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Oom Leon It is with great sadness that we at Talhado Childrens' Haven learned of the passing of one of our most valued volunteers and colleagues, music master Leon van Zyl. Oom Leon, as he was affectionately known by all the children, died unexpectedly on Monday night in Cape St Francis.
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First term Parent's evening The first term Parent's evening at Talhado Children's Haven on Wednesday March 7 was as always a well attended affair. There was a buzz of excitement on this particular evening as the parents waited to hear the guest speaker, the school's new Clinical Psychologist Madalyn Johnston.
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Volunteer in South Africa Volunteer in South Africa, a Christian outreach volunteer organisation, recently established a base in Cape St Francis to bring volunteer tourists from all over the world to assist in community upliftment projects, particularly sports education.
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The St Francis Rotary Recycling Project The St Francis Rotary Recycling Project is now officially up and running. We kicked off this Friday afternoon at the Talhado Children's Haven with our crew of volunteers ready and waiting. Nobody came and feeling despondent we packed up our shop and dismantled the scale.
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Judy Slade of The Haven accepts a cheque for R2000.00 from local artist Juliet Copperi. Juliet raised R5000.00 in a raffle for the beautifully painted picture of threatened Jackass penguins. The proceeds were shared between Talhado Children's Haven and St Francis Hospice, who each received R2000.00, and Liz Horne who received R1000 for laboratory equipment to further her research into penguin deseases. Thank you so much Juliet! |
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The St Francis Bay Golf Club Championship took place on Monday December 20th and the ladies stroke play competition belonged to the bright young stars of St Francis Bay. The 2011 "A" Division winner of the Jean Fynn Rose Bowl trophy was 16 year St Francis Bay school girl Chanre Coenraad (right). Her sister, 12 year old Roshante (left) won the "B" Division Bronze Championship. These young players are definitely worth watching in the future! Chanre and Roshante are the daughters of Sea Vista Primary School principal Charles Coenraad and his wife Armine, a teacher at the Talhado Children's Haven preprimary school in Sea Vista. |
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Graduation Day for Talhado Children's Haven School Leavers It was a fond farewell to pre-school for 62 of the learners at Talhado Children's Haven who graduated this year with a ceremony to be remembered. The graduation ceremony at Talhado Children's Haven is the highlight of the Haven's year and is the culmination of the year's hard work and diligence for the learners in their final year before progressing to "big school".
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Talhado Childrens Haven celebrate Christmas 2011 Click read more to view a gallery of photos
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Talhado Childrens' Haven Tennis Singles Champs. 2011 Champion Marvin Adams, second Roshart Groenewald; Plate winner Nico Meyer and runner up John Fredericks - great effort guys! Congratulations!! The Talhado Childrens' Haven Tennis Singles Champion for 2011 is Marvin Adams who took the title from last year's cup winner, Roshalt Groenewald. |
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Meet the Nikao Team (translated this means Victory team) from Adventures in Missions in the USA who are taking part in The World Race Program. The Nikao team are part of a 44 member group called the "Z" Squad who are taking part in the World Race which will take them to 11 countries in 11 months. Nikao are visiting St Francis for three weeks to work with the children at Talhado Children's Haven in Sea Vista. So far they have been in the Phillipines and China. South Africa is their third destination. Still to come are Mozambique, Swaziland, Bulgaria, Serbia, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. These groups are invited by communities to help with specific tasks such as community feeding schemes, programmes for street children etc. At the Haven they have been helping the children with their lessons and coaching the aftercare kids with sports –a soccer mission for the boys and netball mission for the girls, all the while spreading the word of God and talking about Jesus. The Nikao team are back row left to right : Tim Eisaman from New York, Samantha McGuire from Ohio, Ashley and John Michael Bonasso from West Virginia. Front row left to right: Kathryn Law from Wyoming, Jamie Smith from Utah and Majil Franz from Colorado. You can follow their blogs on this great adventure and fantastic mission by entering the team member's name@theworld race.org e.g. timeisaman@theworldrace.org. |
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Swedish Tourists visit the haven Anita Lennox of Cape St Francis Resort brought some touring travel agents to the Haven on Monday 31 October. Akim Riener of Eternity Adventures in Cape Town was escorting a group from the 4th largest Sandinavian tour operator, Solresor, to Eastern Cape destinations. The intention is to promote responsible tourism encouraging overseas travellers to visit needy causes and to leave behind a contribution of some sort - in Akim's word " not to just take the picture, but to be part of the picture." |
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Rotary DG Kevin Dersley visits the haven Rotary DG Kevin Dersley visited St Francis Bay on Monday 31 October. We took him to Talhado Children's Haven and to the home of Andrew and Margaret Vena in Sea Vista where two of the soup kitchens supported by Rotary and St Francis Village Superspar are run. Rotary DG Kevin Dersley is pictured with assistant teacher Loureka Coetser, Lesley Moore, administrator and teacher Monica Guga
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FNB Humansdorp dontates TV set School Secretary Chamel Malgas examines a TV set donated by FNB Humansdorp after the FNB St Francis branch was renovated. The Haven also received several chairs, a microwave and some display pot plants from FNB. All will be put to very good use. Thank you very much!
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