PROGRESS FOR Emkhontweni Children's Home
Seriously underway! The application to the Charities Commission was submitted on Saturday 6th February 2010.
This marks a huge step forward as not only have we got a full fleet of signed up Trustees with all the i's dotted and t's crossed, but the Charities Commission registration will enable us to be a bona fide Charity with legal status. This means that people all over the world can trust us with their donations to build the family based children's home for these little ones to grow and be cared for in their own community.
NEWS ON THE CHALLENGES
A loud and clear reminder of the serious situation facing the Swazi population came with uptodate figures from USAID. With an estimated adult prevalence of 25.9 percent, based on recent data from the 2006–2007 Demographic and Health Survey, Swaziland has the world’s most severe HIV/AIDS epidemic. These figures pose a serious challenge to the country’s economic development. Further information on these latest figures is
available here: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/africa/swaziland.html
FUND RAISING September October 2009
GOOD NEWS!!
A lot has been happening, thanks to some very good people
On 29th August my neighbours put on a traditional English Tea in their garden. It cost about £70.00 to put on, and raised around £700.00! Thanks to very generous tea drinkers!
At that do was the Director of a local theatre company called Pepper’s Ghost. Rosemary Hill, as well as offering to be a Trustee, has offered Pepper’s Ghost as a supporter of Emkhontweni Children’s Home making donations from its productions.
www.peppersghost.uk.com
Go to their shows!!
Equally exciting, a glass re-cycling company based in Cornwall made an immediate donation of £2000.00 to help us reach the initial £5000.00 target for negotiation with the Charities Commission. On top of that the company will make a donation for every order received on its website. The idea for the company came from Swaziland and the husband and wife team who set it up – Glen Slade and Jo-Trail Thomson, have a special feeling for that country and the problems its children are facing.
www.greenglass.co.uk
Order your beautiful glassware from them!
We have another potential donor(s) in that another old friend from Africa days – from Botswana days – has been in discussion with me about a ‘substantial’ donation from him and his wife + another Quaker friend of theirs.
That is in progress at the moment but he has promised to furnish us with a letter of promise which we can use with the negotiations for charitable status with the Charities Commission, along with the promises of Green Glass and Peppers Ghost.
The UK-Swaziland Association have given us a donation of £500.00. It also gave us the raffle money from the recent Association lunch - £180.00.
We have held two car boot sales which raised £213.80
The daughter of a next door neighbour has offered to institute a ‘swear box’ in the building construction office/site where she works.
Another has offered the proceeds from a charity quiz night soon to be held.
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