29 January 2007
Marang House Promo Video
25 January 2007
Marang House on Google Earth
Wondering what the area around Marang House looks like? You can now see exactly where the house is located with Google Earth. Download this file to be directed to the exact location of Marang House.
About Google Earth
Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country.
Get Google Earth. Put the world in perspective.
About Google Earth
Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country.
Get Google Earth. Put the world in perspective.
# posted by Pieter Ernst Jr @ 09:38
23 January 2007
Marang House joins the MyCommunity initiative!
It is time to announce this year's first exciting development at Marang House: "Marang House joins the MyCommunity initiative!"
The MyCommunity initiative (which includes MySchool and MyVillage) is South Africa's number one community support system and raises over R1 million a month for schools and charities all over South Africa. Supporters of Marang House can apply or a FREE MySchool Supporter Card and every time this card is swiped at one of the 2500 participating retail partners nationwide, the transaction is recorded and a percentage of the purchase (sometimes as high as 5%) is donated to Marang House - at no (extra) cost to you!
Apply now and nominate Marang House as your beneficiary. Within weeks your personalized MySchool Supporter Card will be mailed to you and you can start supporting Marang House. Retail partners include: Woolworths, Spar, Engen, Kalahari.Net, Mecer, Wimpy, Spur, CNA, Mugg&Bean, SupaQuick, Ola Milky Lane and Jack's Paint and Hardware stores. For a full list of the 2500 participating retail outlets and for more information, please visit http://www.myschool.co.za/.
Do you already have a MySchool card and do you want to support Marang House? No problem, phone 0860 100 445 and add Marang House to your list of beneficiaries. You can also phone this number if you have any more questions or problems with your application.
Supporting Marang House has never been this easy!
# posted by Pieter Ernst Jr @ 08:42
17 January 2007
Latest South African hype: Robbing charities
Marang House once again made headlines this week after an armed robbery took place at another children's charity in Johannesburg just two days before Christmas. Two men visited the Princess Alice Adoption Home in Westcliff pretending to be dropping off a donation of nappies. When the guys were inside the house they pulled a gun and demanded money. According to an article in the local Northcliff/Melville Times newspaper, they 'casually' left after ten minutes with some cash, a watch and a necklace.
Some of the recent incidents of crime at Marang House were also mentioned in the article as it almost seems that robbing charities is turning into some sort of a hype in South Africa. After all the problems we have had this year at Marang House, I can just imagine what they must be going through at the Princess Alice Adoption Home and I really hope that attacking children's charities is not going to turn into a hype. It is really the last thing we need.
Some of the recent incidents of crime at Marang House were also mentioned in the article as it almost seems that robbing charities is turning into some sort of a hype in South Africa. After all the problems we have had this year at Marang House, I can just imagine what they must be going through at the Princess Alice Adoption Home and I really hope that attacking children's charities is not going to turn into a hype. It is really the last thing we need.
Labels: south africa
15 January 2007
Back in SA
I’m back in South Africa and after three weeks of living in miserable weather in the Netherlands I nearly forgot what the sun looks like. Luckily, I only had to step out of the plane to be reminded what it means to live in a country with a pleasant climate. I had a lot of meetings during my stay in Holland and within the next few months we will have our Dutch based foundation up and running to actively start raising funds in the Netherlands.
Everything went well during the festive season and by now things have returned back to normal at Marang House, which means that the kids have come back and the house has the 'happening' vibe again. Lorraine has also returned to Marang House to recover from her transplant operation. All is going very well with her and hopefully she can go home soon. All the children are doing very well. Ellis however is still admitted in hospital, but hopefully she will also return to Marang House as soon possible. We have also welcomed a few new children at the house. I will load their profiles on the Marang House website ASAP and obviously write about all their activities on this blog.
We really have a lot of things in the pipeline this coming year. Please keep on visiting this blog to stay informed with all the exciting things that we have planned, I promise that I will not disappoint you!
Everything went well during the festive season and by now things have returned back to normal at Marang House, which means that the kids have come back and the house has the 'happening' vibe again. Lorraine has also returned to Marang House to recover from her transplant operation. All is going very well with her and hopefully she can go home soon. All the children are doing very well. Ellis however is still admitted in hospital, but hopefully she will also return to Marang House as soon possible. We have also welcomed a few new children at the house. I will load their profiles on the Marang House website ASAP and obviously write about all their activities on this blog.
We really have a lot of things in the pipeline this coming year. Please keep on visiting this blog to stay informed with all the exciting things that we have planned, I promise that I will not disappoint you!
# posted by Pieter Ernst Jr @ 05:50
