Inchanga Primary School (near Durban) is a popular & thriving school. Yet for 63 of its pupils, school is the only source of food & clean water. They come primarily to get breakfast & lunch, as they sleep rough in the surrounding areas. The few clothes they have are washed by the teachers & at the weekend they struggle to survive in harsh rural conditions, without any family to help them. Can you imagine how vulnerable they are to possible abuse?
Two years ago, Micky Bailey learnt about these orphans & set up Grapevine Foundation (GVF) to provide specifically for them. Over the past few years, working with some local people in Inchanga, she has raised money to bring food to these children.
In June-July 2010, a group from the UK (www.Lionsraw.org) will be embarking on various projects in the Valley of 1000 Hills. The biggest of their projects will be to assist GVF in building the first phase of the Children’s Village. There will be 10 rondavels (traditional African homes), with a foster mother to care for a few children in each house, using the ‘cluster foster care’ method. Future plans are to build a clinic, crèche & community hall, which will assist the community by bringing help just that bit closer to the people. A future feeding scheme for the valley will help around 2000 people a month with food they so desperately need & medical care for the infirm.
Two years ago, Micky Bailey learnt about these orphans & set up Grapevine Foundation (GVF) to provide specifically for them. Over the past few years, working with some local people in Inchanga, she has raised money to bring food to these children.
In June-July 2010, a group from the UK (www.Lionsraw.org) will be embarking on various projects in the Valley of 1000 Hills. The biggest of their projects will be to assist GVF in building the first phase of the Children’s Village. There will be 10 rondavels (traditional African homes), with a foster mother to care for a few children in each house, using the ‘cluster foster care’ method. Future plans are to build a clinic, crèche & community hall, which will assist the community by bringing help just that bit closer to the people. A future feeding scheme for the valley will help around 2000 people a month with food they so desperately need & medical care for the infirm.
One in every 2.5 people in Inchanga is infected with HIV AIDS, so far the highest in the world…10 000 die here every month.
We hope that these children will be in their new homes by Christmas 2010. Before then, amongst other things, they need:
Birth Certificates
Properly fitting shoes & clothes
Food & water
Medications if they are HIV+ & need Anti Retroviral treatment (ARVs)
Love & opportunities to enjoy childhood
Over half of these children are potentially HIV+
