SABC Education Baba Indaba supports Child Protection Week

In an effort to support the unfortunate plight of many children in South Africa and to draw attention to what businesses and consumers can do to support our nation's littlies, the Pretoria/Midrand SABC Education Baba Indaba will see celebrity appearances and donation drives galore this weekend.

The Tshwane Place of Safety Association (TPoSA) is a Pretoria-based non-profit organisation that addresses the growing need for the dedicated care of babies and toddlers in distress. Their celebrity patrons - Pierre van Pletzen - Oubaas in 7de Laan on SABC 2 and his wife Sandra Vaughn - Anke in Getroud met Rugby on kykNET will make an appearance at the show on Sunday from 12:00 to 14:00. Visitors will be encouraged to come along to have their photos taken with them with all proceeds going to the charity.

Another exhibitor, Caitlin's Castings, will be offering a 10-minute neck and back professional massage costing R50, all proceeds will be donated to the non-profit organisation Return To Roots Foundation which encourages integrity, grace and humility and deals with child abuse, human trafficking, rape prevention and trauma counselling so you can feel great and support a worthy cause.

Romy Titus of Morning Live will be presenting a fashion show of maternity wear from Maternity Lane and informing people about the "Babies Behind Bars" campaign that she supports and how we can assist by donating any baby clothing, food, bottles and so forth.

Also appearing will be dynamic artist Neville Smith who will be performing on stage on the 29th and 30th May. He will appear on both days at 4pm and will delight the audience, children and adults, young and old, with his superb vocal range.

In addition to these initiatives, the SABC Education Baba Indaba will be donating 5% of all door takings to the Red Cross Children's Hospital Trust and by donating R10 to the children's hospital visitors will get their baby or toddlers' photo taken with a choice of cartoon characters and help those in need of medical treatment.

Go to www.babaindaba.co.za to discover more of Baba Indaba's inspirational and motivational ideas, special entrance price offers, as well as to subscribe to the visitors' newsletter and receive information on special show offers and notification for upcoming expos. You can find the Tshwane Place of Safety Association at stand B14 and visit their website to see how you can make a difference www.placeofsafety.org.za. Visit http://rtr.bitsparks.com/ to find out more about the Return To Roots Foundation.