{"id":226538,"date":"2022-05-19T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=116164"},"modified":"2022-05-19T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:36:16","slug":"womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Challenge goes beyond mere running"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116165\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=116165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-116165 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116165 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"201\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Eagles\u2019 Wings founder Mercy Cwayi, centre, accepts a cheque from the SPAR Women\u2019s Challenge on behalf of her organisation at the race\u2019s regional launch. With her are, from left, Women\u2019s Challenge national ambassadors Gino Fabbri and Yolanda Bukani, SPAR EC promotions and events manager Alan Stapleton and SPAR EC managing director Angelo Swartz. Photo: Leon Hugo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the excitement builds for the SPAR Women\u2019s Challenge events \u2013 starting with next weekend\u2019s Grand Prix Series race in Gqeberha \u2013 there is an overarching feeling that it is about more than just running.<\/p>\n<p>This emerged at the launch of the 10km Grand Prix Series event at the St George\u2019s Park cricket stadium last month when recognition was given to the beneficiaries for their community work.<\/p>\n<p>The charities are United Through Sport and On Eagles\u2019 Wings, which are both involved in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), albeit on different platforms.<\/p>\n<p>In celebrating the moment when SPAR Eastern Cape donated R50 000 to each organisation, sponsorships and events manager Alan Stapleton outlined the rationale behind the beneficiaries they chose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow wonderful to have such special people here with us tonight,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know just how much work goes into the fight against GBV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much secrecy around this scourge, and so much hurt, and these people do an amazing amount of work to help out communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton said there were two different thrusts this year because it was necessary to work at ground level where GBV was happening as well as raise people up and create awareness of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, we have the situation of two different beneficiaries, one which raises awareness through educational and sporting programmes and the second for being at the coalface and helping those who are in trouble in real time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say to our beneficiaries tonight, we know that there is much work to be done, but we believe that the little bit of difference you are making does result in a huge change to peoples\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United Through Sport, under chief executive officer Di Luden, runs multilevel projects to change lives through literacy programmes, education and, particularly, through using sport as a vehicle to deliver its message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe modus operandi we follow is to encourage young girls to make sure they are empowered by using their voices and there has been success on that front,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only have the young girls enjoyed the programme, but the lessons they have learnt have improved their confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not just about the girls, because a big part of our theme is teaching boys to understand gender equality and encouraging them to be advocates for the safety of girls in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the direction of founder Mercy Cwayi, On Eagles\u2019 Wings operates from a multipurpose centre in Jeffreys Bay, providing shelter for those who are victims of GBV and working to make communities safer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support families who have had to deal with GBV, rape survivors and young children from homes where crimes are committed against women,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work is linked to that done by the department of social development and our focus is to make the region around Jeffreys Bay a safer and happier space for families to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cwayi said she agreed with president Cyril Ramaphosa when he described GBV as the second pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Covid-19, we don\u2019t know when it will end but we will continue to do our bit by counselling those who are affected to try to help them overcome this dreadful scourge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SPAR\u2019s Virtual Challenge will take place in September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">18<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/womens-challenge-goes-beyond-mere-running\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Eagles\u2019 Wings founder Mercy Cwayi, centre, accepts a cheque from the SPAR Women\u2019s Challenge on behalf of her organisation at the race\u2019s regional launch. 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