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

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

homes for sail


last month i met up with a guy who sails boats for a living (there must be an official term for that, perhaps rob could help me out with that one)...anyway i was chatting about the work we do in the community and the home visit we had made to one of our children who we have placed back with his mother....when lisa visited the mother showed her a large hole in the thin black sheet which covered her small shack....anyway as i was chatting to mike (the boat man) he said that he could get hold of some old sails...well that he did and yesterday me and daz went and fitted the first of the sails onto that house.

the first photo shows the mother and child outside their home (as you can see we only just finished it before the rain came, which was a blessing) and the second shows the father of another family that we work with who i blessed with the second sail....hopefully mike will be able to provide many more in the near future and we can assist with some much needed roofing in our local community. they say that one mans rubbish is another mans gold and this is very true in this case.

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