Support Early Childhood Development in Rural SA

Isnt is amazing to see how we are creating ripples! 

Through your support and the love each of you give ( whether its been once off, or those that have monthly donations set up, THANK YOU!!) 

We now have a creche with 35 children aged between 6 months and 5 years old... we are at the point that we are now actually looking for funding for a second wendyhouse or building as we cant fit all the children into our container creche. Isnt it amazing to think just over 2 and a half years ago we started, with a few children and 2 mothers who came with hearts full of love to volunteer their time, and now thanks to all the support of donors and the community our teachers feel empowered and proud of their creche, and boy how it has grown! The children come daily and get 2 warm healthy meals and a snack, thanks to our chickens, as well as healthy Nutrilite supplements to makje sure the children are growing healthy! 

In addition our RISE early childhood development outreach now supports 5 community based preschools (creches) throughout the area, and we are fortunate enough to see the happy faces when we get feedback and reports. We have had warm blanket donations, as well as toys, and through partnerships have even managed to put paid salaries into place for a few teachers... ( although this is a constant funding challenge ) but todays report is just to show you how amazing it is to be in this position of expansion and growth, growing not only young minds, but also to more projects, and this is all thanks to YOU! 

Thank you, and look at all the happy faces you made possible! 

There is always so much Happiness and Excitement working not only with the Nourish creche - but also through the RISE Creche outreach  ( supporting 6 pre-schools/creches in our surrounding communities. ) It has been a special few months as we have experienced an outpouring of love support and donations for these creches.... many of whom are run by community volunteers who take no salary and care for anything from 15 - 80 children daily, keeping them clean, fed, safe and stimulated. 

One of our special Creches run by a caring but strict lady called Limmy is Bhoikhotso - set half an hour on a bumpy dusty dirtroad deep in one of the rural community villages. Limmy has 59 children that call Bhoikhotso their safe space, and even though they dont have much the children happily sit under the big tree in the yard and sing songs and recite the alphabet...

Thanks to generous donors from Holland ( who i wont name here) we have gotten the funds to build Bhoikhotso a playground complete with Jungle gym and swing set. The photos speak for themselves, the children LOVE it. Happiness truly is the freedom to play. We remember our basic human rights, the right to food, water, freedom.... the right for a child to be a child. 

thank you to every sponsor small and big, for helping us find a childs life, their freedom, their childhood.