Dear Friends,
It is with a tremendous amount of gratitude that I look back
to reflect on this year, the good times, the challenges, the successes, but
more importantly: YOU, because of your support, we are growing from strength to
strength.
Our
Entrepreneurship objective
This is also the year in which The Empathy Angels Project
was officially adopted and launched to contribute to our objective where we
focus on entrepreneurship. However, the
Empathy Angels was born a number of years ago.
I have knocked on many doors to have it implemented, but they all remain
shut. People told me that it could never
work.
Well, today I want to say to you to never listen to anybody who tells
you this when your core tells you that your dream is indeed POSSIBLE!
I didn’t take the pessimism to heart, but went back to the drawing
board.
I asked myself: Well, how COULD this work?
I got an idea to write my book about Empathy. I thought that it might be very helpful to
get a national publishing house to publish my book. I started to plan my book and sent a proposal
to a national publishing house. I was
blessed to get that YES in an
instant, because as I teach in my program on Expert Positioning, it normally takes up to three months before a
publisher comes back to you regarding your manuscript AND they normally want at
least three chapters.
I completed my manuscript within two months and my book In Mekaar Se Skoene was officially
published five months later. I secured a
weekly Empathy slot on SABC Radio: RSG and on 25 January 2014, I’ll be doing
that for two years.
After being on air for a year, I was extremely
grateful. And like my habit is when I am
grateful, I looked for an opportunity to share.
How could I share my wonderful platform with others? I wondered...
A-ha! The Empathy Angels Project on RSG came
to mind. Okay, but now I have to
convince RSG to say yes to me about sharing my platform with others. I contacted the producer. She responded with a Yes. She said that she liked the idea very
much. The Empathy Angels on RSG was
born.
Over the last year, we have featured many wonderful people,
doing great work to uplift people in various communities. This is just one of my many passions that
make me come alive.
Thank you
I owe a big thank you the “Oggend Op RSG”-team, but also
to RSG management for their wonderful contribution to assist me and The Empathy
Foundation to contribute to keeping Madiba’s legacy alive. A big thank-you to our friends and followers
too, because without your participation in sending us your Empathy Angel
suggestion we would not be able to do what we do.
Please keep those
suggestions coming.
Make a donation and help us continue
our great work
The Empathy
Foundation is an NPO and as you know, we depend on donations to keep things
afloat. Hence we are sending out a
request to organisations to donate to this great cause. We have a great track record, are able to
supply you with relevant documents and we do what we say we do.
See this link to our Facebook page:
Should you be
interested in donating to this great case, here are our banking details
ACCOUNT NAME: The Empathy Foundation, NPO 070-849.
BANK: Absa
Bank
BRANCH: Clearwater Mall
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 9284575199
BRANCH CODE: 632005
SARS PBO NUMBER: 930041748
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The Empathy Angels
project
Those who know me know that I am always focused on giving
value and to add something extra. This
is the reason we have decided to first launch The Empathy Angels project and to
provide the best publicity to all the Empathy Angels whom we feature. We all know how much it costs to make use of
the services of a PR Consultant. They
certainly do not come cheap.
Our Empathy Angels have given us great feedback about how
much being featured as an Empathy Angel has meant to them and their projects,
not to mention the enquiries they have received from businesses that wanted to
know how they could support or contribute to their individual causes. So, I think that you will agree with me that
our Empathy Angels are getting quite a fantastic deal.
Please
note however, that we DO NOT guarantee that you will be contacted with offers of support.
Here at The Empathy Foundation, we have gone back to the
drawing board to ensure that apart from continuing our great work, to also
ensure that The Empathy Foundation becomes sustainable. For this reason, we have decided to, as from
next year, charge the Empathy Angels who are being featured a small administration fee of R250, 00. This will cover the telephone calls to you as Empathy Angel, email correspondence, compiling your story and forwarding it to the RSG producer, via email. See below for an outline, options and benefits to you.
As the Founder of the organisation, I am very excited and happy when I
design your collage, when I choose which images to add. It is important to me to ensure that you, our
Empathy Angels, are portrayed in the best possible light, in a way that makes
you feel satisfied about your association with The Empathy Foundation and The
Empathy Angels project.
It
takes time to create your beautiful collage and I believe that you’ll understand the
importance of having to charge a small admin fee to create this.
Your contribution goes directly to the Empathy Foundation. Thank you for understanding.
Please note that your
interview as Empathy Angel on SABC Radio: RSG remains free. You are also not paying for the collage, only for my time
Here are the payment
options and benefits:
AMOUNT
|
BENEFITS
|
R250, 00
(for my time)
|
A beautiful (and free) collage with images
about your project; shared on the Facebook page of The Empathy Foundation.
|
R500, 00
|
A beautiful (and free) collage with images about your project; shared on the Facebook page of The Empathy Foundation,
on my Facebook wall and on the wall of two other Facebook groups to which I
belong, on Linked in and on Twitter.
PLUS...
You qualify to ask me about one module in my program, entitled: EXPERT POSITIONING – how to grow your personal brand
or business by getting great publicity.
You could ask me anything
about the following – one area only
Writing
and publishing your book;
Have a
reputable publication tell your inspirational life – or business story;
Be a
regular guest on radio or television;
Register
your passion as an NPO;
Becoming
a columnist;
Your ASK Andeline-session will take place in a pre-arranged 30
minute session via SKYPE. T’s & C’s
apply.
|
Like our Facebook
page: The Empathy Foundation and stay informed about what’s happening on our side.
The next chapter
We are currently planning to host the first Empathy Angels Awards Ceremony at the
end of July 2014. I am very happy to
report that we have already secured a Media Partner. This should tell you that this organisation
really means business and is indeed serious about contributing to the greater
good. We live in a society where it is “every
man for him /herself”. Not in our world,
because we realise how we could get so much further when we join hands. With
this initiative, we want to give recognition to those people who take time out
to be kind, caring and considerate; those individuals who are doing something
to brighten someone else’s day, because
we believe that it is cool to be kind.
We will share more information about our Media partner(s)
and about what we are planning, early next year.
Do you want to be a Sponsor to The Empathy Angels Awards Ceremony?
If your organisation would like to come on board as Sponsor
to this prestigious event and would like to receive more information about the
project and about the benefits to you
as sponsor, do contact me (Andeline).
Mobile: 072 856 0218
Email: info@andeline.co.za
All other enquiries are welcome too.
Thank you for your time and for travelling this journey with
us. The dreams continue and I promise to keep you posted.
Yours in Empathy,
Andeline Williams-Pretorius
Founder of The Empathy Foundation, NPO 070-849
Inspirational Speaker, Trainer, Author
Life Coach & Columnist to Kuier magazine
Empathy & Relationship Expert on SABC Radio: RSG
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