Thembalethu Creche (May 16, 2015)

You were introduced to Brondal Settlement in the last blog.  It is composed of about 200 + dwellings that are constructed of scraps of wood, plastic and foil liners with dirt floors.  There are no toilets so they use the Forrest behind the settlement, which is a very unhealthy situation. And they have not had
water near by until HHTH helped get an existing bore hole repaired. Their situation is poverty to the  extreme. Their children can't go to school because most of them can't afford to pay tuition (they have to pay for primary and secondary schooling).  We found a good man, Roy Wakefield who has a prefab business and had him build them a Creche so the preschoolers can attend and get one meal a day. Apparently the government will subsidize them if they have a proper Creche. The people all got
out and cleared the area for the building, cleaned up the rubbish and will erect a fence with materials HHTH is having delivered. The name of their new Creche is "Thembalethu" (Tim-ba-me-Ty) which means "Place of Hope." We are working with local farmers and businessmen to transform this situation into a decent living community.  Donors Stephanie and Ian Mikne gave us the funds to build this Creche. Peter Pelser who repaired the bore hole did it for a huge discount,and Roy Wakefield also gave us a Large discount. Nothing is impossible for God.  He opens hearts in all corners of the world.