{"id":1080,"date":"2015-08-03T09:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2015-08-03T09:33:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:33:15","slug":"august-2015-sister-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2015\/08\/03\/august-2015-sister-act\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2015 &#8211; Sister Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have any sisters (or brothers for that matter) but what I love about the Soroptimists in my Club is the wisdom and advice that they are always so willing to share with me and the positive way they direct my over-enthusiasm on occasion.<\/p>\n<p>I eagerly outline some of the plans for when I\u2019m in Malawi including husband Dave taking photos of the children to send back to Club, and keep them updated.\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately for me, two Soroptimists with a lot of experiences in child safeguarding and mistreatment point out the dangers of posting photos of young children on the internet.\u00a0\u00a0 I feel immensely saddened by this; the internet is such a useful tool but clearly open to abuse.\u00a0\u00a0 These children are vulnerable enough and Friends of Sick Children in Malawi supports a One Stop Centre for Victims of Abuse. (See item in their <a title=\"One stop centre for victims of abuse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofsickchildreninmalawi.org\/news\/index.php?entry_id=1430406688\" target=\"_blank\">April newsletter<\/a>,\u00a0and see also the YouTube video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JaPqs3_XtlA\" target=\"_blank\">Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) launched in Malawi<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Happily my Sisters understand the idea simply comes from my naivety, we discuss ways that we can send photos back safely<\/p>\n<p>It does give me another idea though.\u00a0\u00a0 T-towels!<\/p>\n<p>My girls did this when they were at school.\u00a0\u00a0 I still have a wry smile when I use them 25 years later at the stick images they drew of themselves with their names underneath, some of them are captains of industry now!\u00a0\u00a0 Using the internet for good, I check out a company and it seems quite straightforward, just need drawings with black felt tip on white paper, the company do the rest.\u00a0\u00a0 Trouble is they will cost about \u00a32 each to have made so I\u2019d better check this out with Club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have any sisters (or brothers for that matter) but what I love about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharons-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>August 2015 - Sister Act | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : August 2015 - Sister Act : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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