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 – Feb 2011

Sizabantwana children’s benefit continues to make a difference in the lives of Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC’s) in the rural area of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga province of South Africa through Reading Power Programme. Children are learning to read, write and understand English as a language through which many subjects at school are taught. We bear [...]

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 [...]

Isibindi Team Building

It happened again for Isibindi Mariti team. They were very happy and exited as they embarked on a team-building trip to Kruger National Park. Ten members of the team went, along with our co-ordinator Tewie Willemse and Jaco Lubbe of Induna Adventures, who kindly provided a vehicle for our trip. At about 09h00 we started [...]

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 [...]

Touching Hearts

While on a mission trip to South Africa, the Touching Hearts team from eastern North Carolina, USA, visited Induna in Hazyview. Team Leader, Steve le Roux grew up in South Africa and went to college with Christiaan (Oudts) van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, who is part owner of Induna. After finding out about the local orphanage [...]

Report on the treatment outcomes of medical treatment of orphaned and vulnerable children at SizaBantwana Children Benefit Organisations care centres

The report below highlights a very successful outcome of the treatment of Bilharzia and other ailments identified in the medical screening of 381 children that attends 4 of our care centres located in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The treatment was made possible through the kind donations of the following people and organisations: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative; [...]

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