{"id":90392,"date":"2015-05-28T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90392\/bringing-joy-to-moms-and-babies\/"},"modified":"2015-05-28T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T09:26:13","slug":"bringing-joy-to-moms-and-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/28\/bringing-joy-to-moms-and-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing joy to moms and babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of community-minded women paid a visit to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital, recently.<\/p>\n

The Fairy Godmothers is a non-profit organisation which assists disadvantaged mothers by giving them basic necessities for their new-born babies.<\/p>

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The group visits government hospitals and gifts mothers of premature babies with a \u201cgoing home parcel\u201d.<\/p>\n

Each parcel consists of a polar fleece blanket, a set of clothing (knitted, crocheted or sewn) which consists of a pair of long pants, booties, jacket\/jersey, hat, vest and in winter a pair of mittens.<\/p>

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Also added are two disposable nappies, a face cloth for the baby, a bar of baby soap, toothpaste and a toothbrush and two breast pads for the mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mothers were so happy to receive their gifts and this brought great happiness to us,\u201d said Louna de Beer, the group leader for Germiston.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all volunteers and we all contribute in our own little way.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the visit to the hospital 25 ”kangaroos” were handed over to hospital staff.<\/p>\n

The kangaroo is made of material and it allows a mother to carry her child on her chest.<\/p>\n

The group plans to return to the hospital, where they will teach mothers to knit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank everyone for making the visit such a great success,\u201d de Beer said.<\/p>\n

Anybody who is interested in donating anything to assist the moms and their babies can contact de Beer on 083 453 0425.<\/p>\n