not trained to work with children. Now, they can <b>feel safe</b> in a room that is specifically <b>designed around their needs</b> - with toys, pictures on the walls, and a safe, sensitive person who will assist them in this very difficult task of talking about their hurtful experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below <b>Captain Orphen</b> from SAPS Fish Hoek is painting a butterfly on the wall. She has such a passion for helping children. In the <b>Vital Foundation</b> Red shirt is <b>Pippa Beaumont</b>.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Vital Foundation for all your help!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> --Nelson Mandela, National Men's March, 1997</span></span>MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-10146869978326081632014-07-21T07:57:00.000-07:002014-07-21T07:57:04.490-07:00We are back in full forceSince our Facebook site started running and was proven to be so popular, we have decided not to focus on a blogsite anymore. But it seems that many of you still wanted to visit us and read up more on our projects. So, here we are - back again!<br />
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From today onwards you will be able to reading more about our projects on this site - whilst our Facebook will have more on your questions and news updates. Please make sure that you like our Facebook site too if you have not done so already!<br />
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To introduce the MAB team to all of you:<br />
Monique Strydom - CEO and also Manager of Western Cape Projects (and rest of the country)<br />
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Lizel Van Eeden is our project manager in Gauteng and also Mpumalanga<br />
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Christell Weyers will join us in the Cape Town Office as our Getting Conversation Going Marketing expert! Her appointment was made possible by the contribution of the Vodacom Change the World Project.<br />
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Then we will be saying goodbye to our trustee in the USA, Prof Lize Booysen - who added many valuable contributions throughout the years.<br />
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And we would also like to welcome our new trustees - Dr Corne Davis (UJ) and Mr Roger Latchman (Business Executive). We hope you are going to enjoy the time with us, but more importantly know that your contribution will have a huge impact on the lives of many children.<br />
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Last year Matla A Bana was 13 years old and our projects reached more than 20 000 children. We hope that in the next 13 years our work will help many thousands more and we will dedicate all our talents to give a voice to those who do not have a voice!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-46754870648523676242013-09-02T04:45:00.003-07:002013-09-02T04:45:28.332-07:00Clearwater Mall Trolley Race<br />
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MAB was once again the beneficiary of the Trolley Race hosted at Clearwater Mall by the Lions. <br />
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Our team consisting of some eager young men and a young beauty queen also won the race!! Well done MAB team and thank you to all the sponsors!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-5833535008139490362013-09-02T04:42:00.003-07:002013-09-02T04:42:35.520-07:00Legal Wise helps with comfort packs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We would like to thank the staff of Legal Wise in Bellville who donated a huge box full of goodies for our comfort pack project on Mandela Day. MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-3086865514267430322013-09-02T04:40:00.003-07:002013-09-02T04:40:57.738-07:00Conquering Mountains Women's Day Breakfast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On 14 August MAB hosted the first of a series of breakfasts with some of the top speakers in South Africa. This was made possible by the support of the Public Speaker's Association of South Africa (MAB is the chosen charity of the chairman) and City Lodge Sandton. <br />
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Julie Filmer, mountain climber and survivor of many challenges, was the guest speaker and judging by the response of all the guests, this series is going to be great success. <br />
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Our next event will take place in November. <br />
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MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-76489634417806458782013-09-02T04:35:00.000-07:002013-09-02T04:35:22.729-07:00Mandela Day GautengWe would like to thank all the companies who supported MAB during Mandela Day.<br />
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Staff from Tracker did some fab painting and upgraded the Child Friendly Facility at the GT Prov FCS Unit.<br />
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Wilkins Attorneys and Heia Safari Ranch both arranged for packing sessions. <br />
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MAB joined more than a 1000 Old Mutual volunteers in Gauteng and Cape Town for the packing of comfort packs for child rape victims. It was a busy day with many happy people knowing that they are making a difference. We would like to thank Old Mutual Foundation for the continuous support!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-67451698863325521732013-09-02T04:10:00.001-07:002013-09-02T04:10:07.947-07:00Give a heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During Child Protection Weekend of 31 May, many well-known artists joined MAB for the Give a Heart campaign at Clearwater Mall. Several of our country's beautiful teen beauty queens also joined to raise funds for MAB. Thank you all, especially Clearwater Mall for this opportunity!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-74379048976011379172013-09-02T04:05:00.003-07:002013-09-02T04:05:31.956-07:00Absa Volunteers join for paint session<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On 13 June volunteers of Lead SA together with staff from Dischem Foundation joined forces to pack 100 comfort packs for child rape victims. Presenter, Africa Melane, was in charge of this effort and even Tim joined us for the packing and then did a long interview with Monique. Thank you to all for this wonderful effort. MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-3122772792716580182013-09-02T03:58:00.000-07:002013-09-02T03:58:09.655-07:00Move for Kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you to all the volunteers who joined us on 31 May to Move for Kids. We were all challenged with serious fitness moves, but happy to say that all of us survived and thank you to Forever Strong for raising just over R 2000 for MAB. MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-33299702700611694552013-09-02T03:54:00.000-07:002013-09-02T03:54:00.591-07:00Children supporting the Green Ribbon campaign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-65606229579759981152013-07-09T12:34:00.003-07:002013-07-09T12:34:37.482-07:00Epoch Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are very proud of MAB CEO, Monique Strydom, who was nominated for the Epoch Awards. These awards are hosted annually to tell the stories of unsung heroes. This year they will be giving away $50 000 to mission heroes.<br />
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We are very excited about this nomination, not because Monique is more deserving than any of the other nominees, but because this will hopefully give her an international platform to raise the plight of abused children in South Africa.<br />
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Read more on these awards on <a href="http://epochawards.com/">http://epochawards.com/</a><br />
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Staff from Absa Trust packed and donated 40 comfort packs to the Bellville FCS unit. These packs will be given to children who have been raped and reported the crimes against them.<br />
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Staff and management at Absa Insurers and Financial Advisers also collected goods and packed more than a 100 comfort packs. These were donated to various FCS units in the Western Cape.<br />
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CEO, Monique Strydom, visited Bellville South Primary School. She was joined by popular Afrikaan singer, Nedine Blom and staff from the Parow Sexual Offences Court. The kids were inspired to be a Hero and report crimes against them. Jataime Bees also won a brand new bicycle in the Hero Campaign.<br />
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MAB WC ended Child Protection Week by partnering with NGO's, Friends of Child Protection and Connect Network. A special Service of Hope and Blessing was hosted at Gardens Presbyterian Church. MAB presented a special Voices program with a group of kids. Everyone who attended tied green ribbons on the fences of the church to make people aware of the plight of abused children.<br />
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MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-23623895635234123972013-05-21T13:22:00.001-07:002013-05-21T13:22:18.921-07:00A day of great exposureThe media has been very kind to Matla A Bana. CEO Monique Strydom started the day with an early morning interview with Expresso Show on SABC. Then a great interview with KFM and ended the day off with an hour long interview on child abuse at Radio Tygerberg. Thanx to all our media partners for helping us spread the word!<br />
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Thnx People's Post for this great article!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-14174683331588200982013-05-21T13:15:00.000-07:002013-05-21T13:15:14.307-07:00SAPS Soft Skills Training<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We would like to thank the Art of Living Foundation for donating 600 comfort packs for medium and small girls on 13 May. These packs will be given to the SAPS FCS units to give to little girls when they report the crimes! This donation will go a far way to change a life! Thank you Deeps Patel for driving this great project.MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-27103863247848160002013-05-18T01:39:00.002-07:002013-05-18T01:39:30.771-07:00Wynberg Child Friendly room opened<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Due to hard work and dedication from a group of radiography students from the CPTU, the reporting room and waiting area at Wynberg FCS has been upgraded to be child friendly. Rotary Claremont also donated R15000 towards upgrading this facility to a full reporting facility.<br />
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Thank you Megan and the girls for a job well done!!!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-21736022762194905812013-05-18T01:36:00.001-07:002013-05-18T01:36:33.795-07:00Interact Fairmont shinesWe would like to thank the Rotary Interact Group at Fairmont High School for their continued support. They donated bags full of goodies needed for the comfort pack project!MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-5950080852315645972013-05-18T01:35:00.001-07:002013-05-18T01:35:19.257-07:00Serial Rape Investigation Course Gauteng<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In April Matla A Bana hosted 3 days of Investigation of Serial Rape (with the help of Brig Labuschange) for 25 FCS Detectives stationed the GT Provincial Office - this task team will be responsible for the investigation of serial rape cases. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Thank you to Rosebank Union Church for sponsoring the venue and catering.</span>MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-61342247940524598342013-05-18T01:34:00.003-07:002013-05-18T01:34:24.912-07:00THE DEDICATION OF FCS DETECTIVES<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Johannesburg - For months they would lie in wait at dumping areas around Joburg, dressed in worn-out and dirty overalls pretending to be peasants.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the early hours of the morning, late at night, in the freezing cold or in pouring rain, Warrant Officer Morake Khoali, Captain Maria Mokhele, constables Leutsoa Mofokeng and Jerry Khambule, from the Child Protection</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> and Sexual Offences Unit in Vereeniging, would be there.<br /><br />They would roam around, pretending to be looking for items around the rubbish dumps, while they were in fact hoping to catch two men travelling in a minibus taxi and raping women at dumping sites around the Vaal area.<br /><br />The men’s first rapes of the day were between 3am and 6am.<br /><br />Any woman who was by herself on the road and who flagged down their taxi between those times was their target.<br /><br />Their second rapes of the day took place in the evening; the last woman in the taxi was their victim. They would park their taxi and take turns raping the woman and leave her there naked, or throw her out while the taxi was moving.<br /><br />Their reign of terror continued for eight months, from January 2008.<br /><br />The officers were frustrated when their stakeouts at the places where the rapes were committed never bore any fruit and, in the meantime, the rapes were getting out of control.<br /><br />They were unable to focus on anything else. They never rested. They neglected their families. They slept at their offices and out at dumping sites. Their informants didn’t have any information. None of the victims had managed to take the registration number of the minibus taxi; all they had was a description.<br /><br />Another problem was that women were being raped in Orange Farm, Lenasia, Ennerdale, De Deur and Evaton, and it was therefore not known where exactly the rapists were operating from.<br /><br />As the rapes mounted, the officers approached the taxi industry for help.<br /><br />“We got a lot of problems there, some taxi bosses did not want to help,” Khoali recalled.<br /><br />One taxi operator stepped forward, though. He told the police that he knew the taxi they wanted and what its normal route was.<br /><br />Just as the police were getting excited about the lead, they arrived at the office to hear that the men had just raped their 52nd victim.<br /><br />With the information from the taxi informant, the last victim and her father, who is also in the taxi industry, the police were able to make an arrest the next day.<br /><br />By the time the matter went to court, 27 of the women were willing to proceed with the case and the others had withdrawn the charges, saying they did not want their families to know about the rapes.<br /><br />The trial lasted three years and the State had more than 200 witnesses.<br /><br />On March 13, 2012, Boitumelo Galubetse was sentenced to 780 years and 51 life sentences, while his friend Bongani Madlala got 49 life sentences and 780 years.<br /><br />The victims, their parents and the community were so touched by the dedication of the officers to the case that they threw a party on Saturday to thank them.<br /><br />Malekhotla Mofokeng, a mother of one of the victims, had tears in her eyes as she described the journey from when her daughter was raped until the matter was finally completed.<br /><br />“It was a difficult and painful journey we were on and we thought it important, as parents and victims, to show gratitude,” she said.<br /><br />Khoali said this was one of the most difficult cases he had ever worked on. “There were times when I did not go inside the court because it was too painful. The victims would be crying while testifying and the accused would be sitting there, laughing at them.<br /><br />“On the other hand, the lawyers would be attacking them… it was too painful to watch. I thank God that we got them before they killed anyone,” he said.<br /><br />The Star</span>MABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05287279414797877855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14725047341797416.post-79027270259583930902013-05-18T01:33:00.000-07:002013-05-18T01:33:13.720-07:00Old Mutual Run for more than yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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