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

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

village of hope sports outreach

the vision of the village of hope is to reach out to the children of grabouw who are infected or affected by HIV, AIDS or TB, we do this in two different ways, one is through our 9 bed children unit up at the village of hope and the other is via our soccer outreach.

each afternoon the sports outreach team at the village of hope go into our local communities, be that in the informal settlements of hillside and rooidakkes, the squatter camps of waterwerks, iraq and elgin timbers or a local apple farm, where we bring together sport, lifeskills training and the love of jesus to around 160 children each week.

this week tim had a chance to take out his sister (vicki) and her family to see the sports clubs in action, this photo was taken by anthony knight, vicki's father in law, who captured this outreach in all it's glory.......bible to the fore, tim and soccer just slightly out of focus!

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