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 24, 2012

volunteers come and volunteers go....

heather wearing her trademark face pack, i mean smile!

this weekend was another one of those bitter sweet ones here at the village of hope. we had to say our sad goodbyes to two amazing volunteers but we also welcomed three more...such is our life.

heather (from australia) had been serving with us for 3 months, holding stuff together whilst tim and maz were away, ably supporting our dutch students at our sports outreach and we certainly will miss her cheery smile, so apt that she helped out and extended the work with our new rainbow smiles club, (a club for young people living with HIV in our community)....and the enthusiasm to put her hand in all those things that 'just need doing'. she was a real servant and we trust that she follows the path that God is leading her on and hope that she will be back soon!

first ukuqula II students
we also said goodbye to mariana, who joined us on a short 10 day trip from brazil, she was a real hit with the kids but as the girls left we welcomed the first three students from stuttgart university who will be building the new ukuqala accommodation. they spent the weekend enjoying our beautiful weather and yesterday got stuck in to their first working day in africa....an eye opener to say the least for these guys from germany!

welcome guys its good to have you with us and goodbye heather, come back soon.
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