Reading Power Programme Progress Report – Dec 2011

Centre/ project: Amukelani When we look back at what has happened throughout this year we are encouraged. The hand of the Lord was with us. We have been able to support over 80 children with the Reading Power Program. Supporting, encouraging and motivating the children continued to be our culture at our Reading Power Programme. [...]

Reading Power Programme – progress report March & April 2011

I find it a blessing to be helping the children with the READING POWER PROGRAMME. We are continuing to help them to read, write and understand English and our children are still very interested in the programme. We know that in due time our children will reap for life, and therefore we will not give [...]

Narrative report: Amukelane Project Feb 2011

February was another hopeful month for the children and the care workers of Amukelane project. The interaction between children and care workers is good and improving. The care workers show concern and attend to sick and unhappy children. We had children who had sores in their body and unable to play happily, but medication was [...]

Reading Power Programme Progress Report – Dec 2010 & Jan 2011

Only eight months has passed since we started with the Reading Power Programme and we can witness a great difference this programme has brought and will continue to bring in the lives of these children. It is very encouraging to see the progress. I was sitting next to a girl who is now in grade [...]

Reading Power Programme Update – Nov 2010

I find it very encouraging to see the children’s progress with using the Reading Excellence software programme. The children are indeed interested to learn to read, write, understand and speak English. We believe that this will be a motivation to  further their studies. We are grateful for the support of the Care Workers on this [...]

Update: October 2010

Project: Amukelani By: Minky Makhubedu-Mashego Month: October 2010 We thank God for having been with us in this month of October with our English Reading Programme. Each and every week I realize how eager the children are to learn to read and understand English. Please read attached the letter of appreciation by one of the [...]

Update: August – September 2010

Greetings friends, For those who don’t like cold like me, at least spring is here. I found this year’s winter very cold and at the same time being aware of the amazing God who is in charge of every season. Family: We are all doing fine. Frank and I are working hard at the projects, [...]

Reading Power Programme – August 2010

It is encouraging to see how hungry the children are to learn. The past two weeks the children just never wanted to stop working on their study units. I continue with the programme at Amukelani  project on Wednesdays. Attendance information At the end of August there were 21 children enrolled in our Reading Power programme [...]

The Amukelani project

Recently Sizabantwana got involved in a fairly new project called Amukelani. Amukelani is situated in Mpumalanga, in the same region as Sizabantwana and Impilo. There is a great need for places like this, more and more children are deprived of parents from death or desertion. Amukelani currently can only afford to house 25 children, although at [...]