SHARE the love this Mothers’ Day by visiting a maternity ward and offering your support to new moms.
‘EMBRACE’, a movement that originated in Cape Town calls for citizens to participate in the second year of the Mothers’ Day Connect initiative. As part of the DG Murray Trust, the movement aims to make new mothers feel special on this day.
Many women have little to no support and the Mothers’ Day Connect movement hopes to give some attention and care to these new mothers.
“This movement began last year with the sole purpose of declaring Mother’s Day as a day for all mothers. Due to its success, we are again calling on our South African women to share this day and to join us by choosing to visit a maternity ward and celebrate a new mother.
This isn’t about grand gestures or education. There are no super-heroes. This is about acknowledgement. We see you. We see your baby. We celebrate you. This is a tangible way for you to give back on this day. It’s one opportunity, one mother, one day and one hour of your time,” said Julie Mentor, CT EMBRACE project manager.
“Share the sisterly bond with your mom, aunts, sisters, friends, colleagues and take an hour out of your day to visit a hospital and make a new mother feel supported at what can be an overwhelming time. There were some special connections made last year between mothers who probably would never have met otherwise. Our hope is that these connections can continue past this initial meeting so that we grow the bond of sisterhood in this country to support and encourage all mothers particularly in the first pivotal 1,000 days,” said Mentor.
CT EMBRACE has also put out a call for people to take a book they enjoyed reading to their child to give to the new mom.
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