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, August 3, 2011

wholehearted donations via sms?!

the wholehearted band, who will be touring england with us (tim and maz) in december, are currently on a short tour of south africa, we have set up a simple way of giving via sms (text message) and over the last few days we have received over 50 of these sms' which automatically donate R10 direct to thembalitsha here in south africa. 


we have also set up the same system in the UK where you can text a message and donate any amount direct from your mobile phone account, if you don't believe it works or if you would like to make a R10 donation from south africa or any amount from the UK then please follow these simple steps.....and if you are quick you could be the first person to donate from the UK which would prove to us that it is working...go on you know you want to!


from south africa sms HOPE to 38415 and R10 will automatically go to thembalitsha


in the uk text HELP07 £10 (or the amount you wish to donate, which can be from £1 upwards)
to 70070 and that amount is directly sent to thembalitsha via our justgiving site.....



unfortunately nothing like this exists in the USA or around the rest of the world yet however if you want to give online then please go to our justgiving site here!

1 comment:

  1. thanks, we had our first £10 donation from the UK....bless you.

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