Hi, We hope you missed us :-)! Time goes by very fast, we can't believe we have already passed the middle of the year. Thank you very much for you support and please keep on spreading the news!!
Enjoy our term 2 report.
Cant believe this is where we started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21S3v_9yMRc
This is were we are now!
We had the privilege to go and play soccer and netball against Zwartkop Christian School, the only mistake which our soccer boys made is thinking they were going to win easily because they were playing against white kids ;-) ... they have learned a big lesson which they are not going to forget quickly. However, they have done well and they enjoyed the day very much. We hope to have more opportunities like this in the future for them to go and play outside our township and on proper grass :-)
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| The team and their coaches before we leave... |
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| Game time.. |
Soccer boys...
One of our projects which is growing tremendously is our feeding scheme. We feed more than 100 kids a day Monday to Friday. Every Friday we feed more than 50 families. We are hoping to get more sponsors to be able to keep it sustainable...
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| This kids deeply touch my heart when the come to get food for their families :-)... |
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Parents standing in line to get food
Students came to do their fieldwork for the compulsory undergraduate module, Community-Based Project, of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology of the University of Pretoria. It a amazing how much the kids enjoy the educational games which they painted for us on our pavements....
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| Thank you very much to these enthusiastic, creative students! |
I had the privilege of hosting a camp for Danville teens, just realising a gain poverty does not have color. It is a challenge in every community.
A project close to my heart!!! We have adopted 5 day-care centres close to where we have the after-care centre. Once a month we send our grade 3 and 4 learners to go and reach out to them. They take toys, books etc for them, while also playing some games with the kiddies. We try to teach our children to not only receive, but to give as well. The result is that our learners grow up with the values of care and generosity as part of their value system.
Every 3 months we have the privilege of receiving American missionaries. They join us in our everyday program, spending most of their days in the township. They are such a blessing to both the kids and the staff!
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| A tour through the Olievenhoutbosch township... |
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| You cant go home without tasting our local food |
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| Group photo at the fast food take away shop... |
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| Uhm..... we should take this (bunny chows) with us to the US.. |
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| yummy... |
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| Saying goodbye on the last day..... |
What follows are photo's of THF day-to-day life at the after-care center:
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| One of the values we teachers our kids |
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| Praying before lunch... |
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| Enjoying lunch... |
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| Boys enjoying playing Morabaraba |
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| One of the After-care teachers (Busi) with the kids |
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| Beautiful smiles... |
B/BRAUN spoiled our kids during their 67min Mandela day community service. We would like to thank them for their support, and may the Lord bless them at their work place.
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| B/BRAUN Staff with the cupcakes... |
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| Kids had to decorate their own cupcakes ;-) |
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| We enjoyed some games with the staff... |
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| Fun Fun Fun... |
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| Making her own yummy cup cake |
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| Jimmy is a proud man... |
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| Some of our "chefs" creations...... |
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| Enjoyng their cupcakes... |
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| And they received some sweet packets |
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| Us just thanking them for making the day so special for us... |
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| Bye and we hope to see you next year again |
We close the term by doing something special to the kids, this year we did an educational drama for them. We also end off every term by celebrating the children's birthdays for the term.
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| We did some gambost dance, which the kids enjoyed very much :-) |
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| Grandpa Nelson ;-) |
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| Nelson and John reading the names of the kids who celebrated their birthday during the team |
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| Each received a gift :-)... |
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| And we blessed them... |
Thank you for your support, please keep us in your prayers. If you want to get involved in some way please email us, write a comment, or give us a call.
God bless!
