This Saturday sees the first 'Munsieville's Got Talent' contest (township-style) and excitement is building as posters and advertising go out around the community.
The winners from this first round will compete in the final on 18 February for the chance to perform at our fundraising gala evening at the Silverstar casino in March. As this is the first time such a competition has been held in Munsieville, it's creating quite a buzz and lots of rehearsals everywhere, so check back next week for the results and photos from the contest.
We're also launching the 'Adopt an ECD' (Early Childhood Development) project, where we are working with the grandmothers of Munsieville so they will volunteer to go into the ECD centres (like our day care centres). They will sing and tell stories to the little ones, as there is only one caregiver in a centre with anywhere between 30 to 70 children. Therefore, the caregiver has no time to work with the children except to change nappies and cook their lunch and feed them, but the grannies can help to stimulate the children and the children will brighten the grannies' day too. We would also like to see it branch out to local corporates to get involved through monetary as well as voluntary ways. Corporations could have employees adopt an ECD centre and come and help refurbish it (most lack toys and may only have a worn out rug on the hard cement floor) and also read and sing with the children. Check out our Project HOPE UK Web site for more on ECDs and how you can help too.
Thanks for reading,
Michelle Webb, GSK PULSE volunteer with Project HOPE UK
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