AWANA concert!!!

The concert!

Ice cream time!

Every Friday night the older children attend a youth group, called AWANA, at the local church. Last Friday was the last meeting of the year and the children performed in a concert. It was great to see the children singing and dancing to the songs, quoting scripture and also explaining what the scripture meant. After the concert the children were treated to an ice cream - that was the highlight of the day!

Thank you to all the AWANA teachers for taking the time to teach our children about God.

Our children got their report cards today and all 9 of them did exceedingly well. All have been promoted to the next standard.

Parties, parties!!!

It’s that time of the year when our children get really busy with parties. Yesterday the children were blessed with Christmas gifts. Thanks to Auto Trader – the Operation team, for collecting all those beautiful gifts for the children.

Goodbye!

This little girl is leaving today. She is going to another facility where she will be with her siblings

Hard work pays off!!!!

Congratulations to our school children!

8 Of our children received certificates for all the hard work they put in this year! Thanks to teacher Winsome who diligently helps them with their home work! Granny Peggy, Auntie Keisha and Mama Barbara were there when the children received their rewards.

Feedback!

He loves to sleep!!!!

On our last blog we mentioned that this little boy has a club foot, and would need surgery. Thankfully, this week he went into hospital for his operation to release the tendons in his ankle. The operation went well and he is back home with a cast that reaches from the foot to the groin. In order for his foot to become normal he will have to wear special boots for the next 3 years…

In January, the new school year, these 5 children are starting the 1st grade. They are really excited

Party:

This little boy turned 4 last week Friday! He was very excited about his cake and kept on coming to the office to make sure it was still there.

Parties!!!

His birthday cake was decorated with the tools that he likes!

This boy turned 6 last week….. He loves to build and fix things that are ‘broken’ in the house.

One of the volunteers organized a party for the 2 children who had birthdays in October. As you can see the girl was a fairy and the boy was Spiderman. They loved their outfits!

Back home !!!

This little girl came out of hospital on Monday after spending around 9 days there. She is doing well so she was able to start attending our pre-school on Thursday!

She is struggling to adjust to the routine of being in pre-school so please pray that she learns to share and be more cooperative with the teacher and other children.

Our birthday girl!

Our little girl turned 6 last week. Thanks to all the supporters who send her gifts!

The Lord is good!!!

The 34 Senator Rd children went to Durban with Granny Peggy! It was their first time to go to the ocean. All the children had such fun and were so excited to see the sea for the first time. The majority of the children were adventurous while a few where a little apprehensive after seeing the big waves and large volume of water. The children also had the opportunity to go the Ushaka sea world and they were able to see a dolphin show and the aquarium. Thanks to auntie Lolly’s and her family for sponsoring the trip.

Mama Lyn and Keisha had to rush one of the children to hospital last Friday, (there seems to be a thing with Friday and rushing to hospital). This little girl is 8 years old and one of our oxygen dependant children who is on nasal prong oxygen permanently. She developed a pneumonia and her oxygen saturation dropped dramatically to 70%. She is currently still in Bara on IV drugs but we are hoping she can come home soon.

Update:

The little girl and boy who were tested a few weeks ago, are HIV negative Praise the Lord. The little girl has siblings so she cannot go out for adoption, she will be placed in another facility shortly.

The little boy has a club foot which is currently being treated by our Orthopaedic surgeon. He needs to have a new plaster of paris put on his leg every week for the next six weeks and then he will have surgery on this leg to release the tendons and then he will be in a special boot for three years. This is a very long procedure for such a tiny little boy.

New Intakes:

This morning we received a 2 week old baby who is very wasted and is from a HIV positive mother who died giving birth to her. Her main issue is malnutrition as her siblings have been trying to feed her a mixture of porridge and water. She will be assessed and tested for HIV as soon as possible.

Yesterday we received a 12 year old who has a very low CD4 count. She has had blood tests and will have a chest X-ray to see if she has TB as well. She will be worked up urgently to place her on Anti-retroviral medication as soon as possible.

School concert:

Last night some of our children were performing in the school concert. Mama Barbara took the children who were not performing in the concert to see their brothers and sisters perform. They all enjoyed the concert!