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		<title>Christmas Greetings from the WUCT Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The team at WUCT wish all our friends and supporters a very Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. Our latest newsletter has been published and is available online. Please click here to read it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/22/christmas-greetings-from-the-wuct-team/</link>
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		<title>Bracelets from Willow Creek Church, Chicago.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The children at Willow Creek Church, Chicago, USA, kindly made beaded bracelets for children in South Africa &#8211; we handed them out as Christmas gifts to the children of Emmanuel Educare pre-school, as well as to other Westlake children, before term closed for the year. We would like to thank the Willow Creek children for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/13/bracelets-from-willow-creek-church-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Phillippi Trust Facilitator training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst all the various activities were going on last week, Phillippi Trust ran a one-week support group facilitator training course at our premises. 21 people attended, including 5 of our staff (3 of our fieldworkers - Bonita, Natalie and Nokuthula, a home based carer &#8211; Zoe, and a Patient Advocate who monitors ARV adherence &#8211; Joseph). Some people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/05/phillippi-trust-facilitator-training/</link>
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		<title>Kids Club Christmas Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 2 Dec &#8217;11, the Orphan Care Foundation (OCF) held their annual Kids Club Christmas Party for 400 children in our hall. There was an awesome team of volunteers, including our fieldworkers and 2 from our home based care team, who assisted Martin and Christiane from OCF. The children were entertained by a guitarist, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/05/kids-club-christmas-party-2/</link>
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		<title>Westlake children entertain guests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the afternoon of World Aids Day (1 Dec &#8217;11), 40 of our Westlake children entertained their grannies, foster mothers, aunties and the Westlake Women in Action with a fashion show, dancing, singing and poems about HIV/Aids. Afterwards, refreshments were served and everyone received a small gift. Hillsong Church produced the most delicious cup cakes, which were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/02/orphans-and-vulnerable-children-entertain-guests/</link>
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		<title>Our Involvement in World Aids Day Activities 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Aids Day (1 December) was very busy this year as we were involved with 3 different activities &#8211; in the morning, there was HIV testing at our centre, which was organized by the Westlake Development Foundation and TB/HIV Care. Our fieldworkers assisted with this event. In the afternoon, our ovc&#8217;s did a fashion show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/02/our-involvement-in-world-aids-day-activities-2011/</link>
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		<title>Farewell to Evelyn of Home Based Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 30 Nov, we bid a sad farewell to Evelyn Dumesweni, our first home based carer who has been with us since we started the program in 2006. Evy has decided to retire and settle down at her home with her husband in the Eastern Cape. We gave her a little party with KFC for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/12/01/farewell-to-evelyn-of-home-based-care/</link>
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		<title>HIV Awareness/Health march in Westlake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 29 November, about 80-100 women from Westlake Village took part in a health march to create HIV awareness and distribute leaflets in the community to encourage everyone to get tested on World Aids Day (1 December 2011). The theme for this year is Getting to Zero &#8211; zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/11/30/hiv-awareness-march-in-westlake/</link>
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		<title>2011 Graduation, Prize-Giving &amp; Nativity Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emmanuel Educare held their annual Prize Giving &#38; Nativity Play on Saturday 26 November. 69 Grade R children graduated, and 5 children from each the 5 classes from Grade 0 to Grade R were awarded prizes for Improved Performance, Perseverance, etc. Graduates were presented with certificates by Col. June Cilliers (Chairperson of the Governing Body) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/11/29/2011-graduation-prize-giving-nativity-play/</link>
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		<title>Cadiz cheque handover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 11 November, staff from Cadiz Asset Management visited Emmanuel Educare to present a cheque to the school. Emmanuel Educare was selected as one of the beneficiaries for funds raised at the Cadiz Steenberg Classic Golf day. Other beneficiaries includes TEARS (the animal rescue group) and the Steenberg Golf Caddies. Mrs Lawrence, Principal of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wuct.org.za/2011/11/18/cadiz-cheque-handover/</link>
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