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Hou Moed has been one of our South African partners since 2005. Our partnership will come to an end on December 31st 2012. It has been agreed that Hermanus Child Welfare will take over the management and control of Hou Moed Youth Centre. The Hou Moed committee will dissolve, and by the end of 2012, once official approval has been obtained from the Department of Social Development, the transfer will take place and all the assets of the centre will go to Child Welfare. For more information, please read the article in Hermanus Times.

With a team of nine we walked the 2Charity Walk on Saturday October 13th 2012 to raise funds for Khululeka Grief Relief. Khuleleka assists children who are grieving for their loss of a parent or another loved one. In Support Groups of 10-12 children they get together to talk, sing, draw, cry and laugh.

"Thabo (13)  lost both parents and an uncle. He blocked out memories of his loved ones, as a way of dealing with the pain. He was never emotional. He seemed to find comfort in coming to the group, although he seemed uneasy talking about his loss." Thabo about the Support Group: "I like that we got food, love each other, lots of laughing and drawing."

"Zandy (12) lost her father, who died after falling in front of a train. She also lost her grandparents. She was very emotional when talking about her loss. She remembered events vividly. Zandy is a shy child, but she was able to overcome her shy nature and share important things within the group. She also seems to be a deep thinker." Zandy about her Support Group: "We supported each other and don't judge each other. We talked about things we never talked about before."

The team and their sponsors raised € 2.100, enough for one Support Group.

Would you also like to make a donation to Khuleka's Support Groups and help more children to come to terms with their loss? To donate, please click on the photograph below.

Thank you so much for your support!

We won again! This time it's the Dutch Transparency Prize 2012, category small ngo's. The Jury stipulated that we are a learning organization and that we share a lot of information about our activities and our impact. Would you like to see our Annual Report 2011? Please note that it is in Dutch. We also have an English Summary.

Two other organzations were awarded: Wakker Dier (category large NGO's), and Oxfam-Novib (innovation).

Photograph left: Mr Rinnooy Kan (chairperson of the jury) with the winning teams. Photo right: chairperson Riekje de Vries-Pels and trustee Martje Nooij with a check for € 25.000.

Many thanks

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SPZA is happy to announce their nomination for the Dutch Transparency Prize 2012. More news on October 10th ...

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