Friday, May 15, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Update April 2015
Mission SA 2016
Want to know more about our mission trip to South Africa next year? Interest meetings:
Sponsor-a-Child
We are now sponsoring 16 children at Uzwelo!
Thank you sponsors for your faithful monthly support.
Beach Trip
The Uzwelo kids had a great time at the beach on their recent trip to Durban.
Want to know more about our mission trip to South Africa next year? Interest meetings:
- Sun. May 17th at Living Stones, Raleigh
- Sun. May 31st at Kingdom Builders, Wallace
Sponsor-a-Child
We are now sponsoring 16 children at Uzwelo!
Thank you sponsors for your faithful monthly support.
Beach Trip
The Uzwelo kids had a great time at the beach on their recent trip to Durban.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Spring 2015 Update
News from Uzwelo
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Durban Beach
Holiday
Uzwelo Children’s Home will be going on a beach trip to Durban from
March 26th to April 1st. Since 2008 Uzwelo has been
taking the children on this annual holiday and it has a very positive impact on
the children. Many of them have never been on vacation or seen the ocean
before, and excursions like these help them build stronger relationships with
each other and grow closer to the Uzwelo childcare workers and staff. Uzwelo
has been able to raise enough funds to cover the cost of their travel, food and
accommodation in Durban.
·
Movie Day
Fundraiser
While they’re in Durban the Uzwelo staff would like to take the
children to the movies. The cost for the Movie Day for the whole group is R6500
($650). Each child will receive a movie ticket, 3D glasses, a large drink and large
popcorn. So far they’ve raised R2100 ($210) for this event.
If you would like to make a donation towards the Movie Day please go to:
www.LSFamily.org/sponsor-a-child
If you would like to make a donation towards the Movie Day please go to:
www.LSFamily.org/sponsor-a-child
·
Packages
Good news - the card and gifts that we’ve mailed in December finally
arrived at Uzwelo! It took 3 months, but we’re just thankful that the packages
got there safely. Sponsors, as you’ll see in the photos, the kiddies were
really happy to receive their cards and gifts.
(Unfortunately the
postal service in SA is still not very reliable. So instead of taking the risk
of trying to mail something else to Uzwelo it will be much better for us to
take future gifts and cards with us when we go over in 2016.)
·
Volunteers
The Uzwelo staff is very proud of Sbongile, a former resident, who
was able to successfully graduate from high school. In preparation for her
final exams she received a lot of help from Wilbert, the teacher from Zimbabwe
who has been providing after school Math & Science tutoring. Wilbert spends
a lot of time helping the children at Uzwelo succeed in their studies. Sbongile
has since moved in with family members who will be supporting her in her future
studies.
It’s always encouraging to see Uzwelo children getting reunited with
their families. Nadia, the volunteer from Ireland, has been with Uzwelo since
October, and she is doing a great job. Since her background is in social work
she does a lot of group work with the kids, currently focusing on life skills. Nadia
has also enrolled at a Bible college in Pretoria to do a course on Christian counseling
while she’s in South Africa.
Uzwelo is very grateful for people like Wilbert and Nadia who
volunteer their time to make a difference in the children’s lives.
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