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

Thursday, August 25, 2011

our new dutch students get involved....

wieke with two of the children
this week we have been joined by our latest students from the HAN university in holland, stephan and wieke (with a 'w') will be working with us on our sports outreach into the community. they are both studying sports and sports management and are the 4th set of students that we have been blessed with.

they have helped at a couple of our sports clubs already however today the students spent the morning with our thembacare careworkers in the formal and informal settlements as they (the careworkers) visit the patients living with HIV and TB, it's always challenging to see the real side of grabouw but i hope it opened up their eyes to the problems that we face in our town.

stephan proving a real hit with the kids
this afternoon they joined us at one of the sports outreaches at a farm in the elgin valley, where they engaged with the children and helped deliver our lifeskills and lifestyle programme. i hope they will be ready for next week when they will really get their hands dirty as they help us serve the kids in our community with a well constructed and life enhancing programme which uses sport to relate with the kids in a positive way.
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