{"id":108137,"date":"2015-12-12T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108137\/give-a-little-to-aid-the-children\/"},"modified":"2015-12-11T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:10:28","slug":"give-a-little-to-aid-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/12\/give-a-little-to-aid-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Give a little to aid the children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The children have smiles on their faces and full bellies.<\/p>\n<p>But this may not be forever, as Epworth Children\u2019s Village is struggling to make ends meet in the tough economic climate with which we are currently faced.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The home helps and has helped countless youngsters and is appealing to the community to assist, either financially or with donations, to allow the good work to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Epworth is committed to making a difference and is proud of its achievements in 2015.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The top three achievements, among others, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ten intern psychologists went through the home this year, making Epworth one of the biggest intern sites in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Over 20 000 people benefited from Epworth\u2019s professional psychological services. In the region of 2 500 therapy and assessment clients received services at the Germiston site.<\/li>\n<li>Epworth provided basic care, schooling, food, etc, to 80 children, and the home is extremely proud to be returning 10 children from the residential facility to their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot work in isolation and rely on support in all areas,&#8221; said Roberta Ingrato, public relations and human resources manager for the village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Epworth we are very focused on ensuring that we keep costs to a minimum and this is where you come in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you consider Epworth worthy of your support?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are completely reliant on charitable donations in order to be able to continue to provide these services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we ask you to remember the village with a charitable gift in support of our important work during the Christmas season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny amount you can share will be greatly appreciated and put to good use right here, at the home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epworth has simplified the donation procedure, allowing supporters to donate online via the webpage, www.epworthvillage.org.za.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to talk to someone you can call 011 827-5732\/33\/5860, or email to admin@epworthvillage.org.za<\/p>\n<p>The home\u2019s banking details are: FNB, Epworth Children\u2019s Village, branch number: 250142, account number: 51120374255, cheque account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/80254\/helping-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Helping the community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/98248\/children-need-to-get-summer-ready\/\" target=\"_blank\">Help Epworth\u2019s children get dressed for summer<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b2a58f7cf7be89795ef5b274161107fa'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epworth Children\u2019s Village desperately needs the help of the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":108182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[984,9193,1885,1257,9192,1968,979,969,1850,1059,2734],"class_list":["post-108137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-charity","tag-childrens-home","tag-christmas","tag-donate","tag-epworth","tag-epworth-childrens-village","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-help","tag-lambton","tag-melissa-hart"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["charity","children's home","Christmas","donate","epworth","epworth children's village","germiston","germiston city news","help","lambton","melissa hart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}