VOLUME 5 FARR in De Aar JANUARY 2012hul musieklesse en toonlere geoefen het, was verras oor hoe...
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News of a Savior that was born
to a poor mother who had to
deliver her baby in a manger.
The mothers left just in time to
give the FARR staff opportunity
to prepare for the second party
of the day ... Continue on p3
To give is better than to re-
ceive. For Christmas 2011
FARR decided to collect
Christmas gifts for all 300 ac-
tive clients on our records.
Sponsors each received a name
and the age of a client and
were asked to fill a shoebox
with clothes, toiletries, educa-
tional toys and a present be-
fore wrapping it for Christmas.
Friends of FARR from as far as
Pretoria, Cape Town, USA and
Canada had great fun putting
177 gifts together. A most
generous donation from Em-
power Grinaker / Infraset (Ltd)
provided the finance for the
last 106 gifts which was bought
in Pretoria..
14 December was a very busy
day, putting the last gifts to-
gether, wrapping everything
and preparing for the great day
on 15 December.
The first mothers with babies
(from the stimulation groups)
and their pregnant friends from
the Healthy Mother Healthy
Baby Program arrived early to
join in the excitement.
Everyone received something
to eat, thanks to the kind do-
nations from De Aar commu-
nity. The highlight of their
morning was a visit from Santa
Claus and the gifts they re-
ceived! The morning ended
with some Christmas carols,
accompanied by FARR’s own
musicians on their recorders.
Mrs Antoinette Drotsky from
Pretoria shared the Good
Christmas in a shoebox
FAStrap © 2011 A pilgrimage through the Karoo... That is what FARR’s Leana Olivier (CEO) and Lian Drotsky (Area Coordinator for N Cape) set out to do in 2011. During October just as the days grew hotter and longer they walked 290 km from De Aar to Kimberley in 7 days (17-23
Oct).
Their crazy attempt drew plenty of attention and enabled FARR to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol during pregnancy on a national scale. The pilgramage also honoured the women in De Aar who peresevered on FARR’s FAS prevention programmes. They abstained from alcohol during pregnancy which resulted in a 30% drop in the FASD
prevalence rate in De Aar.
The walkers remember cold mornings when Leana had to wear 2 tops and cover her hands; hot days when Lian had to wear the biggest hat she could find; interesting people from the afternoon workshops and the great hospitality of the
people in the Karoo.
Amore Bekker reported on their progress every afternoon in Tjailatyd on the national radion station RSG and many listeners greeted the two walkers by hooting from cars, trucks and trains, waving and even stopping to take a
picture.
The two women were very aware of the prayers that carried them and was thankful that they sustained no injuries
other than a few blisters to show
for their experience.
They were surprised to learn along the way how few people have ever heard of FAS or knew anything about the dangers of
alcohol during pregnancy.
FARR is now more than ever committed to continue the fight
against FAS!
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JANUARY 2012
VOLUME 5
FARR in De Aar
FARR FUNDERS 2011/2012
Wesbank Foundation
ARA (Association for Responsi-
ble Alcohol Use)
Empower Grinaker-Lta /Infraset
Mainstream Renewable Energy
Jules of the Karoo
Distell Ltd
Rotary De Aar
Churches
Friends of FARR
In this Issue:
FARR se musikante 2
Volunteers at FARR 2
Houtkraal 2
Ontmoet die FARR-span 3
Christmas in a Shoebox
(Continued)
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FAStrap © (continued) 3
FAS Feite 4
Harde werk word beloon!
Die 8 musiekstudente wat
deur die jaar vasgebyt met
hul musieklesse en toonlere
geoefen het, was verras oor
hoe maklik hulle gedurende
November en Desember
twee Kersliedjies baas-
geraak het. Uiteindelik kon
hul die vrugte van hul harde
werk pluk.
FARR is baie trots op hierdie
musikante wat tydens ons
kerspartytjie die sang bege-
lei het.
Op 18 Desember het die
kinders ook hul talente met
die Metodiste Kerk in Voor-
trekkerstraat gaan deel. Hier
is hulle hartlik ontvang en Ds
John Harman het „n baie toe-
paslike boodskap oor die
doel van Kersfees gebring.
Hy het vertel dat Kersfees
daar is om herinneringe te
bou. Kersfees herinner ons
dat ons „n Verlosser nodig het
en dat ons wel „n Verlosser in
Jesus Christus het. Die jong
musikante is met soveel liefde
ontvang dat beide die kinders
en die Kerk gevra het om die
optrede op Kersdag te herhaal.
So het „n groepie kinders die
geleentheid gekry om spesiale
herinneringe van Kersdag op te
bou. Vir baie jare sal hulle
onthou hoe hulle Stille Nag en
„Joy to the World‟ in die Meto-
diste Kerk gespeel het!
also interested in the families‟ lives. As so many of the chil-dren struggle to learn, these teachers fear that many of them have Fetal Alcohol Syn-drome. Mrs Mans invited FARR to share the FAS-prevention message with parents at a meeting on 18 November 2011. Funds for this outreach proramme was provided by the De Aar Gardening Club and FARR.
Ms Lena Rooi, FARR Community Worker, gave a brief intro-duction followed by the movie „AL die Voeltjies Vlie‟ which tells the story of Salman a young boy living with FAS.
Thirty-five kilometers outside De Aar is the small station of Houtkraal. Here in the middle of the great Karoo lies the beautiful oasis of the Hayes Primary School. Lovely green trees greet one from afar and around the neat school are productive vegetable gardens used in the school‟s feeding programme.
Two dedicated teachers Mrs. Klerk and Mrs. Mans teach young children from deprived backgrounds to read and write. However, their concern reaches further than the few hours the children spend with them every day and they are
Everyone enjoyed this story and then Mrs Lian Drotsky facilitated a discussion group. Although such a brief inter-vention is not enough to change people‟s behavior. It does raise awareness regard-ing the dangers of alcohol during pregnancy and informs community members about the challenges that people with FAS experience in life.
FARR se musikante
Hayes Primary School
smile and caring attitude en-deared her to clients and staff alike. We will miss her as she takes a break during the hot summer months.
For two years Mr. Peter Coet-zee has dedicated much time and energy to the children at the FARR/Joan Wertheim Centre. Week after week he is on his post to teach children
to read, appreciate and play music. He always has a friendly word of encourage-ment or joke to share with children. In a community where male role models are few and far between he is helping FARR to build positive futures in De Aar.
FARR would like to thank Peter for his dedication and love for the children!
Thank you to our volunteers!
A small organization like FARR is always grateful for the help of dedicated volun-teers and in this issue, FARR would like to express a spe-cial word of thanks to two of our volunteers.
Betty Laas has been a tre-mendous help driving the Venture three days a week to transports mothers and pregnant ladies to FARR‟s support groups. Her friendly
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Betty Laas, behind the wheel of the Venture driving clients to
their support groups.
FARR se jong musikante saam met afrigter Peter Coetzee
Parents at Hayes Primary School enjoying the DVD.
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Annalize Esau, die jongste van FARR se span in De Aar is in Upington gebore waar sy ook grootgeword en skool gegaan het. Sy matrikuleer in 1999 aan die Kearns Hoër-skool waarna sy „n rekenaar kursus aan die Upington Kollege gaan studeer. Sy werk aanvanklik as vrywil-liger in Upington Hospitaal en later ook by „n winkel en „n fabriek.
Haar hart was egter altyd in die gemeenskap en sy gryp die geleentheid aan om in 2002 as gemeenskapswerker by FARR te begin. Hier kan sy haar passie om met mense te werk uitleef. Sy het dit veral geniet om praatjies in
Upington se klinieke te hou waar sy baie mense leer ken het. Teen 2009, het Annalize na die FARR projek in De Aar oorgeskuif om op die Gesonde Moeder Gesonde Baba (GMGB)projek te konsentreer. Sy het baie empatie met haar kliënte en dra veral die hoë risiko moeders op die hart. Sy is baie opgewonde oor die verskil wat die GMGB projek in baie vrouens se lewens ge-maak het. Vir haar is die kos-baarste woorde van ‟n kliënt: “Ek drink nie meer nie.!” Annalize help graag swanger vroue om „n ingeligte besluit oor die toekoms van hul kinders te neem. Sy sê haar boodskap is eenvoudig en baie swanger vrouens neem die boodskap so
ter harte dat hulle dit self versprei. Tog voel sy soms oorweldig deur kliënte se probleme.
Dan geniet sy dit om in die middae met die kinders wat by FARR se koskombuis kom eet netbal of bordspeletjies te speel of selfs tou te spring. Die kinders vertrou An-nalize en deel dikwels moeilike huislike omstandighede met haar.
Annalize het „n 9-jarige dogter wat by haar Ouma in Upington grootword. Sy mis Zandile en droom daarvan om eendag terug te keer na Upington. Annalize voel dat mense in Upington nog baie oningelig is omtrent die gevare van alkohol tydens swangerskap. Sy droom om eendag FARR se FAS voorkomingsboodskap in Upington en die omliggende gemeenskappe uit te dra.
voorkoms van FAS met ‘n 1/3 te
verminder.
As mens 3 ure deur die Karoo
vlaktes stap is daar baie tyd om
dankbaar te wees. Dankbaar vir
‘n gesonde lyf wat kan stap, sagte
skoene geborg deur ‘n weldoener
in De Aar (Novels) en ‘n ma wat
my sonder alkohol in die wêreld
gebring het. Daar is ook baie om
te geniet: die nuuskierige steen-
bokkies wat oor die gras vir ons
loer, die subtiele soet reuk van ‘n
laning driedorings en die ritmiese,
krakerige roep van veldpoue wat
my sommer laat dans.
Maar die ding wat my die meeste
Die volgende brief is deur Lian
Drotsky geskryf en tydens die
FAStrap© staptog deur Amore
Bekker op RSG voorgelees. Dit
het baie positiewe kommentaar
ontlok:
“Soos jy weet pak ek en my
kollega Leana ‘n ander tog hier-
die week aan. In plaas van die
gewone werktoe en huistoe,
stap ons twee van De Aar na
Kimberley om die wêreld ,met
jou hulp, bewus te maak van
Fetale Alkohol Sindroom en die
verskil wat die gemeenskap van
De Aar gemaak het om die
geraak het op die staptog is die
twee mamma’s by wie ons Maan-
dag, net buite De Aar, verby
gestap het. Elkeen het ‘n baba
op die rug gedra, toegedraai in ‘n
warm kombers in die warm Ka-
roo son. Hulle stap iewers van
‘n plaas na die kliniek om hul
babas te laat weeg en seker te
maak alles is in orde. Ons bring
hulde aan die honderde ma’s wat
hulle verteenwoordig. Vroue
wat in moeilike omstandighede
gesonde babas alkoholvry in die
wêreld bring en gesond groot-
maak. Ons stap tree vir tree vir
hulle.
Groete vanuit die warm Karoo.
Ontmoet die FARR span
FAStrap© 2011
Carols, accompanied by their
friends on recorders. Unfortu-
nately Santa Claus had other
commitments and he asked Mr
Coetzee (volunteer and music
teacher at FARR) to hand out
the gifts. The children enthusi-
astically cheered as each child
received a gift and waited with
great anticipation to open their
Christmas boxes together.
Who will ever forget their ex-
citement to find a shoebox full
of gifts specially packed for
him / her?
Yes to give is indeed better
than to receive!
Christmas in a shoebox (continued)
To the second party we invited
all the children (4 – 16 years)
who use the FARR facilities in
the afternoons. The children
could hardly wait for their gifts,
but they first enjoyed a meal of
boerewors rolls, salads, water-
melon and cold drink (thanks to
all the donations from De Aar).
Then they sang Christmas
Annnelise Esau
What did you get?!
Welcome company from a cyclist on the long, last lonely stretch into Kimberley.
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Leer - / Gedragsprobleme
Persone met FAS ervaar die
v o l g e n d e l e e r - /
gedragsprobleme:
-babas is irriteerbaar en
huilerig
-swak konsentrasie.
- probleme met aanleer van
abstrakte konsepte soos
wiskunde.
-om vaardighede wat in ‘n
bepaalde konteks aangeleer is
te veralgemeen na ‘n nuwe
konteks
-om probleme op te los
-om take te beplan en die
volgorde van stappe uit te
werk
Fetale Alkohol Sindroom
(FAS) word veroorsaak
wanneer ‘n vrou alkohol tydens
swangerskap drink. Die
alkohol is giftig vir die
ongebore baba en affekteer die
baba op verskillende maniere.
Wat is die simptome van FAS?
Persone met FAS:
-is klein van postuur met ‘n lae
gewig vir ouderdom
- het spesifieke gesigskenmerke
w a t d e u r ’ n d o k t e r
gediagnoseer moet word.
- het breinskade met leer– en
gedrags probleme
-verskeie organe soos die
hart,oë, ore ens kan aangetas
wees.
-met aanpasbaarheid van denke
en is dikwels rigied
- om die gevolge van dade in te
sien, tree dikwels impulsief op en
raak dus dikwels betrokke in
kriminele bedrywinghede.
(Bogenoemde lys is net ‘n kort
opsomming van die probleme
wat ‘n persoon met FAS kan
ervaar)
In die volgende uitgawe:
Hoe word FAS gediagnoseer en
voorkom?
FAS FEITE
•Wine -10% alcohol
(150ml = 1 drink)
•Beer -5% alcohol
(300ml = 1 drink)
•Spiritus—30 to 40% alcohol (25 -30ml = 1 drink)
NO AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IS
SAFE DURING PREGNANCY!
2 or more drinks per day or 5 drinks per week is considered
HIGH ALCOHOL INTAKE during pregnancy
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On request of many Friends of FARR, who are unable to read Afrikaans, but interested in
FARR’s work in De Aar, this issue is mainly in English with a few contributions in Afrikaans
to reflect the culture of our work.
FARR VISION
FARR is dedicated to building positive futures in South Afri-
can communities by significantly reducing birth defects
caused by alcohol consumption, with the focus on Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder.
FARR MSISSION
FARR will achieve our vision by implementing impactful, direct
community interventions, driving social awareness programmes,
conducting world-class research and by offering a full range
of diagnosis, management, support training, education and
mentorship services.
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