(The
fabulous Ufafa sock monkeys)
Well-known
journalist Wanda Hennig reports on a launch with Eagle View Yoga Studio and
three others at Durban North.
“Ixopo Woza Moya Project - the 20-year-old
Ufafa Valley Ixopo community-based NGO that directly improves the lives of
close on 10,000 people—launched its super-creative “Friend Raising”
fund-raising campaign with a “tea party” that served up good vibes, goodwill
and good spirits. Yes, and strawberry smoothies and wraps.
“Founding director Sue Hedden and
co-founder Jane Nxasana who drove from Ixopo (they have a plan to become
financially self-supporting/sustainable) did the presentation. The launch was
hosted by Zeiler Jankey Attorneys and the fabulous Karen Aaron, who pulled
together a group of lovely local business folk and friends.
“The “Friend Raising” concept is just this ...
Caring community, friends, businesses having “tea parties”- which means some
sort of gathering (there is a fun bring-something-previously-loved auction with
lunch being hosted at Eagles View yoga school in Winston Park on August 25) - where
Sue Hedden can share the Woza Moya story. Which is an inspirational one. The
Woza Moya Ufafa Valley project (not to be confused with the Hillcrest Methodist
Church’s Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust that took the same name for their craft
division) does “big” work around health, nutrition, early childhood education,
youth, women’s empowerment and more in this dirt-poor once-forgotten tribal
trust area that borders The Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa.
“They have a crafting project where women
there make, among high end cushion covers and gorgeous cards, the fabulous
Ufafa sock monkeys that decorated the “boardroom” venue. “
See the wozamoya.org.za website, connect
with Sue via this link or email her at sue@wozamoya.org.za
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