{"id":47389,"date":"2024-04-08T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/maak-jou-hart-oop-20240403-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:48:07","slug":"maak-jou-hart-oop-20240403-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/maak-jou-hart-oop-20240403-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Maak jou hart oop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Met lewenskoste wat aanhoudend styg, het een van Siyabonga Care Village se programme die ondersteuning van die publiek nodig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chrisna du Plessis, die stigter van Siyabonga Care Village, vertel dat hul program, Huis Hadassa, op die oomblik \u2019n bietjie swaar trek en vra dat die publiek hul harte sal oopmaak om die program aan die gang te kan hou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huis Hadassa bestaan reeds die afgelope 13 jaar en sien tans om na 20 kinders wat in tydelike veilige sorg geplaas is, en 10 kinders wat permanent geplaas is. Met gekwalifiseerde personeel wat \u2019n groot liefde en omgee vir die kinders deel, is daar geen twyfel dat die kinders die beste sorg kry nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huis Hadassa se daaglikse program bestaan uit individuele en groepwerksessies, asook individuele ontwikkelingsplanne onder meer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Du Plessis s\u00ea die publiek was tot dusver baie goed vir hulle en Huis Hadassa besef dis baie gevra, \u201cmaar al is daar iemand wat een kind kan borg vir \u2019n tydperk van \u2019n jaar sal dit baie help,\u201d s\u00ea sy. 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