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CHOSA-Supported Day-Care Center Destroyed by Fire: 500 People Left Homeless!

Posted in Fundraising, News from SA, Politics and society, Stories from the communities, Uncategorized on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A terrible tragedy struck the community of QQ Section, Khayelitsha on the night of 7th December, 2010. A fire swept through the settlement in a matter of minutes, wiping out some 100 shacks and completely destroying the QQ Community Creche (Day Care Center) that CHOSA had assisted the community to build and operate. According to [...]

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From the Desk of the Regional Director

Posted in CHOSA Volunteers, Fundraising, Networking Events, News from SA, Official CHOSA Statements, Politics and society, Stories from the communities, Uncategorized on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Dear CHOSA Friends and Supporters,  As we open the New Year of 2011  – I’d like to look back on our work in 2010 – a historic year for both CHOSA and South Africa – and look ahead to CHOSA in the coming year and beyond. Before I begin, I want to welcome our new [...]

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Statement by the Children of South Africa on the attacks in Kennedy Road and the forced closure and ransacking of the Claire Estate Drop-In Centre

Posted in News from SA, Official CHOSA Statements, Politics and society, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

30 September 2009 Statement by the Children of South Africa (CHOSA) on the attacks in Kennedy Road and the forced closure and ransacking of the Claire Estate Drop-In Centre (CEDIC) in Durban The Children of South Africa (CHOSA), an international non-governmental organisation based in the United States and South Africa, would like to express its [...]

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Remembering Mama’s Day 2007 by Ellen Rosenberg

Posted in CHOSA Volunteers, Networking Events, News from SA, Politics and society, Stories from the communities, tagged , , on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With Father’s Day just behind us, I find myself thinking about today’s dynamic and unique family structures almost hourly. It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than 2 years since CHOSA’s first networking event. When the idea to bring all of the Mamas together in town for a Mother’s Day brunch sprung to life, [...]

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Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa make International News

Posted in Politics and society, tagged on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Written by Ellen Rosenberg; Photos by Nicky Newman As most of you have undoubtedly heard, violent attacks, primarily on African refugees living in South African townships, have made international news in the past few months. While CHOSA is not a news agency, we felt it necessary to address this issue to our growing family across [...]

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