Saturday, August 27, 2011

Recreation- A POWERFUL COPING STRATEGY AMONG WOMEN


Most of us living in poverty are chronic worriers,particularly for women. We need to put food on the table, make sure our children go to school (if we can afford) and many other chores forced upon us.However, at Chindin Home Based Care-SLA www.sloansassociation.org , we are now trying to encourage women to exercise more often--and regularly. Studies have shown that chronic worriers who exercised appeared to be less likely to suffer depressive symptoms than non exercisers, but unfortunately in most communities we live in, we don't have tools for exercising. CHBC-SLA launched a women's netball team to get "women out there to exercise and forget about their worries that are making them unhealthy" Join our group by sponsoring women's netball tournaments with $20 for the annual year women's netball tournament on www.sloansassociation.org (secured papal online donation form)and help women come out of their worries, by exercising more and meet their peers to talk about how they can overcome some of their problems/challenges they face. Thank you

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Esther Phiri-Zambia's Female Hero!!!!


Chindwin Home Based Care www.sloansassociation.org looks at Esther as a symbol of hope for other women and girls who feel hopelessness in society due to their gender and economic worse they face. Esther Phiri grew up helping her grandmother sell vegetables in a poor township in the Zambian capital Lusaka.Today she is a world boxing champion and a household name in Zambia.It is for this reason that our small organization is striving hard to build the resilience of women to stand up and be counted. In 2011, CHBC-SLA launched a child sponsorship programme to support children of mothers who have not been so lucky like Esther to get a career out of boxing or household livelihoods to put food on the table or send children to school. With only Zkw50,000($10) per month we can send girls to school while with a donation of ZKW500 ($100) we can support women groups to start livelihoods projects to help them become organized women's movements to help one another out of poverty. Join CHBC-SLA and make a difference this month.

PS: CHBC-SLA wishes Esther Phiri a quick recovery on her wrist as she prepares for the next fight soon to come. Viva Women Power!!!