I’d like to tell you about a forgotten community in a place called The Valley of 1000 Hills on the east coast of South Africa – a poor township ravaged by sickness, poverty and crime.
Here, children who have lost their parents to HIV and Aids are forced to fend for themselves. So when the local schools are closed for the summer holidays these youngsters won’t have anything to do all day. And they’ll end up wandering the dangerous streets.
I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a worrying situation. And I’m hoping you’ll want to help keep the children off the street and away from harm by making a donation today.
By sending your gift right now, you’ll be supporting a community holiday club run by volunteers from St Agnes Church. Here the little ones will have the chance to play games, read books and make arts and crafts. And you’ll be helping to buy pens, pencils, paper and art supplies!
Please will you make your donation today and help a child feel cherished and safe during our summer holidays?
We’re expecting 150 children between the ages of two and seven this year. With your support the children can learn valuable skills. And if enough of our friends reach out in time, we may even be able to run holiday clubs in some of the other areas where we work.
HOPE Africa is an active stakeholder with CUAHA (Churches United Against HIV/Aids in Southern and Eastern Africa) Namibia, ELCSA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Southern Africa), and HDI (Helsinki Deaconesses Institute) in the Stop Human Trafficking Campaign. [more]
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SEMINAR
HOPE Africa organised the environment and climate change seminar which took place on the 26 – 27 September 2011 at Good Shepherd Retreat Centre in Hartebeespoort. [more]
HOPE AFRICA AWARDS PARISHES FOR UPLIFTING COMMUNITY
Together with stakeholders from various dioceses, HOPE Africa hosted its awards ceremonies on Saturday, 24 September. [more]
PARISH PROJECTS AWARDED
The second leg of HOPE Africa Awards competition gained much interest from people around the Province. According to independent adjudicators, 11 parish projects from across the Province were recognised, with 3 projects chosen as overall winners and 7 others as runners-up. [more]
HAPPINESS IS : A BRICK AND MORTAR HOME FOR BEAUTY
Towards the end of last year, Beauty’s corrugated sheet home had to be disassembled to make way for her very first brick and mortar home – her first real home in 32 years. [more]
TO THE LAOS - TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD
Dear People of God
Alleluia! Christ is risen! As St Paul writes, ‘We have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection life like his’ (Rom 6:4,5).[more]
