Thank you!!!

Working at Lambano is one of the most amazing jobs ever, there are days when I wonder “what am I doing here” but most of the time I’m really grateful that I work here. It’s really good to see how God changes people and to see them grow, especially our volunteers!

Miriam with one of the Lambano kids!

Most of our volunteers come through a mission organisation called SIM. SIM send us volunteers from all over the world. Miriam, a 17 year lady who was born in England but did most of her growing up in France, joined Lambano 6 months ago. She helped the older kids with homework and that helped the kids to do really well in school last year. Miriam was asked to do lots of different things and she did them well. It’s been a blessing to see Miriam grow in Christ - she not only got involved with the children but she made it a point to get to know the staff and the local people too and that was the highest highlight for me. On Tuesday we had to say goodbye to her; it was really hard for all us and we couldn’t believe that 6 months passed so quickly! The children already miss her.

Thank you Miriam for giving of your time to come and bless our children, you will be greatly missed!

Dr Maharaj with the little boy!

Two years ago we took this little boy to a private hospital to have his shunt replaced (you would have read about the whole saga and how we nearly lost him) and since then he is doing well. Last week, Mama Barbara took him back to the hospital that operated on him to thank the doctors and the staff for the wonderful job they had done. The doctor that operated on him couldn’t believe that it was the same child! When he arrived he sang a ‘’thank you song’’ to the doctor and the doctor had tears in his eyes. This boy is such a charmer!

Thank you Dr Maharaj for operating on this boy and making him well!

In the last few weeks, two of our special needs children have been moved to new schools.

One is a nine year old boy who is partially sighted so we’ve got him into a school for Blind and partially sighted children. Since the school is in Pretoria, he needs to board during the week and we collect him on a Friday afternoon. It was very hard for us to make the decision for him to go because he’s very small for his age and always has a lost look about him but he’s settled in very well and we hope he be happy there.

The second child is a girl who turns 7 in April. She suffered brain damage due to a stroke at the age of 2 years so she needs a school that will teach her basic skills to prepare her for assisted living as an adult. She’s also settled in very well and is excited that she is in “Big School”


Our children continue to enjoy the swimming lessons and it’s tough to get them out of the pool when it’s over.

Our staff has been spoilt this week!

We often have people who spoil our children for which we are most grateful, but most of the time our staff are forgotten. However, this week our staff were in for a treat! Denna and her daughter (visitors from the States) spoilt our staff, by buying them KFC for lunch. KFC’s is a favourite with the staff and they were really grateful for the lunch. Thank you Denna and Maheila for your generosity!

January birthdays!!!

February birthdays!!!

January and February are always busy months for us. Organising the parties for all the children is hard work!