If you want to attend one of the many English-language Christmas services happening in Geneva, Vaud and neighboring France this year, take a look at the following list, which we have compiled from the websites of local churches. Some of them are French-speaking but most are English-speaking churches. Please check the websites before setting out, in case any of the times have changed.
If you know about other services in your area, please let us know.
In response to the increasing demand for new moms wishing to recover their form after giving birth, GET FIT fitness coach, Leigh Anne Boonzaier has set up a new Stroller Club class, which will take place 3 times a week in the Geneva region.
The focus of the classes will be to establish cardiac fitness in a social environment, which offers post-natal support at the same time. The program will demonstrate the key steps in learning to run, and will show you how running and fitness can be a way of life, not just a seasonal past-time or trend. In a short time, moms should begin to see how they can “get their bodies back” and feel good.
The program provides a very gentle, step by step, introduction for moms into the fitness world again. All groups will have a fitness goal that is achievable, giving moms the confidence to continue their fitness journey. Each session will begin with a warm up, and end with a gentle cardio finish off with core training to strengthen post-pregnancy mothers’ core. Sessions will last approx 1 hour.
A new hospice will open its doors in Geneva on 1 October, providing palliative care for people at the end of their life, who can no longer be cared for at home but who do not wish to spend their final days in a hospital.
Situated in Chêne-Bougeries, La Maison de Tara will provide a warm, caring and friendly environment for residents… a real home from home… as well as much-needed support for families and friends. As a non-profit, secular foundation, the hospice is able to operate through the generous support of several communes in the region, and through the help of compassionate donors and volunteers.
The hospice will be set up along similar lines to the Dutch hospice movement, where most care homes are small to conserve a family-like atmosphere. Patients staying at La Maison de Tara will have access to the same medical care as they would have received at home, and will be able to retain the same medical and social networks that existed before admission, including doctors, home help nurses, and physiotherapists etc. Skilled carers will be on hand, day and night, to provide reassurance, respond to needs, and offer a friendly ear and companionship. Families will be able to have the same level of "involvement" as they would at home, but will be able to take advantage of the additional support provided by hospice staff and volunteers for relatives and friends.
HealthFirst, one of the leading providers of health-related training for the English-speaking community in Switzerland, has just launched a new website that will make it easier for users to access the very latest information about their courses and other developments.
Located at www.healthfirst.ch, the website will prove popular not only with private individuals who are interested in receiving training in First Aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for adults and children, but also schools, sport institutions, playgroups, businesses, NGOs and other organizations, who require tailor-made courses on First Aid, as well as general health information and promotion.
Each of the standard courses provided by HealthFirst will be bookable online, including two new certified courses that should be available by October 2011: a “Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) course”, certified by the Swiss Resuscitation Council, and the “First Aid for the Swiss Driving Licence course”, certified by the organisation RESQ.
Special discount for knowitall.ch clients
A new cosmetics company in Nyon has been attracting lots of interest since it opened its doors in the region last year.
Under the sign Custom Colors®, the boutique provides customized foundations that are blended and tested on the premises for clients, while they wait, ensuring the perfect match for their skin tone. Catering for all complexions, including caucasian, asian, mixed, and black; Custom Colors® Foundation will also cover blemishes caused by freckles, rosacea, vitiligo and tattoos.
CEO and Founder, Ronke Obajimi, says, “I set up Custom Colors® out of sheer frustration: I could never find foundation to match my skin tone! So in April last year, using my business experience and the knowledge I had gained through my Master’s degrees in International Law and Business, I decided to take the plunge and set up my own company in Geneva, selling customized cosmetics. However, the business grew so quickly that I needed to move to larger premises in Nyon shortly afterwards.”
Asked why her company has been so successful, Ronke explains,
