Cape Town Child-Friendly Reporting facility in the make!

MAB WC - CHILD PROTECTION WEEK ACTIONS

This week is Child Protection Week and MAB WC has a full line up planned!

1. Opening of the Cape Town FCS Child-Friendly Reporting Facility.
To take place on Friday, 28 May in Cape Town.

2. Service of Hope and Blessing
Hosted at Durbanville Conference Centre at 9:30 on Sunday, 31 May.

3. Children's Act training
For 50 SAPS FCS members on 27 May - hosted by Connect Network.

4. Trauma training for Parents with abused children.
5 June - hosted by Jelly Beanz and MAB.

Remember to wear your Green Ribbon this week!

Xtremeforkids - Well done Jos!!!

It took Jos 4 months and nearly 12000 kms to cycle from Cairo to Cape Town. He nearly died in an accident and had to camp in the middle of now where many nights. He did all of this to raise funds for Matla A Bana.

We are happy to announce that Jos raised R100 000 for our charity. Thank you to all of you who have supported - and thank you to Jos for doing this for us.

Here is some of the arrival photos of the Tour D'Afrique, compliments of Yvon Hunt.

MAB & Yad Emmanuel

MAB WC manager, Monique Strydom, together with Ingrid Venter (Radio Tygerberg), founded the Yad Emmanuel Network group. The aim of the group is to connect women working in the charity world, in order for them to share knowledge and resources.

For more info on this visit : http://yademmanuel.blogspot.com

Supporting our Super Fit Police officers

Today, MAB Manager Monique Strydom, paid a visit to the first group of SAPS WC police members doing the "xtreme" boot camp of 6 weeks. She was chosen to inspire this group not to GIVE UP and shared her survival skills and techniques with them! We heard she made a quick departure when she was asked to join them for a cardio session!

Thank you Old Mutual!

Thank you to Old Mutual Foundation for sponsoring R 100 000 towards two Child-Friendly Facilities. One will be implemented in Daveyton Gauteng and the other at Cape Town Central FCS in the Western Cape. We hope to have both implemented by end of May.

Last Vodacom Packs

Lizel and Vodacom volunteers, Shanaaz, Ebrahim (Vodacom Foundation),Elaine (Yebo Hero)

We have managed to stretch the budget for the Vodacom Comfort project and is glad to announce that the last packs were packed last week. Thanx to the sponsorship of Vodacom, MAB managed to supply more than 5000 comfort packs to child-abuse victims in Gauteng and the Western Cape. We would like to thank Vodacom for their support - not only by donating the needed funding, but to all the volunteers who helped with the packing in Gauteng!

MAB faith based volunteer groups will continue to supply comfort packs to the SAPS units adopted by them, until funding is secured for the next year.

MAB Awarded

MAB received a very special certificate from Honeydew Police Station for the contribution MAB has made in fighting crime. Last year MAB implemented a Child Friendly Reporting Facility at this station and ensured the involvement of a community based group with this station. Thank you Commissioner Reddy for the acknowledgement.

MAB official beneficiary

Matla A Bana has been chosen as one of the official beneficiaries of Branded for Jesus.

Thank you Shoprite Checkers and Radio Good Hope

Thank you Shoprite Checkers for twice choosing MAB projects to support and donating
R20000 towards our Comfort Packs and Incentive Awards Project. You are the best!

Celebrating Human Rights Day!

On 19 Mrch 2010 Matla a Bana celebrated Human Rights day by giving 100 Comfort Packs to Victims of Rape and Sexual Abuse in Gauteng! Thank you to Vodacom Foundation for making this possible.

Vodacom Volunteers busy packing.

A comfort pack

FCS detectives collecting the packs

Vereeniging Child Friendly Reporting Facility opened!

On 10 March 2010, MAB opened yet another child friendly reporting facility in Gauteng. This facility situated in Vereeniging, will be used by FCS officers and victims in the area. The aim of such child-friendly facilities is to minimise the secondary abuse children suffer when they report crimes. This facility offer the child a friendly environment, away from police stations.

We would like to thank all our sponsors!

XTREMEFORKIDS

Jos Malherbe has now reached the halfway mark in his epic journey from Cairo to Cape Town, in aid of Matla A Bana. He has survived a harrowing crash, spent days in a hospital, were stoned by children and many other challenges. He has not only managed to raise more than R70 000 for MAB, but thanx to his undertaking, children in an orphanage in Tanzania also received some of this goodwill.

All of the best Jos for the other half of the journey!

To support this project, please visit http://xtremeforkids.blogspot.com

WC - A child dies every 3 days

One child was murdered every three days in the Western Cape the last 12 months. From January 2009 to February 2010 108 children died at the hands of killers who in most cases were known to them. Substance abuse is the link in most of these murders.

THANK YOU 94.7 AND NANDO'S

Thank you to 94.7 and Nando's and all the Peri Peri Cruise "jolly cruisers" for the donation of more than R 160000 towards Matla A Bana. Keep reading this site to see how we have used your donation to help children in need!