Build a Home for People Living with HIV/AIDS

Dear Global Givers,

I have a very good news to share with you.  Our main center in Coffee Bay, which we opened with the help of Global Giving, is now able to stand on its own feet. This means that from now on, we will be able to channel all of your donations to the satellite center of Mahosheni. 

As you might remember, Mahosheni is located about 10 km from the Coffee Bay center, which is a huge distance to travel on foot, especially for the people that need our care (young children, elderly, people living with HIV-AIDS).  We opened a kindergarten and a grocery store a few months ago and we also started a vegetable garden, which will help us reduce our operating costs while providing the community with a source of food.     

Thanks to your donations, we were able to start the construction of two additional buildings which we will use to house those community members (mainly orphans and women) who are no longer able to live with their biological families.  A group of young volunteers that has been living with us for months is donating many, many hours of hard labor to turn this project into a reality, despite our very small budget.  Your donations made it possible for us to buy the materials that we needed to start the construction work.

I will leave you with some pictures that I took in February during my last visit.  In these pictures you can see some of the children we look after, our vegetable garden, and some of the volunteers working on the buildings.   

Thank you, from all of us, from the bottom of our hearts.