Amato pregnancy
Counselling Centre
Edition 03/2014Newsletter
October 2014
Amato has settled down again after a time
into our new spacious and beautiful ‘home’.
of upheaval and change. We faced quite a
With the help of all our volunteers and Mike
few challenges and big decisions had to be
Jansen and especially Lina, we have now
made.
settled in and it is business as usual. We
After
much
prayer
and
investigation,
premises were found at 787Arcadia Street
in Arcadia. A donor came forward in answer
thank all our friends and colleagues for
their prayers during times of uncertainty, It
kept us going
to our prayers and leased the mentioned
offices for a year starting September 2014.
Cathy,Marlene,Ria, Esther and Lina dedicated our new
premises to the Lord
Our new door is open
August
and
September
months for Amato.
were
turbulent
Marlene Jansen, our
centre director lost her 89 year old father
on the 25th August after a short sick bed.
This was a traumatic time for her but she
stoically did what she had to do and our
move took place on the 5th of September.
With sadness we stripped our old little
office of our Amato presence and moved
Marlene’s dad fell ill in August and after a
traumatic time for him and his family of operations and
intensive care, he passed away on the 25th of August.
They saw him daily and he was an integral part of their
family life. He will be sadly missed by all his family and
friends. Our sincere condolences to Marlene, Mike,
Louise and the family. In a very difficult time Marlene
showed her faith and her steel and led Amato on a new
journey.
It is with sadness that we had to say good bye to
Yolanda Wynbergen who served Amato in a very
special way for more than a year. She handled
manyimportant issues eg the registration of Amato
as a Public Benefit Organisation. She was also the
driving force behind our ladies tea in May. Yolanda
we will miss you, your talents, your hard work and
your special smile.Thank you for your huge
contribution towardsour organisation. May you be
greatly blessed !
Congratulations Ria with a brand new
grandson. Hope you and Rueben will have a
wonderful Granny/grandson bond.
Congratulations Theresa on Megan’s wedding.
May you have a blessed and special
relationship with the newly weds
importance of relationships and choices
which may impact their lives and future.
Phetsile, Cathy, Moussa, Marlene, Heila & Karen
Heila Chapman did a presentation to medical
students from various universities
on how
to support a lady who finds herself faced
with an unplanned pregnancy.
A testimony
was given by a lady who had an abortion and
the impact of that on her life. The weekend
was extremely succesfull and wonderful
feedback was received.
.
A
big
heartfelt
thank
you
to
Rick
Wynbergen of Sign Brite, who did our
Boards for us free of charge. The first one
disappeared
after
2
days
and
Rick
spontaneously, did a 2nd one and fixed it to
a wall inside the premises. We appreciate!!
We are in the process of establishing a
working agreement with Dr Matete Madiba,
director of the Department of Student
Affairs of the University of Pretoria, Sr
Hannelie Coetzee and Dr Madeleine Nolte.
We are in the process of obtaining approval
to offer our services on the UP campus,
which should enable us to reach many more
girls and give them access to our services.
Marlene,
Heila
and
Esther
had
an
opportunity to speak to the B Cur Students
at the University of Pretoria.
privilege
to
meet
these
actively
and
It was a
students
who
shared
their
Amidst the chaos of packing and moving, we
participated
hosted a training for the Undiluted Program.
opinions with us. We feel it was a valuable
Moussa Mulamba of Think Twice came all
interactive session.
the way from Cape Town to present the
Mariatha Yazbeck, who, for the past 4
course. This training equipped the volunteer
years, requested an information session
counsellors to address groups of teenagers
regarding unplanned pregnancies and options
and students to help them understand the
for her final year B Cur students.
Thank you to Dr
Cathy and Karen at TUT
Heila, Marlene, Dr. Yazbeck and the BCur students
Dr Annah Sefolosha from the Health and
Wellness Department of Tshwane University
of Technology, invited Amato PCC to partake
in the Health and Wellness Open day on the
campus on 24th October 2014.
It is a
wonderful opportunity to create awareness
of our services and to provide students with
information regarding unplanned pregnancies
and available options.
It also provides us
with an opportunity to talk to them about
Phetsile Fani (left) at the school in Olievenbosch. Where
she talked to the students about sexual integrity
sexual integrity and exposure.
We held a volunteers meeting in our new
offices on the 20th of October.
Volunteers attending volunteer meeting. From
left to right: Marlene Jansen, Ria Kruger, Esther
Cathy and Phetsile talking to some students
Visser, Phetsile Fani, Karen van Heerden and
at TUT
Theresa Gillingham
Marlene, Theresa, Esther and Ria with service
awards 5 years +
We are in the process of fixing our Face
Book Page and will soon be operational again.
We wanted to keep all our friends and
colleagues posted on Amato activities. We
want to give glory to God for keeping Amato
going
strong
throughout
an
extremely
difficult year.
Glory and Honour and Praise be to our
Heavenly Father now and forever!! AMEN