By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations, Charitable Trust
Dear Supporter,
This month we did something a little different! Whilst we focus on environmental education in the communities, we also try to spend time helping our community in other ways. In the local village, The Oaks, close to GVI Karongwe hub, there is a little crèche with the name of Mmakadi. The founder and owner of the crèche, Gloria, is a very warm and friendly lady always welcoming people with open arms. Gloria’s goal is to give children, from the ages of 0-5, a safe place to stay during the day while their parents are at work. Mmakadi has been open since January 12, last year and has grown to a capacity of no less than 73 children.
It is at this crèche that a batch of GVI volunteers got to help out and make bricks for a new building that Gloria is in dire need of. The crèche houses about 70 children on a daily basis, with very little infrastructure. The ladies working at the crèche are cooks, teachers, nurses and ‘day mothers’ to these kids, so there is very little time to pay attention to painting of walls or making of bricks.
Our volunteers are all to happy to help out, especially if it means they get some play time with the adorable local village children. We are in the process of making the playground more fun and educational. One of our current staff Interns, Kathryn Anderson showed a lot of initiative when she asked her friends and family at home in Australia to donate any children’s books they could spare. Now we have a very well stocked pile, or library if you must, of educational children’s books.
Thank you for supporting our communities.
All the best
GVI Limpopo
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