LITTLE MISS WORLD LENDS A HAND

NAME	Rene Victor
COMPANY NAME (if company project)	Private
TELEPHONE NUMBER
EMAIL ADDRESS	rene@supremepet.co.za
NAME OF CHARITY/CAUSE	Matla a Bana - A voice against child abuse
WEB SITE OF CHARITY/CAUSE (If any)	http://www.matlaabana.co.za/
WHAT WAS THE NEED OF THE CHARITY/CAUSE?	This charity helps children who report abuse against them. They help 13000 children every year. One of the things they do is to give comfort packs to these children. They need 13 000 plus packs every year to give - and because of lack of funding cannot always give it. The packs are very helpful for the child because it helps her through a terrible time. But it also helps to establish a relationship between the child and the police office who has to get her story. If this can happen quickly the chances of the police getting the guilty party is very high.
HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THIS NEED (DESCRIBE YOUR PROJECT)	Kayleigh Victor (my 11 year old daughter) who was crowned as Little Miss World 2012 approached the contestants of the Miss Snow Queen 2012 to help collect packs for the child abuse victims. This was after she saw the story of the Sunday Rapist on TV. Each contestant was asked to collect and donate one pack. These contestants are all between 3 - 19. In the end these kids collected and donated
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU PLAN TO HELP?	100
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU HELP?	350
AGES OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS HELPED	4 - 12 girls
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES YOU GOT SPONSORED FOR THIS PROJECT?	The cost per pack is R120 adding up to R 42000 of sponsorship raised by the kids and in addition to all the packs, these kids managed to get bulk items donated.
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS HELPED YOUR PROJECT?	120 dhildren of whom one child donated 100 packs
WAS THE PROJECT...	Motivated by the Double Up SA challenge
DATE OF THE PROJECT	28 July 2012
WILL THIS PROJECT CONTINUE?	We hope that this can become a part of not only the Miss Snow Queen project, but of many other beauty contestants. Some of the kids have also phoned to say that they will continue to help with packs.
WHY DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR PROJECT A SUCCESS?	Because these young ladies were thought that beauty is not only on the surface - that realy beauty lies in what you do for others. We are also very excited that about the fact that not only where children in need helped, but our own daughters were educated on protecting themselves. With this project the lives of the victims and those who helped were touched.