Westlake United Church Trust

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Assisting the residents of Westlake Village who were previously living in shacks and have now been re-housed in low-cost government housing, to improve their quality of life and to become a self-sustaining, thriving community.

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Kids Club Christmas Party!

On Friday 4 December, there was a Christmas party for the Kids Club, which is run by Martin Oosthuizen of the Orphan Care Foundation/Hillsong Church Cape Town and us at WUCT. Over 150 children were entertained by the preschool children of Emmanuel Educare, who danced to O Holy Night.

Published on Dec 29, 2009, 7:39 pm

Westlake Village Newsletter – Dec 09

WUCT Newsletter Dec 2009 Here’s our latest newsletter, edited by Dave Barnes, our multi-skilled manager, and his assistant Andrew Preston (AMP)! As you can see, we continue to be extremely busy with various activities, events, parties, etc! We wish all our friends a wonderful and blessed Christmas and a

Published on Dec 23, 2009, 8:43 am

Westlake Village Newsletter – Oct 09!

Here is our hot off the press Newsletter for the past few months. As you can see, we have been very busy… Well done, Dave, you have done a fantastic job in publishing a really informative aWUCT newsletter Oct 2009nd interesting newsletter.

Published on Oct 18, 2009, 1:40 pm

New uniforms for our carers.

David and Chris Taylor of Duchess Clothing Factory, recently donated 16 sets of uniforms to our nursing sister, Alice, and our home based carers. They all look so smart now with their new uniforms, which are beautifully tailored to fit everyone perfectly, and proudly displaying our logo. We wish

Published on Oct 8, 2009, 8:16 pm

Spring Fashion Show!

On Friday 25 September, Beatrice Matthews, who is one our home based care team and facilitates the chronic disease support groups for people with conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, organised a wonderful Spring Fashion Show for the Westlake members. As it was school holidays, children from the village

Published on Oct 8, 2009, 7:53 pm

Emmanuel Educare Art classes!

Natanya Mulholland regularly gives voluntary art classes to the Grade R children at Emmanuel Educare. These are very popular, as you can see from all the smiling faces!

Published on Sep 11, 2009, 11:52 am

Our AGM Celebration/Blessing of the new building!

On Saturday 1 August, we held a special AGM Celebration and Blessing of our new building. What a wonderful occasion! The hall was packed – many of our funders, sponsors, churches, and of course the community all came to celebrate with us! Eleanor, our pre-school Principal, along with

Published on Aug 4, 2009, 8:12 pm

VIP Visitors to Westlake!

We were privileged to have some VIP’s visiting us recently! On 10 June, John Forbes and Jodi Felty of Willow Creek Community Church USA/Global Connections came and had a look around our centre, and Jodi was taken on a tour of the village. Pastor Lucinda Doolley of Hillsong

Published on Jul 3, 2009, 5:44 pm

Life Skills Program

A group of volunteers from Tokai Community Church has been running a fantastic life skills program for young girls living in Westlake, once a week every Tuesday afternoon in the hall. The girls enjoy the activities and the number of those attending has grown from 15 to over 30!

Published on Jul 2, 2009, 8:41 pm

HIV Counselling Course

Phillippi Trust came to Westlake and ran a one-week HIV Counselling Course from 18-22 May 09.  13 members of our staff and 6 from other NGO’s attended this excellent course. Everyone found it extremely informative and it has enabled them to do pre and post-test counselling in the future. They will

Published on Jun 17, 2009, 7:28 pm

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