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

Friday, January 6, 2012

helpful volunteers


stijn the builder
over the 3 years or so that we have been open as the project 'village of hope' we have been blessed with a plethora of volunteers, whether they have served with us for a day or committed to a life changing move to be with us for a longer period of time their presence here is much valued.

during the last week we have said our sad goodbye's to simon, a volunteer from england who was with us for 3 months and we want to wish him well with his next placement in tanzania, if you wanna keep up with simon then please follow this link to his blog which also picks up on some of the things that were going on at the village of hope whilst myself and maz were in europe!

the new water tank holder
over this christmas period we have been joined on the project by a young dutch man who has thrown his self into building us a new water tank holder, this is a somewhat tedious and lonely task, although he has been helped by our new grounds maintenance coordinator, heinrich.

we want to thank stijn, yes that's really how you spell his name!, and those like him who have served us so faithfully during 2011, we have some further sad goodbye coming soon with some of our dutch students but we are also forward to welcoming some new volunteers in just a few days time, its a bitter sweet time!...we will keep you updated with news on them right here on the village of hope blog.
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