Lifeskills 2,743 vulnerable children South Africa

What a wet soggy camp we had!!!

In the course of 7days, we ran an introduction to Adult Leadership course for 3days, we ran stage 2 Warrant training for 5days (yes we deliberately overlapped the courses), we had 62 scouts aged between 11—18yrs for the whole 7days doing skills camping AND we had 84 cubs aged between 5-10.5yrs of age for a one day Cub FUN DAY!.

NOW, we are totally finished. The kids and adults alike loved it, none wanted to go home, even though it was raining for 5 out of 7days (thank God the last 2days were dry so we could pack the tents away). We are out of practice, we usually camp for at least 6 times throughout the year plus 3weeks during the June-July school holidays and 2weeks during the September school holidays but sadly, because of covid, we have been unable to go camping properly for two years.

The kids have loved the extra skills development, they have earned all sorts of badges and given them extra focus to go back to their groups and share their new knowledge over the holidays.

I thought you might like some pictures of the kids but also I uploaded to our YouTube account two videos. The first is of the children learning what to do in case they catch fire (many parents cook on open fires)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWLJOOkRqDM. 

the second is a celebration of completing stage 2 Adult training for our young leaders and Rovers and how we celebrate. I hope you enjoy being part of the celebration.

Your legacy lives on, some of these young kids that you see are actually 5^th generation of our program. Many of the young adults that are graduating as leaders started as kids in our program 15+years ago, they are the 3^rd generation. It is a legacy we are building because of you. They are passionate about giving back to their communities and through your support they are not only realising their dreams but also the purpose of KTD196. The young adults are all, except one in university in their final years, some are teachers, two accountants, and one psychologist, others are doing various other degrees. Again because of your support, they have focus to realise their dreams despite the opposition of covid, poverty and other issues.

Thank you for being such a huge part of what we do and achieve. Thank you for seeing the impact and wanting to be part of the children’s life story, part of their victory over their circumstances. Thank you for trusting us to continue to produce the impact that drew you into KTD196 in the first place.

You are essential to our success, thank you again

Blessings

Louise

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• Celebration time after Stage 2 Training

Welcome to the KTD196 Community of Supporters and particularly warm welcome to our new supporters! Thank you so much for making a difference in the lives of our children.

I am so excited! For the first time in eons, ok well at least 2years we are able to take children camping and run adult training at the same time. Now that we are on lockdown level 2 it means we are able to get back to the business of FUN!

We have taken the children out of there environments, out of the pressure of crime, poverty, covid, unreasonable responsibility and giving the kids a chance to be kids again. Not just that but they are learning new skills while having fun which is all important.

New skills such as:

• Leadership Skills
• Team Work
• First Aid
• Map Reading
• Geography
• Cooking
• Conflict Negotiation
• English
• Communication Skills

To name just a few.

Tomorrow we will have over 100 children under the age of 11yrs coming to camp for a one-day FUN DAY! I will forward pictures next week.

On top of all this fun, in the last 3days we have trained 19 Adults, including 5 teachers, in running our program. They came from as far as Phalobowra and Acornhoek. This is the initial training required to get up and running.

Now, in the next few days, we are training 12 adults in level 2 of our program which enables them to continue with the development of their own groups and allows the kids to advance further in the program. All of which is exciting. The volunteers, which come from other NGO’s that we work with ensures we are more sustainable because the program is expanding and the host organization is responsible for the program to be implemented and the volunteer support which is required. KTD196 is invited to visit and provide monitoring, training and support of the volunteers.

We also have some of our Rovers (young adults that have grown up in our program) who are participating in this Level 2 training. It is exciting to see our young adults giving back to the program and the children, all of which makes this program more sustainable long term.

Through your support, you are making this happen! Not just the camps and the FUN DAY but the training we are facilitating. This means we are having a larger impact over a larger geographical area, we are reaching more children and changing more lives in such a way that they are becoming more responsible, integral young people who work for the common good. What a powerful impact that is at a time when selfishness, crime and corruption are on an exponential rise.

I cant thank you enough for your support! You can hear I am passionate about what I do, we all are. I hope you too are excited about the impact your precious resources are having on the lives of the children we serve.

Together we are literally saving lives.

Thank you so much

Blessings

Louise

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