Earlier this year we were excited to receive Surprise Gifts to be able to distribute in a special program with a number of different Children's Home Children in our area.  The Children participated by showcasing their dance, rhyme, song and general knowledge skills! We were honoured by a number of prestigious guests who joined us for this program and distributed snacks for all the children.

Everyone loves to eat and having the chance to learn a new skill to cook something tasty is something children love to experience. These girls have learn't the art of creating Jam Drop biscuits that they can eat and share with others!

Every Child has unique gifts and talents and we love to see the Children in our Care thrive in theirs.  Recently they had an opportunity to show case their talents in the local school fair.

Part of the work we do includes visiting families in need in the community and helping to secure education opportunities for children. In one such case we are supporting the study of a girl, who due to the failure of a subject in Class 12 in the previous year, gave up on her dream to continue to study and became a farming labourer. She is now receiving tuition and is again enrolled in her studies to give her final exams in March 2018. She has big plans to continue her studies in the future, focussing on being trained to be an educator.

We love the way that the girls are developing their tailoring skills. Here they are proudly showing off a couple of the outfits they have recently made.  We know that these skills are going to be helpful for their futures and gives them an option to be able to supplment their income if necessary.

We are true believers in the practical application of knowledge that assist in necessary lessons to be learnt and remembered for a lifetime. We recently had a lot of fun with our First Aid Training Sessions and who knows just how this may help us to save a life in the future, and in the very least help us to take good care of those around us.

During the recent Festival Seasons we have made the most of celebrating with the children in our care, and remembering the many blessings that we have received.

These girls can be very proud of the way that their sewing skills are developing! They are now able to make a wide variety of outfits and have the confidence they need to manage the machines with skill.  It is very exiting to think of how this will help them support themselves and their families in the future or simply be a way that they can produce and repair clothing for themselves that they can be proud of.

We're so happy to see the enthusiasm for learning in the youth in the community we work in. Just simply having the practical application of their knowledge of computers is very rewarding for them.  These skills they are now developing are certain to help them in their futures!

The Youngest Child (5yrs) who was reunited with her mother is doing well in her family. We are so happy with the way this reunification has gone and we are continuing to monitor this process.  Our Monitoring Visit for Follow up showed the mother and child and stepfather living happily together. This girl is attending the local school and making new friends.  She is enjoying getting to know her grandmother, aunty and uncle.