It’s World Breastfeeding Week! And we love promoting breastfeeding. Breastfeeding provides babies with essential nutrients that are perfectly tailored to their needs, boosting their immune system and promoting healthy growth and development. It also creates a strong bond between mother and baby, and can reduce the risk of certain illnesses for both. For mothers, breastfeeding …
Over 100 people joined Thula Baba Project in a craft workshop held in the Church Hall of Christ Church Constantia on Thursday the18 July 2024. Many of the individuals and service organizations stayed much longer than their allocated 67 minutes – enjoying the refreshments arranged by the Christ Church Outreach Team and the comradery of …
As the weather changes in Cape Town, and a fresh breeze is blowing in, we can feel the seasons changing. For some this inspires a thorough cleanup of their homes, and for others the start of new routines, for us, we took the time to reflect on our last financial year. Looking at our operational numbers …
Nowadays, having found my feet in motherhood, standing for my roots, and having done my reading on this topic, I will always speak to my kids in my mother tongue.
It’s not about reaching the top of the world, knowing that you won. It’s about climbing and feeling that the path has strengthened you.
Sunday the 2nd of April was a beautiful day as we welcomed the 10 Moms from Inyantyambo Yesizwe, a teen mothers support group, to the Thula Baba garden. These moms came from both Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, 5 were pregnant and close to their due dates, 3 had newborns and 2 had toddlers. Wendy Purdon welcomed …
The horrific brutal murder of the young Franziska Blöchliger in Tokai Forest in March of 2016 started my pilgrimage against violent crime. It would be 2 years of research and soul searching before Thula Baba Project was registered in March 2018. A journey that started with a coffee meeting with Don Pinnock, the esteemed criminologist and the …
How Franziska Blöchliger inspired the creation of Thula Baba Project. Read More »
This week we are celebrating global literacy! UNESCO declared the 8th of September to be ‘International Literacy Day’ in 1966 and it has been celebrated every year since. The International Literacy Day (ILD) theme for 2021 is ‘Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide’. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on …
Each year, the 1st to the 7th August is dedicated to celebrating the benefits of breastfeeding. This week commemorates the signing of the Innocenti Declaration in August 1990. The declaration was signed by the WHO, UNICEF and various governments and organisations in a global effort to promote and support breastfeeding. While the Thula Baba Project understands that …