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, September 8, 2011

4th birthday parties

opening presents and eating cake...
..that's what birthdays are all about!
there never seems to be an end of our birthday celebrations, each and every month one or more of our children seem to have their birthdays, these are always precious times and maz and the team ensure that the birthday boys or girls are made to feel really special.

this week we held a birthday party for one of the little girls who has been with us from our opening day, looking back at some of the old photos it's hard to believe that this 18 month old is now 4 years old. we have obviously shared some real highs and some lows. we will never forget the first few months that she was with us, having to be fed through a stint as her fetal alcohol syndrome had caused some major issues with her swallowing, in fact it was thought that she would have to live with this all her life so to see her tucking in to her party food and drink was especially moving.

please keep following the progress of our children via this blog and if you would like to help support our work financially to enable us to help even more children like our 4 year old girl, then please visit either www.thembalitsha.org.za or www.thembalitshauk.org.uk
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