{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Grootbos Foundation NGO S\u00fcdafrika","provider_url":"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de","author_name":"GBFAdmin","author_url":"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de\/author\/gbfadmin\/","title":"Grootbos Foundation | Newsletter | April 2021","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3EPvvgjEN3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de\/grootbos-foundation-newsletter-april-autumn-2021\/\">Grootbos Foundation | Newsletter | April 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/de\/grootbos-foundation-newsletter-april-autumn-2021\/embed\/#?secret=3EPvvgjEN3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8222;Grootbos Foundation | Newsletter | April 2021&#8220; &#8211; Grootbos Foundation NGO South Africa\" data-secret=\"3EPvvgjEN3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/grootbosfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Grootbos-Foundation-Newsletter-April-Autumn-2021-ft-image-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1431,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"Thank you to the friends and supporters of Grootbos Foundation. Without the investment, encouragement and generosity of each individual person, family, partner, volunteer and business, Grootbos Foundation programmes would not still be running and serving local communities. Our story is a shared human story. Thank you for walking this wonderful and winding path with us. Back2School Update Grootbos Foundation embarked on a fundraising campaign in December 2020 to reach out and support marginalized children in a small but meaningful way. Through this campaign we have been able to distribute 5'000 stationery packs which were customized for foundation, intermediate and senior phases within Overberg schools. 211 pairs of school schools were collected in partnership with Bata and Gansbaai Spar, and distributed to children in Masakhane Primary School and St Paul's Primary School. Thank you to every person who contributed to our Back2School campaign! These gifts have helped to kickstart a positive school year full of hope. FUNDASTUDENT 2021 UPDATE Thank you to the incredible generosity of so many individual people who follow the stories of Grootbos Foundation and support our campaigns, we have been able to raise over R55 000 for our Green Futures College. These donations will support our Green Horticulture Interns in 2021 as they learn about horticulture, the Cape Floral Kingdom, fynbos identification and propagation, alien vegetation management and practical mentorship. At the same time, they will gain matric and individually selected online study programmes to pursue their unique goals in eco-tourism. Thank you for supporting our students. FOOTBALL FOUNDATION UPDATE Female Empowerment Rebooted Football Foundation Project Manager, Natasha Bredekamp, and assistant coach, Maxene Valentine, joined Waves for Change in a 2 week Wave Alliance workshop near the end of 2020. The goal was to learn about inspirational surf therapy and the mental resilience needed to challenge yourself to learn a new skill. Natasha and Maxene have used their new Wave Alliance skills to totally revamp our Female Empowerment Programme into a brand new programme called Shewana ('she wants to'). Through Shewana, teenage girls from Blompark and Masakhane will learn coping strategies for everyday challenges, assist in cross-cultural integration, learn to to be powerful young role models among their peers and develop their own inner strength and pride. Maxene is a Football Foundation assistant coach and is also one of our star female rugby players. She is the lead facilitator for Shewana and we couldn't be more excited by the new direction of this programme, and the impact it will have on young women in our area. Football Foundation returns to Spaces4Sports Football Foundation coaches play an invaluable role in supporting children, providing a place of safe afternoon activity, and providing&nbsp;life skills coaching. Community coaches teach far more than individual and team sports skills and strategies. They also teach life skills and a variety of interpersonal skills. They are role models to children and use games and sports to teach cultural integration, gender respect, female empowerment, conservation awareness, cultural tolerance, curiosity and even career planning. Our coaches are excited to have been able to resume afternoon activity&nbsp;at Spaces4Sport, offering extra-curricular sporting activities to&nbsp;children. To comply with Covid 19 regulations, local&nbsp;government schools have halved&nbsp;the number of children in each&nbsp;classroom&nbsp;by alternating school attendance days by grade or language group. This results in many&nbsp;children searching for safe places of learning or activity on the&nbsp;days when they cannot go to school. Football Foundation coaches offer supportive programmes&nbsp;to keep these children safe, nourished and provide access to learning as well as the physical fun and stimulation&nbsp;of games and sports. COVID RELIEF UPDATE On 16 April 2020, Grootbos Foundation teamed up with Overstrand Disaster Management, iMed vision and many individual volunteers from the community to co-ordinate and deliver a Covid Relief Programme to address the new needs of bewildered local communities struggling to make sense of the newly locked-down world.&nbsp;Grootbos Foundation is deeply proud of the resilience, creativity and energy of not just the community but also of local volunteers, partner organizations, generous donors from around the world, and our very own team for making a difference in a meaningful way. Free daily meals, home food parcels, protective cloth masks, sanitizer and PPE products for schools so they could reopen, education support, digital and printing access, Covid protocol best practice, small business relief, small business seed funding, local supply chain boosting for fresh produce, ECD support to ensure ECD survival, home fitness programmes and ongoing wellness mentoring for the children and youths who rely on our team and coaches as role models are all parts of our Covid Relief Programme. Economic recovery is still a long way off, especially in the tourism sector which has been hardest hit by the lockdown and various Covid 19 Levels. We, however, remain hopeful that we can provide much needed support to our community. The Classroom Access to learning in Masakhane \u2018The Classroom\u2019 came about as a response to&nbsp;high school learners desperately searching for a safe space to study, access the internet and to print assignments during lockdown in 2020 when local schools were closed. Schools have reopened but many grades are still only able to attend school&nbsp;on alternate days, leaving learners to work from&nbsp;home on other days. The Classroom is easily accessible in Masakhane and provides learners with a safe, nurturing space to study, learn and work towards a brighter future. Coach Shereen helps with homework, projects, assignments and critical tertiary applications for those finishing school and planning for the future. Free digital access and tutorship opens doors. ECDs&nbsp;reopen in 2021 The Early Childhood Development Centres in Masakhane&nbsp;welcomed back their little charges in mid-February! The children&nbsp;are excited for the&nbsp;new year with lots of fun, puzzling, singing, healthy nutrition and learning to prepare them for Grade R at&nbsp;\u2018big school\u2019 in 2022. The&nbsp;teachers and parents&nbsp;are&nbsp;so happy&nbsp;that these wonderful centres&nbsp;are able to reopen after having survived a very challenging 2020 when so many other ECDs around South Africa were forced to close. GREEN FUTURES CONSERVATION UPDATE Formalising the Walker Bay Protected Environment The Walker Bay Protected Environment is in..."}