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What types of humans are we raising? . Are they be

What types of humans are we raising?
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Are they being taught not to see colour? That we are all the same and we should simply be kind and love one another and live in harmony?
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Is it possible that we are passing on biases, prejudices, or irrational fears onto them, even without realizing it?
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If you and your child walked past a black person on the sidewalk who was being mistreated by a white person would you shield their eyes and distract them, pointing them to something happy, hoping they didn’t see it?
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Desmond Tutu
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Yes, God created us equally. And we are each of equal value. Yes, we need be kind and love one another. But our life experiences are not equal and the colour of our skin and the history of our people plays a role in that, for better or for worse.
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If we are quiet anout issues of injustice, be it of race or any other sort of oppression, we are not only perpetuating and contributing to the problem.
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We are the problem.
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As stories of brutality against black people continue to surface from the other side of the world, we must look into our own backyards and ask ourselves which side we are on and what are we doing to hurt or help?
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If we want to raise children who truly love; who stand up for good and despise evil; who see the beauty in the diversity of appearances, but also that of culture and upbringing, we cannot skip the part that all men are NOT treated equal.
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This begins with us: those who benefit from the systems of white supremacy and oppression throughout the world.
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Search yourself.
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What is it that keeps you from inviting your children to see the full picture of humanity? To see the truth about peoples’ experiences? They will carry the same burdens you do, placed on you by your ancestors. Will you equip them for that?
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It starts with you.
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Do the work in yourself, first, and invite your children in so that there aren't circulating videos of our sons and daughters still threatening and killing black people in broad daylight one day.
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”Instead, let there be a flood of justice. An endless procession of righteous living.” - @jonforeman

R E L I E F • U P D A T E S . As we approach lev

R E L I E F • U P D A T E S
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As we approach level 3 of the lock down, the days of purchasing and packing and delivering weekly parcels have come to an end.
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With the restlessness and massive need in the community we made a choice several weeks ago to transition to grocery vouchers for the safety of our ladies and our volunteers. One benefit of this is this also allows them to get exactly what the need for their families.
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We are committed to supporting them in this way until they're truly able to support themselves again.
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In the mean time, we ave continued planning with @allpeoplesstellenbosch and @amazinklive to open a soup kitchen to the broader Kayamandi in hopes of opening very soon.
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We are excited for this opportunity for our ladies to help lead in serving their community, as so many of them have put their hands up to volunteer.
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We thank our volunteers (including our mamas) who are so committed to the continued efforts to support Kayamandi! And we thank YOU for all the generous financial gifts that continue to alleviate what could have been a massive weight on the families in this time.

It's raining, it's pouring and because of YOUR gen

It's raining, it's pouring and because of YOUR generosity, we have EXCEEDED our #warminguplittlevoices fundraising goal!
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We are now going to be able to add a couple more cozy items to our Little Voices’ winter packs! 🧤
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✨ We still need your help with ONE more thing: ✨
Are you, or someone you know, a buyer or planner for @ackermans_za, @mrpfashion, @picknpayclothing, @woolworths_sa ?
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Due to the covid19 restrictions it has been difficult to find enough items in one place, and we need 100 of everything!
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We realize everyone is scrambling for winter items these days, but today's weather is a reminder that winter is nearly here and we would love to get our kids suited up as soon as we can!
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A huge thank you to our community! We look forward to your feedback!
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Without realizing it, we planned a two-part ”Men

Without realizing it, we planned a two-part ”Mental Health” session right in the middle of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth .
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Whether the things that are pulling at our sanity are a direct result of the current pandemic, or the abrupt stopping of life and busy-ness and normalcy has allowed hidden fears or suppressed emotions to surface, many of us are feeling lots of feelings while being isolated within so many hanging unknowns.
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We have been incredibly encouraged by our mamas’ willingness to lead and engage in our digital Sunday sessions. It's really a place where they could keep things surface level, but they choose to dive in and dig deeper. They choose to use this time to care for themselves and lift one another up.
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No one will ”do” this time perfectly. But we can all do the best with what we have. We trust that if we all say ”yes” to that, we will see much fruit on the other side.
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📷 @lizelle.lotter.photography

We have reached ✨F I F T Y - F I V E %✨ of our

We have reached
✨F I F T Y - F I V E %✨ of our goal to get our 100 Little Voices some warm, winter staple clothing items.
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They've been able to continue earning points to order from our catalogue (you can read about that on our website) and we will continue to support them with biweekly groceries until they're able to work again. But we can't avoid the fact that winter is coming and many children will need entire winter wardrobes - if you have kids you know how quickly they grow!
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We want to set them up with the basics to give our mamas a head start.
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☔️Click the link in our bio for more info!
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Your R280 will make all the difference for a child this winter.

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