Goodbye… It is with sad hearts that we said “goodbye” to Carol Luyt as she and Neil move into a new season in their lives. They have relocated to a retirement village, which fortunately, is in Pietermaritzburg, so we know it is more “au revoir” than goodbye. On the 27th of March we celebrated, with quite …
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As we draw to a close, with the staff and children’s Christmas party at the centre just round the corner and the Shoeboxes finally all wrapped and packed waiting for their new owners, we can once again give thanks, first of all, to God for His goodness to us and secondly, to all the wonderful …
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Our AGM has come and gone and it went very well. We are so thankful that Andy Munro continues to be willing to be our MANCO Chairman. Financially we have made it through another year and we are very grateful to God and all our amazing friends and supporters in Germany and England and at …
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I would like to tell you a story about a very special lady. Her name is Bridgette Makhoba. She is a teacher but for many years has had a very special heart for children with learning problems and other disabilities. Last year she resigned from her job and using her own money she built a …
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MEA CULPA!!!! I haven’t written in such a long period of time that I am hoping you don’t think we have left the country. This is entirely my fault and I will soundly blame two of my daughters who produced my beautiful new granddaughters who were born recently and required personal introductions to granny in …
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I think it is a bit late to wish you all a good new year so I wish you a good 5/6th balance of a good year instead. Hopefully it has been a good start for all our friends and supporters. Certainly here at HNO we have started off with a bang. We have stepped out …
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We ended the year with two very sad goodbyes. Sphelele who has been with HNO for 7 years is moving on and up to work for the Pietermaritzburg Mental Health Society. We wish him the very best and look forward to hearing from him on a regular basis. After all, we are family. After much …
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We have certainly had a few busy months. The before and after pictures of a community crèche in Sun City ( no, not that one… ) The roof was leaking so badly and with the wonderful rains we have had the teachers and children were swimming more than learning. Our dear friend from Atlas Plastics, …
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