{"id":1755,"date":"2015-09-25T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2015-09-25T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:13:40","slug":"news-from-si-woking-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-si-woking-district\/","title":{"rendered":"News from SI Woking &amp; District"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1758\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1758 size-medium\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/image003-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Girls at the Safe House in Tanzania\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/image003-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/image003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/image003.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Girls at the Safe House in Tanzania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since October 2014, our Club has been supporting the No! FGM Campaign in the Mara region of Tanzania. In cooperation with SI Weybridge, we have sent \u00a3673.50 to the campaign. It has been very gratifying to receive regular reports about the campaign and see the great strides forward. A Safe House has now been built for girls wishing to avoid FGM, many parents and village elders convinced to abandon the practice, training and education organised for the girls in the Safe House and a 4&#215;4 vehicle acquired.\u00a0\u00a0 The other international charity we have supported this year is Water Aid: we raised \u00a3200 at our Annual Celebration in April 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1761\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/Wine-tasting-for-Facebook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1761 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/Wine-tasting-for-Facebook-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine tasting &#8211; and fundraising for MND<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Locally, we have supported North West Surrey Samaritans and the local branch of the Motor Neurone Disease (MIND) Association.\u00a0 Our book sale made \u00a3200 for the Samaritans in June and the Wine Tasting held in our President&#8217;s garden in August made \u00a3450 for the MND Association.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1759\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/Ruth-Healey-Jackie-Theobald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1759 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/Ruth-Healey-Jackie-Theobald-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Healey &amp; Jackie Theobald\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth Healey &amp; Jackie Theobald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We take pride in the fact that the 2014-15 SISE Regional President, Jackie Theobald, is a member of our Club and we were delighted that the SISE AGM this year was held in Woking on September 19th. It was a stimulating and enjoyable day, with an opportunity to talk to members from a dozen Soroptimist International Clubs in the Region and to listen to inspiring presentations from representatives of Amnesty International, Shifa and the Terence Higgins Trust. The speakers reminded us again how many women are fighting adversity and feeling &#8216;caged in&#8217; by the stigma of HIV, by the deprivation of their human rights or by domestic abuse and the pressures of society &#8211; situations eloquently illustrated by Elaine Evans&#8217; flower arrangement which was on display in the meeting room. A call to action for Soroptimists everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1756\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/DSCF2452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1756 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/DSCF2452-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Flower arrangement by Elaine Evans\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower arrangement by Elaine Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1760\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/SISE-AGM-audience.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1760 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/SISE-AGM-audience-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SISE AGM audience\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SISE AGM audience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1757\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/DSCF2454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1757\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2015\/09\/DSCF2454-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Theobald &amp; members of Regional Council\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Theobald &amp; members of Regional Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since October 2014, our Club has been supporting the No! 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