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		<description><![CDATA[Beeld &#8211; 9 September 2011 Click on the article below to read it Independent &#8211; 10 September 2011 Click on the article below to read it Mercury &#8211; 9 September 2011 Eikestadnuus &#8211; 16 September 2011 Click on the article below to read it]]></description>
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		<title>FASfacts August 2011 Newsletter</title>
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		<title>FASfacts Newsletter 1 &#8211; 2011</title>
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		<title>Santa Hofmeyr-Joubert word 75</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten bate van Fetale Alkohol Sindroom Me Santa Hofmeyr-Joubert, wat op Maart 2010 75 geword het, het in &#8216;n teken van onbaatsugdigheid, hierdie spesiale ouderdom op &#8216;n unieke manier gevier. Op &#8216;n aand van samesyn tussen vriende en familie buite Stellenbosch op Kentley Farm, het Santa daarop aangedring dat al haar gaste eerder &#8216;n donasie [...]]]></description>
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<p>Me Santa Hofmeyr-Joubert, wat op Maart 2010 75 geword het, het in &lsquo;n teken van onbaatsugdigheid, hierdie spesiale ouderdom op &lsquo;n unieke manier gevier.<span id="more-384"></span></p>
<p><img align="right" alt="" class="alignright border" height="231" src="http://fasfacts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/hofmeyr-joubert.jpg" width="300" />Op &lsquo;n aand van samesyn tussen vriende en familie buite Stellenbosch op Kentley Farm, het Santa daarop aangedring dat al haar gaste eerder &lsquo;n donasie maak aan die organisasie van haar keuse: FASfacts &ndash; in die plek van geskenke.</p>
<p>Santa &#8211; woonagtig op Stellenbosch &#8211; is wydbekend as &lsquo;n fynproewer van wyn, en gereeld betrokke by die gemeenskap. As gevolg van haar groot belangstelling in wyn, die wynmaakproses en alles wat daarmee gepaard gaan, het sy ook namate bewus geword van die tragedie wat hom op Suid-Afrikaanse plase en in ons gemeenskappe afspeel &ndash; naamlik Fetale Alkohol Sindroom. Dit het haar uiteindelik ge&iuml;nspireer om &lsquo;n allemintige bedrag van R7 000 aan FASfacts toe te vertrou.</p>
<p>FASfacts beywer hom vir die uitroei van FAS deur middel van FAS-voorkomingsprogramme aan te bied in skole, op plase en in gemeenskappe en ook in shebeens. Hierdie programme stel mense in staat om regte keuses in die lewe te beoefen &ndash; veral om vir moeders te oorreed om nie alkohol te drink terwyl hulle verwagtend is nie.</p>
<p>FASfacts wil weereens vir Santa bedank vir hierdie onselfsugtige gebaar &ndash; ons almal waardeer dit, veral die wat nog nie vir hulself kan praat nie naamlik die ongebore babas.</p>
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		<title>SAB partners with FASfacts to tackle Fetal Alcohol Syndrome</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South African Breweries Ltd (SAB) announced today that it will be partnering with FASfacts, a local non-profit organization, in order to work towards combating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). In terms of the partnership, SAB has provided a sponsorship of R1-million which will ensure that 1050 children, 525 adults and 95 shebeen owners benefit from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The South African Breweries Ltd (SAB) announced today that it will be partnering with FASfacts, a local non-profit organization, in order to work towards combating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).<span id="more-154"></span></p>
<p><img align="right" alt="" class="alignright border" height="100" src="http://fasfacts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/SABlogo.jpg" width="113" />In terms of the partnership, SAB has provided a sponsorship of R1-million which will ensure that 1050 children, 525 adults and 95 shebeen owners benefit from the project.</p>
<p>This partnership forms part of a wide range of initiatives that SAB is undertaking to tackle the abuse of alcohol. Other initiatives include working with retailers to implement a responsible trading policy; investing in Alcohol Evidence Centres around the country together with local and provincial law enforcement agencies; and implementing a hard hitting advertising campaign, called Reality Check, to raise awareness of drink and driving issues.</p>
<p>Whereas the prevalence of FAS in developed countries such as the USA varies from 0,1 to 0,8% of the population, the Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa have the highest reported incidence of FAS worldwide. In certain rural areas, FAS has been diagnosed in 122 out of every 1 000 children &ndash; a staggering 12,2%. In addition, the prevalence rate of Alcohol Exposure is always far higher than the FAS rate. As a result, an unknown number of children are prenatally damaged due to their mothers&rsquo; alcohol consumption.</p>
<p>FAS is however more than a mental disability &ndash; it is a social disorder with immense cost implications for both government and society. FASfacts&rsquo; main priority is to educate the public about the severe damaging effects of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. The NGO aims to highlight the effects of FAS and draw attention to the crisis in South Africa, with the intention of working towards eradicating its effects and reducing the number of children born with FAS, FASfacts also aims to ease the financial burden carried by the societies associated with the combating, or the treatment of, FAS.</p>
<p>The specific FASfacts campaign in which SAB will be involved will be focused on the Northern Cape and Western Cape regions with the highest recorded incident rate of FAS in South Africa.</p>
<p>Due to the financial support from SAB, FASfacts is in a position to erect a permanent office in Upington in the Northern Cape. This will serve as the operational base from where FASFacts will roll-out the FAS prevention programs in the Northern Cape.</p>
<p>Working together with schools and amongst the working youth, adults and shebeen owners on farms and in communities, FASfacts will conduct age specific communication to ensure an effective educative program. The programs will also be specifically tailored to both males and females. They are designed in such a manner that every participant who completes it can extend the project by communicating with an additional 16 other people, meaning a further 16800 people will be influenced indirectly.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a severe issue which we seek to combat by working together with affected communities. At SAB, we are committed in creating real interventions which have tangible results and improve the standards of living. For us it&rsquo;s all about leading by example. A partnership with FASfacts will allow us to reach different audiences to ensure the affects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy are successfully communicated,&rdquo; commented Anele Malumo, General Manager, SAB (Central Region).</p>
<p>&ldquo;FASfacts is proud to be associated with SA Breweries in their endeavours to fight the scourge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in South Africa. We are very thankful for the substantial funding we have been given to establish an office in Upington from where we will manage our Northern Cape operations.</p>
<p>FASfacts considers SA Breweries to be one of the key role-players in assisting to decrease the prevalence rate of FAS. We may have the best FAS-prevention programs, but if we do not have the funding to implement the programs on ground level, it will come to nothing and our efforts will be in vain. FASfacts is very aware of the positive attitude SAB has towards educating communities regarding responsible drinking. The responsible thing to do when you are pregnant is to totally abstain from consuming any alcohol. FASfacts congratulates SAB for taking a leading role in this regard within the liquor industry.</p>
<p>I believe that the different communities where we will be involved, will gain the most out of the partnership between SAB and FASfacts, and that is how it should be.</p>
<p>I also believe that this partnership will grow from strength to strength as time goes by. We are looking forward, with great excitement to see how this partnership will develop.</p>
<p>Thank you once again to SA Breweries for their support&rdquo; says FASfacts CEO &amp; founder, Francois Grobbelaar.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) awareness organisation FASfacts recently received R12&#8201;000 thanks to the Connection Ride, championed by the Rotary Club of Empangeni and sponsored mainly by Engen . A team of 22 cyclists embarked on a 1&#8201;700&#8201;km cycling journey from KwaZulu Natal, donating money to organisations chosen by Rotary. From left are Gerhard Pienaar [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) awareness organisation FASfacts recently received R12&thinsp;000 thanks to the Connection Ride, championed by the Rotary Club of Empangeni and sponsored mainly by Engen . A team of 22 cyclists embarked on a 1&thinsp;700&thinsp;km cycling journey from KwaZulu Natal, donating money to organisations chosen by Rotary. From left are Gerhard Pienaar (President, Worcester Rotary), Craig Blaylock (Empangeni Rotary), Andrew Grieve (Managing Director, Frank Vos Motors) , Melanie Holland (Engen Corporate Social Investment Co-ordinator), Chris Cronj&eacute; (Engen Retail), Jan Ungerer (FASfacts), Henry Janse van Rensburg (Manager, Frank Vos retail centre) and Andrew Killick (ride captain).</p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;">Article by Laurentia Robertson and published by <a href="http://standard.breede.com">Worcester Standard</a> on 18 March 2010<br />
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		<title>Skinstad kom skoene uitdeel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOB SKINSTAD, voormalige Springbok-rugbykaptein en sportkommentator wat die Wes-Kaap aan die gons het met sy liefdadigheidsveldtog, sal di&#233; Saterdag op Worces ter wees vir opheffingswerk onder kinders. Skinstad sal, as deel van die Bobsforgood-stigting se Walk this Way-projek, van 11:30 af op Kerkplein te sien wees waar hy en &#8217;n span helpers &#8217;n rugbykliniek aan [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BOB SKINSTAD, voormalige Springbok-rugbykaptein en sportkommentator wat die Wes-Kaap aan die gons het met sy liefdadigheidsveldtog, sal di&eacute; Saterdag op Worces ter wees vir opheffingswerk onder kinders.<span id="more-146"></span></p>
<p><img align="right" alt="" class="alignright border" height="504" src="http://fasfacts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/skinstad1.jpg" width="360" />Skinstad sal, as deel van die Bobsforgood-stigting se Walk this Way-projek, van 11:30 af op Kerkplein te sien wees waar hy en &rsquo;n span helpers &rsquo;n rugbykliniek aan 400 gr. 6-, 7- en 8-leerders van plaaslike skole sal aanbied.</p>
<p>Daarna sal daar aan elkeen van hierdie leerders &rsquo;n paar skoolskoene oorhandig word.</p>
<p>Skinstad het onlangs die Bobsforgood -stigting saam met &rsquo;n vriend mnr. Ron Rutland gestig.</p>
<p>Die doel van di&eacute; stigting is om skoolskoene aan die sowat sewe miljoen leerders in die Wes-Kaap wat nie skoene het nie, te verskaf.</p>
<p>Skinstad het verlede week die provinsie aan die praat gekry toe hy kamma in hegtenis geneem is en &rsquo;n week in &rsquo;n &ldquo;sel&rdquo; by die V&amp;A Waterfront in Kaapstad deurgebring het in &rsquo;n poging om geld in te samel.</p>
<p>Saterdag se geleentheid word gere&euml;l in samewerking met die organisasie FASfacts, wat bewusmakings- en voorkomingswerk oor fetale alkoholsindroom doen. Die geleentheid sal dan ook gebruik word om die publiek daarvan bewus te maak dat &rsquo;n vrou g&eacute;&eacute;n alkohol moet drink terwyl sy swanger is nie.</p>
<p>Lede van die publiek word uitgenooi om te kom deel in die 400 kinders se vreugde &ndash; en moontlik Bobby se handtekening te ontvang.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;">Artikel deur Laurentia Robertson en gepubliseer deur <a href="http://standard.breede.com">Worcester Standard</a>, 25 Februarie 2010<br />
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		<title>Skinstad hier vir liefdadigheid</title>
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<p><span style="font-size:10px;">Artikel geplaas deur <a href="http://standard.breede.com">Worcester Standard</a> 4 Maart 2010</span></p>
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		<title>FAS landwyd onder oë</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIE klok het gelui vir fetale alkohol-sindroom (FAS). Die geleentheid was &#8217;n byeenkoms by die Groenheuwel Prim&#234;re Skool naby die Paarl waar Internasionale Fetale Alkoholsindroom-dag gehou is en waar die premier van die Wes-Kaap, Helen Zille, &#8217;n klok gelui het ter bewusmaking van di&#233; sindroom. Die doel van di&#233; dag, wat tradisioneel elke jaar om [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DIE klok het gelui vir fetale alkohol-sindroom (FAS).<span id="more-138"></span></p>
<p><img align="right" alt="" class="alignright border" height="225" src="http://fasfacts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/helen.jpg" width="300" />Die geleentheid was &rsquo;n byeenkoms by die Groenheuwel Prim&ecirc;re Skool naby die Paarl waar Internasionale Fetale Alkoholsindroom-dag gehou is en waar die premier van die Wes-Kaap, Helen Zille, &rsquo;n klok gelui het ter bewusmaking van di&eacute; sindroom.</p>
<p>Die doel van di&eacute; dag, wat tradisioneel elke jaar om nege minute na nege op die negende dag van die negende maand gehou word, is om die boodskap aan swanger vroue oor te dra om nie alkohol gedurende swangerskap te drink nie.</p>
<p>Voorts het die dag dit ten doel om die probleme wat as gevolg van FAS ontstaan onder die vergrootglas te plaas, om jongmense, wat die leiers van m&ocirc;re is, bekend te stel aan programme om FAS te bekamp en om deel te h&ecirc; aan werkbare oplossings vir die probleem.</p>
<p>Die bewusmakingsdag gister is ook deur dr. Ivan Meyer van die departement van maatskaplike ontwikkeling, die Paarl se burgemeester, me. Charmaine Manuel, en mnr. Francois Grobbelaar, hoof uitvoerende beampte van FASfacts, bygewoon.</p>
<p>Behalwe leerders wat van hul ondervinding met FAS vertel het en die oorhandiging van &rsquo;n Internasionale FAS-dag-plakkaat aan Zille en Manuel, het hulle (Zille en Manuel) &rsquo;n onderneming ter ondersteuning van FASfacts onderteken. FASfacts, &rsquo;n nie-regeringsorganisasie, is in 2002 deur Grobbelaar gestig om bewusmaking van FAS en die impak daarvan op die gemeenskap te bevorder.</p>
<p>Hoewel FAS voorkombaar is deur nie alkohol tydens swangerskap te drink nie, word 25 000 babas jaarliks in Suid-Afrika, wat die hoogste voorkoms van FAS ter w&ecirc;reld het, gebore. FAS is die grootste oorsaak van vertraagde groei, afwykende gedrag en verstandelike gestremdheid in meeste nywerheidslande en kom onder alle rasse en sosio-ekonomiese groepe voor. Daar is nie genesing vir FAS nie.</p>
<p>Bewusmaking alleen is nie genoeg om FAS te beperk nie, s&ecirc; Grobbelaar. &ldquo;Drastiese stappe is nodig om FAS te bekamp en uit te wis.&rdquo; Hy s&ecirc; die meeste voorvalle van FAS kom in die landelike areas van die Wes- en Noord-Kaap voor. De Aar het tans die meeste aangemelde gevalle &#8211; 122 babas uit elke 1&thinsp;000 lewende geboortes.</p>
<p>Grobbelaar s&ecirc; &rsquo;n intensiewe navorsingsprojek oor FAS is tans in die Robertson-, Montagu-, Bonnievale- en Ashton-area aan die gang.</p>
<p>Hy meen FASfacts se bewusmakingsprogramme is suksesvol omdat dit onder meer vroue bemagtig om lewensbelangrike besluite te neem. Met volgehou programme kan FAS een van die grootste gesondheidsprobleme word om permanent uitgewis te word, s&ecirc; hy.</p>
<p>Die FASfacts-veldtog 2009 word deur SA Brouerye geborg ter ondersteuning van kinders wat met FAS gebore is.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;">Geskryf deur Christine Smit en geplaas deur <a href="http://standard.breede.com">Worcester Standard</a></span></p>
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		<title>Bekende predikant groet sy gemeente</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EEN van Worcester se bekendste predikante, ds. Jan Ungerer van die NG Moedergemeente op Worcester, lewer Sondag sy afskeidsboodskap. Ds. Ungerer tree uit die bediening om voltyds in diens van die organisasie FASfacts te wees. Hy sal sy demissie van die Ring van Worcester ontvang nadat hy 35 jaar in die bediening was &#8211; 24 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EEN van Worcester se bekendste predikante, ds. Jan Ungerer van die NG Moedergemeente op Worcester, lewer Sondag sy afskeidsboodskap.<span id="more-134"></span></p>
<p><img align="right" alt="" class="alignright border" height="390" src="http://fasfacts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/ungerer.gif" width="260" />Ds. Ungerer tree uit die bediening om voltyds in diens van die organisasie FASfacts te wees. Hy sal sy demissie van die Ring van Worcester ontvang nadat hy 35 jaar in die bediening was &ndash; 24 hiervan op Worcester.</p>
<p>Hy sal hier aanbly en as hoof van geloofsgroepe-eenheid by FASfacts werk, waar hy hom sal beywer vir die betrokkenheid van alle kerke en geloofsorganisasasies. Hy het reeds sewe jaar as vrywilliger in die direksie gedien.</p>
<p>FASfacts beywer hom vir die bekamping van Fetale Alkohol sindroom (FAS) in die gemeenskap. &ldquo;FAS is &rsquo;n geweldige en groeiende epidemie in Suid-Afrika,&rdquo; s&ecirc; ds. Ungerer, &ldquo;veral in groot dele van die Wes- en Noord-Kaap.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Navorsing toon dat tot 20&thinsp;000 kinders jaarliks met al die simptome van FAS gebore word. Die getal kan boonop aansienlik meer wees, aangesien daar grade van beskadiging is, afhangend hoeveel die moeder tydens swangerskap gedrink het.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Hy s&ecirc; FAS veroorsaak drie groot probleme in die gemeenskap. Opvoedkundig is kinders leergestremd weens permanente breinskade wat opgedoen word. Maatskaplik is di&eacute; kinders vir die res van hul lewens &rsquo;n las vir die staat, aangesien hulle afhanklik van mediese sorg, toesig en finansi&euml;le bystand is.</p>
<p>Wat die regstelsel betref, is ouers wat verantwoordelik is vir kinders wat met FAS gebore word, &rsquo;n &ldquo;fabriek van kriminele&rdquo;. &ldquo;Dis dalk skerp gestel, maar feit is hierdie kinders kan nie uit hul foute leer nie as gevolg van breinskade wat tydens die swangerskap opgedoen is. Hulle sal dieselfde ernstige kriminele oortredings herhaaldelik beoefen.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Tog, s&ecirc; hy, is FAS volkome voorkombaar as die ma haar heeltemal van alkoholgebruik tydens swangerskap weerhou.</p>
<p>Hiervoor is FASfacts, met sy hoofkantoor in Worcester, reeds sedert 2002 besig met voorkomingsprogramme in skole, onder plaaswerkers, in gemeenskappe en sjebiens.</p>
<p>Daar is tans agt programfasiliteerders wat aktief betrokke is om mense in te lig oor die gevare van FAS en die FAS-syfer te probeer verlaag. Modules is spesiaal ontwikkel om verskillende groepe te onderrig, waarby leerders &eacute;n volwassenes baat vind.</p>
<p>FASfacts werk in vennootskap met &rsquo;n groot verskeidenheid rolspelers, soos regeringsdepartemente, maatskappye en nie-regeringsorganisasies.</p>
<p>Ds. Ungerer s&ecirc; hy sal met ander barmhartigheidswerk voortgaan, soos sy betrokkenheid by die Nuwe Begin Skuiling, sopkombuise, Educare-sentrums in Zweletemba, opleiding van vroue-entrepreneurs en die skep van gemeenskapstuine in samewerking met die departement van landbou.</p>
<p>Die Moedergemeente se kerkraad het ingestem om die pastorie aan hom te verhuur. Hy en sy vrou Mary, wat steeds by gemeentesake betrokke sal wees, sal dus in die huis aanbly.</p>
<p>Sy afskeidsboodskap sal Sondag 16 Augustus om 9:30 begin.</p>
<p>Gemeentes wat hom oor FASfacts wil skakel en optredes wil re&euml;l, kan hom by 083&thinsp;320&thinsp;4553 bel.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;">Gepubliseer deur <a href="http://standard.breede.com">Worcester Standard</a> 13 Augustus 2009</span></p>
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