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

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

pastures new

we are truly blessed at the village of hope with our wonderful long term volunteers who serve here with us placing no financial burden upon the charity but following their call to think of others before themselves. one of those amazing people is tim berger who has not only faithfully spent the last year with us at the project but had previously lead mission teams from the united states for the last 6 years to work with the thembalitsha foundation.

tim has been a key member of our team supporting johan and heinrich in their duties around the village of hope, taking on a role in our sports outreach and also assisting with our 'rainbow smiles' HIV support group.

during the year tim has been seeking to serve the wider community of grabouw and he has decided to follow that vision that he believes God is leading him to, so he will be leaving our merry band here at the village of hope but we wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank him for his wonderful handy work and the support he has given during his time with us. so it is with our blessing that we bid him farewell and trust that  he won't be a stranger as we all seek to provide new hope to those most in need in our little town.

thanks tim, for all your work and as a last hurrah he is joining the sports mentors this evening as we venture to cape town to watch bafana bafana play norway at the greenpoint stadium, we trust that this will be a fitting thank you!

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