Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Masakhane News nr. 5 - August 2009

Masakhane Newsletter nr. 5 6 August 2009

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Creche at Masakhane
The creche at Masakhane is up and running!
4 mothers from the community are currently being trained as child caretakers. The crèche is currently running between 10h00 and 12h00 daily.

Basic teacher-training and orientation is being provided to these women by a qualified facilitator. In service training takes place once a week at a local crèche. Go and see some happy little faces at http://themasakhanechildren.blogspot.com


Life Skills Course completed
The Life Skills course which was provided by SABMiller has been completed. 13 People have completed this course. Specific skills-training needs have been identified for this group which consisted mainly of young adults. Read more at
http://adultdevelopmentatmasakhane.blogspot.com/


Funny Face Challenge - go for it!

Come on get out of your comfort zone for ONCE and have some fun!
Invitation to JOIN the:

'Put a funny face on it' Challenge

and help give to a good cause!

So the economy is shot and winter took its toll and politics are hectic and everyone is tired SO:

Do something different and rise to this Challenge!

We dare you to join us and have some fun while at the same time putting some smiles on some young faces.


we are also going to create a 'funny face' galery on the Village Power face book page where we will be placing as many pictures of friends making funny faces as possible. Who knows - we might even break a record! If you are on Facebook, visit 'Village Power Funny Face Drive' under pages, become a fan and take part.

Prizes include:

2 x nights for 2 at Dream Lodge Magaliesburg
Gift vouchers from:
Games Xetra in Roodepoort
5 x R100 Melon Rouge Restaurant in Magaliesburg
R450 Foil Hair Salon Grayston Dr, Sandton
Fairy Nuff Jewellery in Magaliesburg
10 X cases of Soft Drinks from ABI
A wash and blow and full body massage from Exclusive in Krugersdorp – R500
So: This is what you need to do:
Send us a picture of yourself (or someone else, with their permission!) made-up or pulling a funny face or doing something funny together with a humorous caption or message to go with it to villagepowercdp@gmail.com. We will send you the rules and account details. Entries cost R 50-00 for Adults and R 40-00 for children.
Challenge a friend, work-mate or group to take part and be funnier than you!
Your funny face will be included in our gallery on the 'Village Power Funny Face Drive' Facebook page. Become a fan of this page and be able to see how our funny face gallery grows funnier by the day!
Village Power is a registered non-profit organisation (section 21 company).

Wishing you lots of fun and laughter!

Kind Regards
Sonja van der Vyver
(Director)
Village Power Community Development Projects
(083 999 5017)

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