cbn

A Grimm Fairy Tale Once upon a time … Well, once, there was a girl who lived in a very small house with her brother, her mother, her auntie and her grandmother. The girl’s name was Mimi and she loved to sing. She sang in the morning and she sang while she walked to school […]

There will be more about that, the first workshop of this year, the last workshop of last year … and the generosity of all our friends. Our apologies for the short break in communications. Our Director (who doubles as website manager) moved house and the resulting dislocations have only just been sorted out – today

Every December we enjoy the inspiring sight of thousands of bikers pouring into designated centres with huge teddy-bears and other toys strapped onto their bikes, themselves … their girlfriends. Stanford is one of those centres and Stanford Rotary handles the distribution of these heartfelt gifts. This year some of the soft toys – the bigger

We ended off the year on a complete high note with participation from talented Zimbabwean musician Terry Tekura and his colleague Edward Schmidt – on 10th December. Our children absolutely love music, they love listening to it, participating in it – and dancing to it. They did all three in the company of Terry and

We have had a magnificent ride through this past year. CBN has gone from strength to strength on all fronts. With funding from Lotto and also from the Sue and Paddy Kell Family Trust, we were able to consolidate CBN on all fronts and give a total of 29 workshops to children and librarians in

Great choir input from Vuyokasi Size and her husband.

The following short address was made at the awarding of the Social Responsibility Awards at Hermanus High School in October 2018 by Lesley Beake. One of the first human activities was – had to be – sharing. That also included giving. If you want to live in a hostile environment, you have to cooperate, you

CBN needs – and would like to offer – local support in providing exciting and stimulating after-school activities for local children. We are also looking to share some of the problems and be part of the discussion around what is being done for the children locally. The the dream of the Children’s House will develop

CBN will be holding a holiday workshop for our loyal supporters! There will be storytelling and activities for Little CBN (6-8 years old) and a fun two-day workshop for out regulars (9-12 years-old). There will be an end of the year celebration and (hopefully) a musical surprise. Watch this space! (November is time for –

Those who sing together grow together. We began our choir with the Winter Workshops when the theme was Imagination – but we never imagined how important it would become. On Saturday 20th October, we had another Sing and Story workshop, where we started a project that will bring music and stories together in the children’s

We are busy recruiting a new Teen Team to work with us next year. For teenagers who have been working with us during 2018, the benefits have been huge. First it is fun. Then it is a feel-good thing to do. There is a very real sense of having contributed to something big – the

Music has always been part of CBN. We read together, listen together, play together … and sing together. Now CBN has a choir that forms an important part of our workshops and events. Our first real performance was at an event on Heritage Day when the children sang for ten visiting German Rotarians from the