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World Cup Braai – Sunday 11 July, 3 to 6 pm - Ferndale, Tiddington This year, instead of a walk, we’ll have a braai for all the family at Ferndale, Tiddington, in order to raise funds for preschool places for orphans and needy children in and around Grahamstown. The braai will be held at Ferndale, Albury View, Tiddington (Tel 01844 338661 queries and to book ahead if possible). Afterwards those who want to are welcome to stay and watch the World Cup final match on the Bowleys’ large-screen TV. Food and soft drinks will be supplied. Tickets - £10, half price for under 10s. Wine and beer will be on sale (and possibility SA specialities). Proceeds to ‘Pre-school places for needy children in the Grahamstown area’ (to see details click here) Thembisa charity walk and tea 2009 Once again we had lovely weather for our two walks on 6 September 2009. We raised nearly £1000 to add to the funds for The Haven. Fundraising for The Alexandria Haven (Orphanage in South Africa) (To see details of the Alexandria Haven Click here) Thembisa 21st Celebratory week-end: Charity dinner and Charity cricket day, 23 and 25 May 2009, both with Gary Kirsten The Charity Dinner was enjoyed from start to finish. We had wonderful weather and a great cricket day at Tiddington cricket club. For a copy of the programme click here. Between the Charity Dinner, the Twenty20 cricket event, and many generous donors, we collected over £5000. On top of this, motivated by one Thembisa supporter, a school in Perth, Western Australia (John Septimus Roe Anglican Community) raised more than £9,000 through their annual Runathon. Fantastic! The total of over £14,000 far exceeds the target of £10,000. A huge thank you to Maggie Dunnill and everyone involved in Perth and to scores of people in the UK, and of course Gary and Deborah Kirsten. Does this mean we have raised more than The Alexandra Haven needs? Oh no! Too much is a long way off. Here are the facts. This orphanage houses 40-50 kids in a 3 bedroom bungalow. The aim is to build, as soon as possible, at least 6 chalets each housing 6 children and an adult - estimated cost is £5500 per chalet. Also levelling the ground for building, and a sports field will cost another £3500 or so. SO, Thembisa continues to raise more! Our next planned event is on 6 September 2009. (click here to download the poster). Do join us. Then two boys at Oxford's Cherwell school ARE making plans to help Thembisa fundraise, also in September. CAN YOU HELP? If YOU have any way of adding more please contact the Trust office. We, and The Alexandria Haven will be delighted. ‘Lifelines’ Multimedia Performance, 29 November 2009 Chris Mann, a South African poet, and Janet Suzman, the well known South African actress, introduced our 21st celebration year (2008-2009) by performing a work entitled ‘Lifelines’ on Saturday 29 November at St John’s College in Oxford. The performance dealt with the lifelines of animals and the biosphere of the planet, with Chris singing some of his poems to guitar music, and Janet reciting others, all to a backdrop of magnificent projected illustrations by Julia Skeen (Chris’s wife). This was an uplifting evening, giving us all a renewed appreciation for the wonders of creation and the need to cherish and care for the environment and living things. Afterwards there was the chance to mingle and chat with Chris and Janet over drinks and snacks. If you want to buy copies of Chris’s book ‘Lifelines’, phone Eurospan Publishers at 01767-604-972. Thembisa charity walk and tea 2008 Thank you very much to all who walked, sent donations, or bought
raffle tickets. £670 was raised. Thembisa charity walk and tea 2007
We had two very successful walks (long and short) and a delicious tea on Sunday 2 September 2007, and raised about £1000 for two of our projects – Eluxolweni street children’s shelter in Grahamstown and the Bonginkosi Blanket Project in Edendale. Thank you to all who came, bought raffle tickets or sent donations. |
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