Monthly update from THAF

Read the following update from Happy Africa Foundation Intern Miriam, who details the last month of her work for our charity. You can also follow Miriam on Twitter. 

The past month for THAF has been a busy one here in St. Lucia! Since you last heard from me we have had two very successful fundraising events, the first being a quiz night held at local restaurant Reef & Dune. This was a brilliant evening which had six teams attend from St. Lucia and nearby Mtubatuba. 

With a combination of funds collected from a team fee at the quiz in combination with a raffle, the night raised R1460 for the Medical Project. 

A Quiz Night will happen monthly, each time raising money for a different focal project and we can see if team ‘Quiz In My Pants’ can hold onto their winning title. 

We also had a Yoga Morning instructed by a very generous local from St Lucia who wanted no fee for teaching. Held at the Bowling Club in St. Lucia, the morning was a perfect way to start off the weekend and many of the volunteers plus some locals turned out to participate. The morning raised R280 which will go towards Christmas parcels for our 10 Families. 

This month has also seen a lot of generous donations come from outside donors, all for the Medical Project so a huge thank you to all those who have donated. Also, thanks to a past volunteer's kind donation we have been able to buy new blood pressure monitors for the Home Based Care box.

THAF has also been supporting African Impact's new Mother's Support Group at Malibongwe Creche by supplying them with useful equipment to help look after their babies. So far, mothers and babies have each received a toothbrush, tooth paste and either baby soap, baby cream or baby oil. This is an exciting new project that we are looking forward to carrying on working with the members in the future.

Volunteers at the African Impact house have enjoyed a few different "THAF Nights" over the last month, which are meant to be evenings where volunteers can brainstorm about our charity and learn about what THAF does hand-in-hand with African Impact. 

The first THAF Night was a fundraising talk accompanied by an interactive game about culture which made the volunteers examine just how different cultures can be even within the volunteer house. Another evening was spent toasting marshmallows in the garden and discussing what new items would be a good idea to add to the wishlist. Everyone had an enjoyable evening and some great suggestions came from it that we will now be seeing on the new wishlist.

In the next few weeks THAF will continue to build up to Christmas and fundraising for Inkanyezi Crèche. If you would like to donate to any of our projects please visit the Happy Africa website and follow the steps there. Please just remember to state what focal project you would like your money to go towards. Again, thank you to all those who have helped in the last month it is very much appreciated by everyone here in St. Lucia.