After Jessica Foord experienced the horror of rape and the indignity of the subsequent police investigation, she was determined to do her best to make future survivors feel more comfortable.She established The Jes Foord Foundation to set up trauma rooms at various police stations and the Foundation is collecting men’s, women’s and children’s hand bags and filling them with the items below for distribution to the survivors:
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| Jessica Foord |
Liquid soap
Body cream
Sanitary pads
Face cloth
Lipstick
Chocolate
A small gift
The Rotary club of Johannesburg New Dawn is proud to be assisting Jessica by collecting the hand bags and contents from members and friends, and welcomes all contributions.
Once the handbags are handed over to the Police Stations, they are sealed in a plastic bag and given a number and monitored on a regular basis.
Handbag Project
The Handbag Project has really leaped ahead with Sue Peiser managing to enlist support from HSBC. This is what they have to say about it:
HSBC and the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn join forces to assist the Jess Ford Foundation
Diversity falls into one of HSBC's four pillars of Corporate Responsibility and for the month of August which is National Woman's Month we hosted The Handbag Project at our branch. HSBC strongly believes in staff voluntary programmes, we have had unanimous responses from staff members as well as external parties who have come together to make this a successful project.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn for helping bring the Jess Ford project to HSBC and in turn the HSBC values to life; we are connected to our customers, communities, regulators and each and we are dependable and do the right thing.
Handbag Project
The Handbag Project has really leaped ahead with Sue Peiser managing to enlist support from HSBC. This is what they have to say about it:
Diversity falls into one of HSBC's four pillars of Corporate Responsibility and for the month of August which is National Woman's Month we hosted The Handbag Project at our branch. HSBC strongly believes in staff voluntary programmes, we have had unanimous responses from staff members as well as external parties who have come together to make this a successful project.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn for helping bring the Jess Ford project to HSBC and in turn the HSBC values to life; we are connected to our customers, communities, regulators and each and we are dependable and do the right thing.
Wednesday 26th October, 2011
Some of our members have been extremely busy acquiring handbags and the contents for them for the Rape Victims Handbag Project. On Wednesday they officially handed over 100 handbags to Alta McMaster who represents the Jes Foord Foundation in Johannesburg. Here President Jankees Sligcher makes the presentation with all the participants apart from Angela Neil who couldn't be present.
Donors and anyone one who wants to help or drop off handbags and goodies please contact Russ Smith (011 788 8331 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 011 788 8331 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 011 788 8331 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 011 788 8331 end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting) and Sue Peiser (011 788 0046)
