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Westlake necklaces popular in Switzerland
We received some fan mail from Switzerland regarding the necklaces that are made here at Westlake. To quote from the letter: “Here are two pics of three of our Webster University Geneva students wearing your beads. They are about to become all the rage here.
Please show the ladies how their wonderful work has been received in Switzerland.
The coloured beads are really sought after and I would like to look with you for a way to order another 40 of these.They are all gone and I still have lots of the browns, blues and greens. Unfortunately I do not have anyone coming over at the moment from Cape Town.
Do you have a way of mailing them to me at Webster Geneva if the cost is not too great? See address below. We don’t need anything other than snail mail so as to save costs. Alternatively if someone is coming to Switzerland we could try and make this work.
….I would like perhaps to sell the next batch at our first Webster Geneva Counseling Conference on 19th, 20th and 21st October if possible”.
Jump Math team need volunteers!
Dorothy Raine and her JUMPMATH team have moved over to the new Westlake Primary School and tutor children from Grades 4 and 5 on Wednesday afternoons between 3 and 4 pm.
More volunteers would be much appreciated! Don’t think you have to be a Maths wizard or even a teacher to get involved. Dorothy will guide and give all the instructions you need to help with this really important outreach to the children.
Contact Dorothy at her email address.
Pictured below: Students and volunteers at the new Westlake Primary School.
Maryland Literacy Centre treats the ABET Group
On Sunday 4th September members of the ABET (Adult Basic Education & Training) group were treated to a tea party organized by Maryland Literacy Centre at the St John Bosco RC Church hall in Lansdowne.
It was a splendid affair with delicious sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee, and prizes for each table.
A good time was had by all.
Many thanks to the Maryland Literacy Centre!
Liz Barnes & members of the ABET Group: 4 Sept 2011
Sergey Stevens at SA Greek-Roman Championship
The photo below shows Sergey Stevens at SA Greek-Roman Championship held on the 08 April 2011 in Bellville.
Sergey obtained fifth position.
He was the first wrestler from Westlake Community to attend the Championship and had the honour of leading the Western Province team into the Arena.
He is currently the Development Trainer of Westlake club and has represented Western Province on several occations and attended a National Trainers camp on the 19-21 August 2011.
He has obtained two Gold medals(Presidents and Cadet Division) as well as Bronze in the Junior Division at the Western Province Championship held on the 03 September 2011 in Wynberg Military Sports Centre.
He and five other wrestlers from the Westlake Community namely Clifford Maarman,Nolan Gericke,Ceejay Winterbach, Ziyanda Adams and Sindiswe Ndamane have been chosen for the Western Province Team to attend the SA Regional Championship on 23/24 September 2011.
Serjay Stevens at GR SA Championship 2011
Elephant Ear Badges for IFAW
A recent amazing community project, which gave work to up to 20 women in Westlake, involved the creation of 23 000 elephant ear badges. This is to create awareness about the illegal ivory trade with the goal to eliminate it. Read more about it on the IFAW website.
Learn to Earn, an NGO in Khayelitsha, asked us to help them (along with 11 other organisations in Cape Town) with this project as they were requested to produce 100 000 badges for IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).
The badges were sent all over the world.
Launch of new Westlake Primary School
Westlake Primary held its grand opening ceremony on Friday August 26, 2011. The Principal of the new Primary School is Landie Diamond, with whom the Emmanuel Educare has close ties as most of the Grade R children at Emmanuel will progress to Grade 1 at Westlake Primary less than a kilometre away.
Two news reports regarding the launch are included below. Click on the links to read the full story.