Showing posts with label world cup 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world cup 2010. Show all posts
Saturday, May 22, 2010
being 'good'
with just 20 days to go till the fifa world cup 2010 the population in south africa has been told to 'be good for just 4 weeks' by our president jacob zuma, a crazy statement in many ways but lets hope that the focus that the world cup will bring could kick start a change of hearts and minds, and i suppose that was the sentiment that mr zuma intended....have a read of that story here on the new24 web site.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
biggest sports saturday yet!
last saturday we ran our biggest sports saturday so far, planning for the world cup we have linked in with other NPO's and government organisations under the 'social development world cup task team' banner.
over 500 children attended the latest sports saturday which started at 9.00am with an under 13 soccer tournament for the children that attend our weekly clubs in and around grabouw, along with a netball competition for the girls. the day proceeded with other organisations arranging music and dance, touch rugby, cricket and even a chance to practice golf.
we stopped for lunch, a cool drink and hot dog, and then continued until around 3pm with an under 15 soccer and extended netball tournaments. both soccer competions were won by waterwerks under the guidance of trondor and hillside ended up winning the netball.
with the team from YWAM joining us in just over a week we are going to be running another 5 of these sports saturdays during the world cup, which we hope will be even bigger and better.
photos show maz busy face painting, daz blowing his own trumpet and kids enjoying the start of another soccer match.
over 500 children attended the latest sports saturday which started at 9.00am with an under 13 soccer tournament for the children that attend our weekly clubs in and around grabouw, along with a netball competition for the girls. the day proceeded with other organisations arranging music and dance, touch rugby, cricket and even a chance to practice golf.we stopped for lunch, a cool drink and hot dog, and then continued until around 3pm with an under 15 soccer and extended netball tournaments. both soccer competions were won by waterwerks under the guidance of trondor and hillside ended up winning the netball.
with the team from YWAM joining us in just over a week we are going to be running another 5 of these sports saturdays during the world cup, which we hope will be even bigger and better.
photos show maz busy face painting, daz blowing his own trumpet and kids enjoying the start of another soccer match.
Friday, January 8, 2010
happy new year
well christmas has come and gone but our phonelines are still down so our blog is stuttering along at the moment....we just wanted to wish all the wonderful people who support the work we are doing on the village of hope a very happy new year, we trust that 2010 will be all that you dream and desire.
2010 will be a busy time here in south africa, what with the 2010 world cup taking place in june and july, we will try to keep you informed of all the events that we are going to be arranging during the year, we wanted to let you know that arron will be returning to england for around 3 months at the end of january to complete a DTS (discipleship training course) with YWAM (youth with a mission) where he will join the team as they complete their training which will enable them to return to south africa as they run our soccer based outreach over the world cup period.
2010 will be a busy time here in south africa, what with the 2010 world cup taking place in june and july, we will try to keep you informed of all the events that we are going to be arranging during the year, we wanted to let you know that arron will be returning to england for around 3 months at the end of january to complete a DTS (discipleship training course) with YWAM (youth with a mission) where he will join the team as they complete their training which will enable them to return to south africa as they run our soccer based outreach over the world cup period.
Friday, December 4, 2009
world cup fever....the world waits
i see that the rich and famous, including mr beckham has turned up in cape town this week and it would seem that the world has it's eyes set on cape town, not for the last time in the next year, as the world cup draw is made tonight.....we know that all of this razzmatazz pales into insignificance as we work amongst the poor of this nation...tonight we wait with baited breath to hear who will be playing who in south africa 2010....
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
the myths that surround HIV
living in grabouw we are part of a wider community heavily affected with the HIV virus, one in three people in our town live with this disease and many more are affected by it's prevalence. that said we don't see thousands of dying people walking our streets, living with HIV isn't a death sentence and what with the work we are doing via the village of hope, thembacare and the other NGO's in town we are seeing people not only stabilised but living a 'normal' life.
yes there are the drugs which must be taken every twelve hours to keep the virus from spreading and becoming full blown AIDS, but once a person is on the ARV programme life continues, with it's daily struggles and chores.....i was reading an article on the BBC web site about ladies living with HIV in zimbabwe who play football, the perception of 'the world' is that of people lying in hospital beds or dying in their tin shacks, however as the article states these ladies want their status to be known, for their lives to be as normal as possible, playing sport, working, raising a family is all part of life, with or without being HIV+.
we know and work with so many infected people, do we treat them any different to anyone else? no and neither should the world look down on or despise such people, we need to love them, embrace them and give them a hope and a future.
yes there are the drugs which must be taken every twelve hours to keep the virus from spreading and becoming full blown AIDS, but once a person is on the ARV programme life continues, with it's daily struggles and chores.....i was reading an article on the BBC web site about ladies living with HIV in zimbabwe who play football, the perception of 'the world' is that of people lying in hospital beds or dying in their tin shacks, however as the article states these ladies want their status to be known, for their lives to be as normal as possible, playing sport, working, raising a family is all part of life, with or without being HIV+.
we know and work with so many infected people, do we treat them any different to anyone else? no and neither should the world look down on or despise such people, we need to love them, embrace them and give them a hope and a future.
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