By Linda van Oudheusden | Marketing Manager
Dear friends
It is with profound gratitude that we are able to write to you with another update on our life giving nutrition programme, made possible because of your kind and generous contributions!
The Nutrition Unit is only one part of our Care Centre, yet it integrates into everything else we do: from the Primary School with its 288 learners, to our skills development programmes (vegetable gardens and craft making) and most importantly our clinic where state of the art healthcare is provided by volunteer doctors. We’ve said it so many times before: without Nutrition, no one would really benefit from any of these programmes. It never ceases to amaze us to see the difference a little bit of food on a constant basis can make. We are especially happy to see a child that was once so weak he could barely walk, now being able to play soccer with his friends! We see mothers getting stronger and being able to live longer, despite the horrific reality of HIV and Aids in Missionvale.
While there have been many successes, there have been many tragic losses too. Our school principal reported that twelve children lost their parents or close family members in 2014, and up to now, a further five have suffered this incredible loss, leaving them orphaned and vulnerable. It is for this reason that we have increased our fundraising target on Global Giving to $90 000, so that we can ensure our Nutrition Programme can continue to reach these families. (Truth be told though, while the need is this big, the project will never be fully funded!) The list of people waiting for assistance is three times as long as the people we are helping at the moment. An overwhelming thought. It is the ones that are not on the list that keep us awake at night, that prompt us to try harder, to do more, to seek more help. And it is people like you who respond to that desperate plea that make it possible for us to continue another day.
Normally we would add a few photographs to our report, but this time I thought we’d add a bit of life to them! Last week I took a walk through the Centre with my cell phone handy and I took a short video showing the work that happens here on a daily basis. To view the video, follow this link: https://youtu.be/50DmQ1EY3js I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you again! You are remembered every morning in thankful prayer by the children and families of this dusty township in South Africa!
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