The first quarter of 2013 has been a period of growth for the Peninsula Maternity Trust – we appointed a CEO and a new Trustee and raised an additional R15, 000 with a Trustee initiated raffle.
Gerard and Bronwyn Schrieff’s son Matthew was born prematurely at 24 weeks during April this year and died four days later of seizures. Upon hearing that the Peninsula Maternity Trust had a shortfall of R35,000 to purchase a new piece of equipment used to monitor brain activity and seizures in newborns, Gerard asked his friends and family to sponsor him in the 100km Karoo to Coast 100km mountain bike race from Uniondale to Knysna on 23 September.
The neonatal nursery team at Mowbray Maternity Hospital are delighted with two new pieces of equipment recently purchased by generous funding from the Green Hands Committee , Old Mutual Investment Group South Africa, and the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (established by Old Mutual Unit Trusts, Albaraka Bank and Channel Islam International).
The Hospital Facilities Board hosted a fundraising dinner at the Greenways Hotel on 23 November 2011 to celebrate the 95th birthday of the Mowbray Maternity Hospital and to launch the Centenary Campaign.
