Bakery Project!!!

Naledi Projects and the Luxembourg government are sponsoring the Feeding Projects at the 2 schools in Katlehong but they will only do this for the next 3 years and we had to think of a sustainable project for the schools to bring in money to supplement the sponsored money and provide for the future. We were presented with an opportunity of opening a bakery to work out of the kitchens we built at the school. Naledi projects and Luxembourg government also donated money for the bakery.

We had 10 ladies attend training for two weeks and they did a very good job and were really excited to learn about baking. The school will sell their products (bread, donuts and cakes) to the local shops and the community. When the ladies were training, people could smell the delicious smell of the cakes and asked if they could make their orders right away! The ladies completed their training and received their certificates.

10 ladies on their first day!

The ladies working hard

Sports day

These are the children who were selected to run on the school’s sports day!

What fun!!! Sammy came first in his race. The children enjoyed themselves.

Sad News

This gogo (grandmother) was in her 80’s and she took care of her 2 grandchildren. Lambano helped this family with food parcels. On Tuesday she went to fetch her granddaughter from school and, on the way back, she was hit by a train. Her granddaughter saw the whole accident.

Please pray for the family through this tough period and especially for the granddaughter who is having nightmares and asking a lot of questions. The 2 grandchildren will be going for counseling. Also pray that a loving home is found for these 2 children since their parents are dead.

Grand official opening !!!

Two Official openings! Last week we had two Official openings! Last week we had our official opening for the hospice even though the hospice has been operating since early July. Since opening the hospice we have had over 20 children come through. Some of the children were reunited with their families.

Dany and Cosita from Naledi Projects in conjunction with the Luxembourg Government – raised funds to buy and renovate the hospice and for the Feeding Projects the 2 schools in Katlehong!

Some of the doctors and staff from Big Shoes!

And on the 3rd we had another official opening of the dining hall at Katlehong were we will feed over 1000 children a day.

School choir – these children blessed us with their singing!

Dany (Luxembourg), Ms Morokoane (Principal), Lyn (Lambano) and Claudine (Luxembourg)

Dany from Luxembourg and Mr Thinane the District director


We would like to thank the Luxembourg Development Co – operation and Naledi Projects for raising funds for these projects. These children will be fed a nutritious lunch everyday and have a place to sit and eat their lunch!

Happy moment!!!

The Lord is good! For the last few years we’ve been praying for a house mother and now we have really been blessed with a young lady from Scotland.

Jenna is 28 years old and was a palliative nurse for cancer patients. She will be the house mother for the children at 36 and help Lyn with the hospice too. We are really grateful to God for answering our prayers!

On Monday we received a 2 month old oxygen dependent baby weighing 2.5kg. On Tuesday afternoon she had to be rushed back to hospital. Please pray for her!

Wow, What a week! Last week our children performed in their school concert. It was really neat to see how these children took their concert seriously and loved every moment. Thanks to the teachers for all the hard work they put in over the past few months, the show was excellent.

We were also encouraged by the AWANA leaders (the youth group at the church) coming to support the children. Unfortunately we don’t have pictures of the children performing because we were not allowed to take pictures during the concert.

This young girl has been with Lambano for the past few weeks we thought that she was doing quite well but today she was admitted to hospital with a serious infection.

Please pray for her recovery!

Sad news!

The little boy who was hospitalized with severe anemia and kwashiorkor died on Tuesday morning. The staff at the hospital really fought to try to save him but his disease was too far advanced and his little body was too weak.

Thank you for all your prayers for him but please continue to pray for his family as they go through this difficult time!

This lovely young girl was with us towards the end of 2007. When she came to us she was really sick but we got her started her drugs and she became well enough to be reunited with her family. Last week she was sent back to us because she was very ill again. It seems that her family have defaulted on her drugs and she possibly has a recurrence of TB. She is not doing well. Please pray for her!

This little girl turned 9 last week. She is growing up fast and is already such a lady, graceful and contained.

This little boy turned 3. It’s amazing to see how he is flourishing – although he has CP legs, he still tries to walk, and manages well if he’s got something to hold on to like a Tonka Truck or his special push cart. He’s even able to climb up to the slide. I must admit that we adults hold our breaths until he’s safely back on the ground!