By Cherry Brandstater | Project Manager, New Hope Centre
All of our children at New Hope Centre in Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) came from chaotic and difficult situations. This means that there have been many obstacles to overcome. While there are many things to celebrate there are also many challenges to contend with as they mature toward adulthood.
Here are some of the celebrations: Timothy and Izak both ran in the qualifying heats on track for the one-mile race in the summer International Student Convention in America and did very well. Timothy, in fact, finish 4th of all the boys’ times and Izak 13th. They represented all of Africa in these races. Hepzibah was nominated for creative essay and poetry writing. She did not win awards but what an accomplishment to be entered into competition among 27 nations and over 2000 students most of whom were American. She is an outstanding student and needs to be in a better school with more facilities and better qualified educators than we can provide in Eswatini. We are searching for sponsors who will help her enter a school where she can flourish. Ethan is preparing for the all Africa student convention in October in Bloemfontein South Africa and is hoping to be nominated to represent Africa in 2020 at the International Student Convention in Thailand next year.
Even while our kids prosper in many ways, their backgrounds have not made this easy. Izak, Hildah Moriah and Shamah are struggling with serious learning disabilities and we don’t have facilities or professionals to help. Hildah has been to remedial education for one hour once every two months and has been declared irremediable. We need advice and volunteers to come help these young people who can do special needs education.
So, we press on to reach for the highest possible destinies for these children and we thank you for walking this process out with us. You are a critical ingredient in our quest and we thank you once again for your compassion and faithfulness.
Most appreciatively,
Cherry Brandstater
Project Coordinator
New Hope Centre
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