http://www.mothersunite.org.za Community based organization that feeds, educates and supports underprivileged children Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:04:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can’t you hear them? The unmistakable voices shouting: “Hands off our children, there is no excuse for sexual abuse”! Mothers Unite took part in a march co-ordinated by the forum 'Hands off our children' (HOOC) in the Lavender Hill area on Youth Day this year. Striking T-shirts with the slogan and ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2011/07/youth-day-16-june-2011/ Our second High Tea was another footprint made in the hearts of those that support Mothers Unite. Once a year we host a High Tea with a difference. This year proved to be as much fun as the year before. More than 150 people spent their Sunday afternoon with us, ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2011/06/high-tea/ The workcamp was a marvelous and special time with cross cultural experiences and where language barriers were overcome. The camp taught us how to appreciate each other as individuals. Building and investing in each other , and also in our community- we are special and need each other. Life is ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/10/my-workcamp-memory/ Hello everybody! I (Andrea) just want to say that it been fantastic working with you all and I'm going to miss you all a lot!! I also had a very fun night tonight at both Robben Island and the braai party at the center. Here is finally the recipe that a lot ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/goodbye/ Here is a movie from when we worked at the garden on one of the schools in the area. It was a lot of fun! Hard effictive work and the children was really curios on us. I like the idea that when we paint or dig trenches in schools ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/workcamp/ Hello! Here is just some pictures from the foodgarden we are doing. First we dig the trenches and put cardboard in the bottom and on the sides. Then we put compost, soil, water and so on in different steps. I've learned a lot about how you can do a garden ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/the-food-garden/ Hi! It's Jasmin blogging. Today we have prepared for rain but it didn't really rain so we painted some of the poles in the playground and cleaned the sand for the bigger garden were there is going to be flowers and some veggies growing. I can't believe it will be ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/5-august/ Hello again, after 2,5 weeks workcamp, I got a lot of impressions. I loved the experience cause I had the possibility to learn a lot about the southafrican culture. Even when we digged really hard the internationals had some really interessting conversations and discussions with some of the community members. We really had ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/elena-again/ Hi there! It's Andrea writing. It's Monday today and a new week have begun. Sadly (!!) it's our last week here! :( We had a meeting today with all the host families and everyone was so kind and really wanted us to have as fun as possible! We have filled this week ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/andrea-blogging-about-the-start-of-last-week/ Hello It's Tony blogging! I'm one of the workcampleaders. I have been working on the Mothers Unite workcamp for the past two weeks now and I find it very challenging and fun! I enjoyed the outing to Cape Point a lot because of the beautiful wiew and great company of ... http://www.mothersunite.org.za/2009/08/tonys-first-time-blogging/