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, January 10, 2011

new year new toys...(well old toys but new to us!)


well this is the first post of the new year here at the village of hope, and whilst i (tim) was able to take some time off last week, being blessed by some tickets to the 3rd test match between south africa and india at newlands, and maz (who spent the end of the week at bettys bay)the project continues and we want to thank rob, em, mel and our new volunteer ligier (from brazil don't you know) along with our amazing house moms and johan for keeping the place ticking over whilst we were away.

our first post this year is about a large donation of toys that we have received from the local 'shoprite' store here in grabouw, some of the toys are slightly broken but i am sure johan will put his 'superglue' to work and we will be able to bless our kids and those in the communities that surround us with some much needed new year cheer! thanks to brian and his team down there at that very busy store!

so happy new year from all of us at the village of hope and we trust that 2011 will be a blessed and wonderful year for everyone who reads our blog, maybe we might even catch up with a few of you during these next 50 odd weeks!

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