Friday, June 29, 2012

30/06/2012

Hi there this chilly June day!
There are a lot of children who are feeling warm thanks to the SACBC donation of tracksuits and blankets.  On 27th June a Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse Day was held at our drop in centre in Vlakbult.   It was well attended and a lot of interest was shown.   3 ladies from Social Services came and told the children about the help that is available to them if they should find themselves in trouble.   After that we showed them a DVD drama about a young girl who was sexually abused by her uncle.  Thrn some of the children acted out their own dramas.    At question time the children showed a lot of interest, but you could see the embarrassment and shyness which prevents so many from coming out into the open.   What a world we live in!!   One family who moved into one of the two room houses we built, thanks to the SACBC, told our assistants that they are so happy to have a house, because one girl in the family had narrowly escaped being raped a coupleof times by running for her life, but now she had a door she could lock.   These kids need help if they are to grow into decent citizens - it's a jungle out there!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

12/06/2012
Hi there!   The South African Bishops Conference donated funding to buy our orphans tracksuits, blankets, towels, buckets and laundry basins.   Here the kids from the Driekoppies Drop in Centre show off their new tracksuits etc.   This has been well timed with the present cold snap which has everyone shivering!   Thnak you SACBC for your immense generosity.
The building of 2 room houses continues - we have completed 15 already.   You can't imagine the joy generated when these little orphan headed families can move into their new homes which are warm, safe, don't leak - AND- have  rain water tanks and guttering!!   Also a big thank you to SACBC!
We are looking for funding to buy 20 lap tops.   At the moment we only have 5 and so the computer classes are going very slowly.   It is essential to be computer literate in today's world, to be able to do research for projects on Google etc.   As you can see, we also have some budding seamstresses!