Angels help the protectors at various places of safety

Angel 1:

Johan Lubbe Managing Member at Immigration Boutique

 

Sponsoring:

Some 1300, brand new Nuby baby bottles valued at R172 000,00!

 

Angel 2:

Good Morning Angel Fund

 

Sponsoring:

Formula milk to the value of R10 000,00 for each of the nurseries. That's a total of R50 000,00 formula milk to put in the new bottles!

 

Recipients:

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Tshwane Places of Safety Nurseries: Jeanette Birrell MD of Places of Safety – Swallows Nest  
Karen Bruyere – Tshwane Haven
Wouter Prozesky – Rock of hope
Carina van Heerden – Joining Hands
Ursula v/d Berg – Forever Angels 

Background;

We recently received a very unusual, but extremely generous and useful offer - for the right recipient. The Immigration Botique's Johan Lubbe contacted Good Morning Angels, saying they had a huge consignment of brand new, high quality baby bottles and teats they would like to donate to a worthy cause. The consignment is worth over R170 000 and could really make a difference in the right hands. We could think of no better cause, than the Tshwane Places of Safety, who look after children of all ages who were taken away from their circumstances by the state and need a place of safety while their futures are decided. Tshwane Place of Safety is the umbrella organisation for 103 houses in and around Pretoria - and five of these ONLY take in babies. You can read more and pledge your support ... visit their website: www.placeofsafety.co.za

 

 

Original offer:

Dear Good Morning Angels,  

 
I hope this email finds you well.

 
We are a small Immigration company, situated in Highveld, with the intention of making a difference in our community.

 
This email serves to inform you that our company wishes to donate brand new Nuby Baby Bottles to the Jacaranda FM Good Morning Angels team to hand out to less advantaged communities, hospitals, orphanages and children’s homes in need of baby bottles.

 
Kind Regards, 
Eloise Lubbe 

More on the Tshwane Place of Safety Organisation:

 

All Tshwane Nurseries and Tshwane Haven fall under the management of the Tshwane Place of Safety Association, but are totally independent when it comes to donations and financial sourcing. We currently have five Nurseries which can accommodate up to six babies/children each. Tshwane Haven focuses on the needs of babies and toddlers with medical problems.

This Association focuses on the importance of the family. We firmly believe that more and more families should be raised, equipped and supported to look after babies and toddlers in crisis. It is important that every child in need should have the opportunity to experience the love and stability provided within the family unit. By actively raising more families, crisis children will have the opportunity to become part of a family again – belonging to a home he/she can call their own.

TPoSA provides wonderful parents and special homes where an abundance of emotional, physical and spiritual care is given to babies and toddlers. Our association coordinates the admission and placement of children with individual families. We render a support service to place of safety parents as well as social workers from various welfare organisations. The ages of the children we are caring for varies from premature to eighteen years. Although we do not admit new children older than 4 years of age.

The children admitted by TPoSA are abandoned babies, babies available for adoption (parentless babies) as well as HIV positive babies; toddlers who were abused, toddlers who are HIV positive or orphaned due to HIV Aids, as well as sick babies and toddlers (Hydrocephalus, Down syndrome, tracheotomy children and Spina-bifida children).

TPoSA provides a dual service. Firstly they receive many crisis babies (either from hospitals or the police) who are usually abandoned, place them in an available place of safety family and consequently appoint an organisation to do the statutory work. Secondly they are contracting their place of safety parents to other organisations who are in need of Place of Safety parents. These organisations are very keen on using parents registered with our association, since they are known to be well prepared and trained for the challenges they may face. Often a temporary placement (called Place of Safety) will develop in a long-term placement (called Foster care). Often these parents then commit themselves to looking after these children on a long-term basis – which can even result in an adoption!

It is amazing to see how a child in crisis, can experience a happy ending of being part of a forever family.
The vision of our association is to provide the Place of Safety parents with as much emotional and physical support as possible. These families will only continue with their exceptional service if they are supported on an emotional level. Getting attached to children, experiencing loss and death, is very traumatic. This Association realises the importance to support the parents dealing with all these experiences.

It is however a very costly service these parents/families are rendering. Providing disposable nappies, formula milk and other baby or toddler equipment has a huge impact on the budget of a family. Children often get sick and desperately need medical care. This burden also needs to be carried by the Place of Safety parents.

Many families looking after HIV positive children accommodate up to six children at a time in their homes. These children are sick and in need of intensive medical treatment. Many trips to clinics, hospitals or physicians have to be made and lots of medication has to be purchased, to adequately treat these vulnerable young children.

TPoSA wants to support their parents on a practical level. We negotiate many services free of charge (doctors, occupational therapists, physio therapists, nursing sisters) but the parents cover medication costs. We also provide the children with second hand clothing and equipment; milk formula and general food products donated to the association.

TPoSA is also constantly faced with changing circumstances in South Africa. To keep up with changes we are also changing. In 2007 we identified the need to accommodation more children with medical problems. We then started the Tshwane Haven. We admit sick babies/children and children with medical problems. The Haven is known as our Intensive Care Unit and is located in Waterkloof in Pretoria and can accommodate up to 16 sick kids.

In 2012 we started our Nursaries (we needed to start High Care Units to take in babies and children that needs a little bit of extra special care):

•    Forever Angels : This is the home of Ursula van den Berg. They take in up to 6 babies and toddlers. They are located in the North of Pretoria. Ursula is also a volunteer staff member of TPOSA as she is responsible to manage the cases that come from the North.
•    Joining Hands : This is the home of Carina Van Heerden. She takes in up to 6 babies and is also the Financial Manager of TPOSA. She is located in the East of Pretoria.
•    Rock of Hope : This home is managed by Mientjie Prozesky and she takes in up to 6 babies or toddlers. She is located in Montana (north of Pretoria).
•    Swallows Nest : Is the home of Jeanette Birrell and accommodates up to 6 babies. Jeanette specialize in taking care of Premature babies. She is also the Managing Director of TPOSA for the last 11 years. This home is located in Waterkloof Heights.

The rest of our families that are located all over Pretoria, Soshanguve, Mamelodi, Nellmapius and Centurion are our general ward. These families normally open their own homes to 1-3 babies or toddlers at a time.

Our audited financial statements and annual reports are available on request.

Thank you for your interest in our organisation and making a difference in the lives of our crisis children.