UPDATE FROM ABBA EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

NAME	Siobhan Muller
COMPANY NAME (if company project)	DA Constituency Nel
TELEPHONE NUMBER	082-4549244
EMAIL ADDRESS	siobhanm@telkomsa.net
NAME OF CHARITY/CAUSE	ABBA Early Learning Centre
WEB SITE OF CHARITY/CAUSE (If any)	No, they cannot afford it
WHAT WAS THE NEED OF THE CHARITY/CAUSE?	They needed mattresses, painting of classrooms and toilets, tables and chairs to eat at, renovation of centre, playground revamp and extra playground toys.
HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THIS NEED (DESCRIBE YOUR PROJECT)	We did it. Got 60 volunteers and went there to work. Revamped, renovated, got mattresses, furniture, painted, cleaned and uplifted the place. See many photos on Rippel 90.5 fm's blog. We also took Roman's pizzas the following week for the children of the Learning centre of Learning hearing about it through Radio Rippel 90.5 fm.
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU PLAN TO HELP?	110 kids
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU HELP?	110 kids
AGES OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS HELPED	2-6 years of age
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES YOU GOT SPONSORED FOR THIS PROJECT?	R16 000.00 - R18 000.00
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS HELPED YOUR PROJECT?	60
WAS THE PROJECT...	Existing project
DATE OF THE PROJECT	21 July 2012
WILL THIS PROJECT CONTINUE?	Yes for sure!
WHY DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR PROJECT A SUCCESS?	We managed to upgrade the centre, the quality of life of the children whoa can sleep now on mattresses... not yet enough for all of them, they can sit at tables and chairs while eating and we connected them with educationalists who will help the staff with training and advice. It was a groot sukses!!