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PAGE 2 The Athlone Women for Change met at the Athlone Stadium where they were introduced and accepted to volunteer for the Lions Club. PHOTO: EARL HAUPT
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he Athlone branch of the Women of Change gathered at the Athlone Stadium on Friday for an event which will equip them to help even more people in the future. It is unclear whether the City of Cape Town will extend the programme or restart it in the new financial year, but what is clear is that the women who form part of the programme will take their newfound skills to improve the lives of those around them. “I am very impressed with the la-
dies. It is the thing that drove me to do it in the first place is to see the great potential that we have within Athlone, in our communities. We are not just gangs and drugs, we are amazing people with amazing potential. Giving people the opportunity just to do something for themselves, with guidance, is what you see today,” says Mayco member (North) Suzette Little. Little pioneered the programme during her tenure as councillor of ward 49 and delivered the key note address during the event. “It is an amazing programme and I am grateful to see that all we
needed was the opportunity. They didn’t really need our help. They just needed to be guided and be left alone and look what they have achieved. I am very proud of them and the programme is run in other areas as well and I see the same result,” she adds. One of the women who will be continuing to volunteer is Carmen Fisher. She too hopes that the programme will be renewed, but is excited at the prospect of helping out the Lions Club of Athlone. “It was nice seeing Suzette Little again after a while. All we can do is just hope for the best for us for the future. I am really looking for-
ward to volunteer for the Lions Club. It is going to be a big challenge for us to enter the Lions Club. From our point of view, we are happy that Suzette Little and Rashid Adams, our ward councillor, are really fighting for this project to continue. If it wasn’t for them, who was going to stand behind us?” asks Fisher. Geila Wills, district governer for the Lions Club in the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Namibia says that the skills the women have taken on will enable them to provide much needed support to their cause. V Continued on page 2
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