http://www.wuct.org.za Uplifting and empowering the residents of Westlake Village Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:44:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday 4 December, there was a Christmas party for the Kids Club, which is run by Martin Oosthuizen of the Orphan Care Foundation/Hillsong Church Cape Town and us at WUCT. Over 150 children were entertained by the preschool children of Emmanuel Educare, who danced to O Holy Night. Then ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/12/29/kids-club-christmas-party/ WUCT Newsletter Dec 2009 Here's our latest newsletter, edited by Dave Barnes, our multi-skilled manager, and his capable assistant Andrew Preston (AMP) - what would we do without his invaluable computer skills?! As you can see, we continue to be frantically busy with various activities, events, parties, etc! We wish all our ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/12/23/westlake-village-newsletter-dec-09/ Here is our hot off the press Newsletter for the past few months. As you can see, we have been very busy... Well done, Dave, you have done a fantastic job in publishing a really informative aWUCT newsletter Oct 2009nd interesting newsletter. http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/10/18/westlake-village-newsletter-oct-09/ David and Chris Taylor of Duchess Clothing Factory, recently donated 16 sets of uniforms to our nursing sister, Alice, and our home based carers. They all look so smart now with their new uniforms, which are beautifully tailored to fit everyone perfectly, and proudly displaying our logo. We wish to ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/10/08/new-uniforms-for-our-carers/ On Friday 25 September, Beatrice Matthews, who is one our home based care team and facilitates the chronic disease support groups for people with conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, organised a wonderful Spring Fashion Show for the Westlake members. As it was school holidays, children from the village came ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/10/08/spring-fashion-show/ Natanya Mulholland regularly gives voluntary art classes to the Grade R children at Emmanuel Educare. These are very popular, as you can see from all the smiling faces! http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/09/11/emmanuel-educare-art-classes/ On Saturday 1 August, we held a special AGM Celebration and Blessing of our new building. What a wonderful occasion! The hall was packed - many of our funders, sponsors, churches, and of course the community all came to celebrate with us! Eleanor, our pre-school Principal, along with friends from her ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/08/04/our-agm-celebrationblessing-of-the-new-building/ We were privileged to have some VIP's visiting us recently! On 10 June, John Forbes and Jodi Felty of Willow Creek Community Church USA/Global Connections came and had a look around our centre, and Jodi was taken on a tour of the village. Pastor Lucinda Doolley of Hillsong Church, Cape Town also ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/07/03/vip-visitors-to-westlake/ A group of volunteers from Tokai Community Church has been running a fantastic life skills program for young girls living in Westlake, once a week every Tuesday afternoon in the hall. The girls enjoy the activities and the number of those attending has grown from 15 to over 30! A ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/07/02/life-skills-program/ Phillippi Trust came to Westlake and ran a one-week HIV Counselling Course from 18-22 May 09.  13 members of our staff and 6 from other NGO's attended this excellent course. Everyone found it extremely informative and it has enabled them to do pre and post-test counselling in the future. They will receive their ... http://www.wuct.org.za/2009/06/17/hiv-counselling-course/