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Following open heart surgery, healthy, WSPCCA children
enjoy a photo shoot with their hero Ryk Neethling who is a
partner in the Dream Big Initiative with WSPCCA Trustee Jenna
Clifford
The powerful Dream Big project, founded and driven by Jenna
Clifford and Jenna Clifford brand ambassador - Ryk Neethling, is
currently celebrating its second year since its inception in May
2007.
This exciting occasion was commemorated with a Dream Big
celebratory photo shoot, hosted by Jenna Clifford brand partners
– Life Studios, family and lifestyle photographers
extraordinaire.
The Dream Big ambassadorial team features various individuals
who are linked and have contributed to Dream Big in some way
over the last two years. These altruistic personas have embarked
on a drive to inspire people to “Dream Big” and spread the
uplifting and powerful message of Determination, Responsibility,
Excellence, Aspiration and Motivation. Dream Big ambassadors
seen in the fun photo shoot include: Ryk Neethling, Jennifer Su,
Rinus Le Roux, Rosie Motene, Brendan Currin and various
representatives from Jenna Clifford.
By popular demand, Dream Big will be releasing a Dreaming Big
for Gender Equality folder in Women’s Month - August this year.
The folder is said to be one of much inspiration and is
dedicated to the United Nations MDG3 cause, whereby Jenna was
appointed an ambassador for Gender Equality and Woman
Empowerment along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Soweto
Gospel Choir. One will be able to collect their keepsake folder
from a Jenna Clifford store from August 2009.
Dream Big supports the WSPCCA (Walter Sisulu Paediatric and
Cardiac Centre for Africa) as well as the Tomorrow Trust. A
percentage of proceeds on all Dream Big items sold go to these
special and unique children organizations.
As you are aware, the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre
for Africa, is the largest philanthropic cardiac unit on the
continent of Africa.
We are committed to ensuring that every one of the children
born with congenital heart defects gets a chance to live a
normal life - for that is the gift of paediatric cardiac
intervention. But these procedures cost hundreds of thousands of
rands - way out of many of our reach.
But, thanks to the generosity of a
host of individuals and organisations, we now have our own means
of helping raise those funds. Please SMS HEART to 38208 to
donate R10-00 to help save a life.
Your generosity will not go unnoticed and you could help save
a life.
On behalf of our CEO, Mrs Lynda Bleazard, the parents and -
of course - the children, thank you in anticipation of your
donation. Please can you also pass this invaluable message on to
as many of your contacts as your can. Every R10-00 helps save a
life.
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The Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa (WSPCCA),
situated within Netcare’s Sunninghill Hospital, Johannesburg is
a 16 bedded dedicated paediatric cardiac intensive care unit and
was established in 2003 by Dr Robin Kinsley.
Previously head of department at Witwatersrand University, Dr
Kinsley was struck by the fact that paediatric cardiac surgery
in Africa has long been a luxury available only to the
privileged few, which meant that, for all intents and purposes,
entire populations have been excluded from treatment for a
correctable medical condition. Fewer than 30% of South African
children and less than 1% of children throughout Africa benefit
from these life saving operations. The rest die.
Ironically, 95% of heart defects in babies and young children
can be successfully treated. The WSPCCA came into being to
address this inequality and to give hope to the cardiac children
in both SA and Africa at large.
Madiba said in his address at the opening of the WSPCCA: “The
Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa is an
initiative that deserves the support of all of us - private and
corporate. The centre needs financial as well as moral support.
I trust that the private sector shall respond as generously in
support of this centre as I have always found them to do when I
called upon them for support.”
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