18 Month Old Sohil Morar Urgently Needs A Bone Marrow Donor

Sohil Morar

After 10 years of marriage Ajay and Lea Morar were blessed with the birth of their baby boy Sohil Morar born on the 15th of February 2011.

Sohil is an active, happy and intelligent baby. On the 26th of July 2012 he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia despite this he maintains his good spirit.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue found inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells. Acute means that the disease develops quickly.

Currently Sohil is undergoing treatment at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He urgently requires a bone marrow donor and his doctors have already searched local and international registries and have not found a match. The odds of finding a donor is 1 in 100 000 and considering South Africa has only 65 000 registered donors this is a difficult process. Sohil needs to find a donor and have the transplant done in the next 4 to 6 weeks.

The question posed to you: are you prepared to be a donor for Sohil only or are you prepared to be a National donor who is willing to help anyone who may need a donor?

For further details on how you can help Sohil and others please visit www.bonemarrowforsohil.co.za or The Sunflower Fund alternatively you can contact Mandy Munthree on 083 789 2465 or email info@bonemarrowforsohil.co.za.

It would be greatly appreciated if you can share this with family and friends and together we can save Sohil and so many others who require a bone marrow donor.

Volunteers Wanted!

An event like Fashion For Charity Durban (FFCD) is no easy task it requires hard work and dedication with the vision of creating change in the lives those less fortunate. This year due to the growth of the organisation we are looking for like minded people to assist in making the 2012 show an incredible success.

We have the following positions available:

• 10 X Hostesses (4 for the VVIP area) [Reference: Hostess]

Hostesses are required to be friendly and work well with others. All interested volunteers will be interviewed.

• 10 X Backstage Staff [Reference: Backstage]

This position is open to all but is ideally suited for students studying fashion design. Volunteers should be dedicated, organised, reliable, work well under pressure and with others.

• 1 X Backstage Manager [Reference: Manager]

The volunteer should have previous experience working backstage at a fashion show.

• 2 X Interns [Intern]

The ideal volunteers should currently be studying marketing, public relations or event co-ordination. The duration of the internship is a week prior to the show and on the show day.

Volunteers interested in the above listed positions are required to email their full names, contact details and brief CV with the applicable reference in the subject line of the email to info@ffcd.co.za. They should be Durban based and have their own reliable transport. The above positions are for the day of the event only unless otherwise stipulated. A detailed reference will be provided and will count as work experience and community service from a registered non-profit organisation.

Models Wanted

Fashion For Charity Durban (FFCD) requires the following amount of models for the 2012 show:

• 15 Male models [Reference: Male Model]

• 30 Female models [Reference: Female Model]

This year we have opted to host two types of model castings. The first round of castings will be done online. Models will be required to send two pictures (a full length picture and a face shot wearing no makeup) and submit the following details:


 Males (1.8 meters or taller):
• Height
• Hair colour
• Eye colour
• Shoe size
• Shirt size
• Coat size
• Pants size
• Chest (cm)
• Hip (cm)
• Waist (cm)

Females (1.7 meters or taller):
• Height
• Hair colour
• Eye colour
• Shoe size
• Bust
• Waist (cm)
• Hip (cm)
• Dress size
• Pants size
• Shirt size

For statistical purposes the following information is required:
• Age
• Race
• Model agency, if signed

Please email all above details along with your pictures to models@ffcd.co.za with the applicable reference in the subject line of your email.

Note: all models need to be Durban based with their own reliable transport. If you have not been contacted within a week please consider your application unsuccessful.

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela!

*image sourced from www.sabc.co.za

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela!

What will you be doing with your 67 minutes?

A Material World

Its that time of year again, when Africa prepares for the Greatest Horseracing Event!

This year the theme has gone green, so what will you wear to show that you care?

Email us pictures of your garments for Fashion Featured: fashionfeatured@ffcd.co.za

Saturday 7th July 2012, Greyville Racecourse, Durban

See you at the races...

What will you do with 67 minutes of your time?

18 July marks the Birthday of Mr Nelson Mandela who gave 67 years of his life fighting for the rights of humanity. What will you do with 67 minutes of your time?

Take responsibility and change the world to make it a better place!

*Image sourced from www.mandeladay.com

New York, New York!

Start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
They are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

My little town blues
They are melting away
I gonna make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

New York, New York
I want to wake up in that city
That never sleeps
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the list
Head of the heap
King of the hill

These are little town blues
They have all melted away
I am about to make a brand new start of it
Right there in old New York

And you bet baby
If I can make it there
You know, I'm gonna make it just about anywhere
Come on, come through
New York, New York, New York!

 Sanolia Naidoo, one of the Fashion For Charity Durban (FFCD) Directors is off to New York this weekend so look out for posts from her from the Big Apple!

Some of our favourites...

 

Some of our favourites at the Top Gear 2012 Festival held at Moses Mabidha Stadium from 16 June- 17 June 2012. We love the classics!