the village of hope seeks to help children infected or affected by hiv, aids and tb in two different ways: we have a 9 bed children's unit to support those infected by hiv and aids and we also run a community-based sports and lifeskills outreach in the informal settlements and squatter camps each afternoon.

this blog has been set up to allow the key members of the team at the village of hope to share their thoughts, photos and experiences as we work in the community of grabouw in south africa

Monday, April 6, 2009

cape classic surfing (and communications re-established)


over the weekend we took a group of 20 boys (sunday) and 20 girls (saturday) to the local surf beach where the cape classic bodyboarding championships (have a read as our children get a mention as a 'rewarding highlight of the day!) were being held, the children had the opportunity to have lessons from the guys taking part in the competition and also helped in a beach clean up with the guys from ocean minded. the kids had a wonderful time, although one of our 12 year old girls broke her arm!.......it was amazing to see these kids enjoying themselves, many of whom had never been to the beach before, let lone surf. thanks to sally, craig, gareth and tim for sorting such a great time oh and a special mention should go to the spur restaurants, who provided food for the children as well....(no link to their web site though!)

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