Is there any way that you can help?

So many of our orphans have disabilities. The main one that we come across is Cerebral Palsy. We have 8 orphans with this condition and it really breaks my heart. If these children were in a western country they would be well cared for, they would be in schools that help them to learn and grow mentally, they would be in physio to help their muscles and joints to be more limber. They would have interaction with children who are in the same situation as they are and they would have a chance at having a life.
The children here have NONE of this.They get to lie on a mat on the floor, ignored by everyone. Not touched, not talked to, not loved.
When we go to visit these children I really struggle to fight back the tears. I get down with them and hold their hand. I talk to them in my broken Zulu and I pray for them.
How do they respond? They laugh and smile and try to talk back to me. It really doesn't take much to make them feel special, but sadly the families of these orphans just don't get it and this breaks my heart.
We need people to come and volunteer, to come and spend time with these families and teach them how to make the child's life better. We need physiotherapists to come and teach the Grandmothers and aunts how to touch and manipulate the children's arms and legs.
CAN YOU HELP?????

Can you Volunteer????

Mike and Laura from London helping us put up fence posts.
Laura playing with some of our orphans.
Adam and Hannah taking food to orphans.

Come volunteer!!!!

We have started the building project and now we are looking for teams or individuals to come and help build. As a volunteer you will help with the building work taking food to orphans and help with teaching our life-skills with the children. We are looking for people with and without experience, all ages, all backgrounds!!

Can you come and give some time to help us to give these children a home.

Wheelbarrow to the clinic.

This month saw the launch of our much anticipated mobile clinic.

A couple of weeks ago I was out delivering food to some orphans. As I was driving in the landy up a very steep hill, I came across a 70 year old grandmother who was helping her daughter home from the clinic. The daughter is dying from AIDS and can no longer walk. The grandmother had helped her into a wheelbarrow and wheeled her the whole way there, waited for a few hours to be seen by the doctor and was now wheeling her back up the hill.

When I asked her how long it had taken her to get her to the clinic she told me that 5 hours was the time it took her to get to the point that she was at now and that she still had a long way to go.

I put them both in the landrover and drove them home, it just took me a few minutes , it would have taken her a couple of hours!

This is one of the reasons that we need a new Landrover!!!!

It is also one of the reasons that we have started up our mobile clinic.

We have alot of basic medical supplies i.e. bandages, antiseptic cream, vitamins ect. It is all loaded up into the back of a quad and one of our staff members takes a trained nurse or doctor to the people who can not get to the clinic. We have a nurse from the UK staying with us at the moment and we are looking for more people to volunteer their time and skills to help these people in need.

We need people who can teach the women how to care for their babies and people who can minister first aid. Nurses, midwives, doctors we need to to come and visit!

Let us know If you are interested.

She has finally died!

Sad News............today our Landrover finally passed away!

Her gearbox dropped out the bottom and the accelerator cable has had it. It will cost us more than it is worth to get it fixed and we have been offered a new one for £2500. When I say "new" I mean 20 years younger than the one we have!!!!! This car will be snapped up quickly unless we act this week!
Without this, the homes and orphans will be losing out!
A cash donation for the above amount will see us through
PLEASE HELP US NOW!
In fact a donation of 12,000 pounds will buy us an almost new vehicle to do the work at hand- we are in need!

Help us- help them!!

Please contact us immediately if you are in a position to assist this project!
We need to purchase this vehicle in the next 6 days before I go to London.

If you are able to help please go to http://www.projecto.org.za/ and click on donations.

Please email me with any questions at martin@projecto.org.za

Thank you so much for your support.

Creche is crying out for help.

Sabtha and her kiddies singing a song.

2 weeks ago I took a trip to Cato Manor squatter camp. We visited a Pastor there who is from Zambia. He now lives in South Africa with his wife and 3 children and has a small church in the squatter camp. Pastor Simon and his wife Sabtha love their community very much but 2 months ago during the xenophobic attacks here in South Africa members of the local community dragged them out of their home in the middle of the night and stole all their belongings. They also smashed all the windows of the church and stole every thing from inside, including all the items that they used for their creche.

Every day Sabtha has up to 22 children dropped off at the church to spend the day while the mother s go to work. some come as early as 6:30 am and are there until 7pm. The babies range from 2 months to 6 years and all are adorable!!!!

My first visit was quite hard for me as the creche was just a small room crammed with babies and nothing for them to do.

No toys, no beds, nothing for them to do. many come with only one nappy and are soaked through, no bottles are sterilized and the formula is made cold as there is no way to heat it.

Sabtha has one lady helping her, but that is not enough and she was very tired.

Yesterday I went back to visit and take some donations that we have been given for babies.

Sabtha was so happy to see us and I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with her. She really loves these little ones and is trying to do her best to care for them so that their mothers can go out and try to earn a living, but she is frustrated that there is so little that she can do with what they have. There are a few toys (most are not age appropriate) and a couple of crayons but not enough for all the children to use and there was nothing for the babies to do other than lie on a mat on the floor.

Sabtha wants the children to learn and grown, she teaches them basic English and sings with them. She is a wonderful, generous woman who has a compassion for these little ones.

When our team from BCC were here one of the team members called Emma decided to do something to help and went out and got 200 nappies for the creche. The nappies cost about 10 pounds and have already made such a difference to Sabtha and certainly the babies who are wearing them, no more wet bums!!!

If you feel that you can in any way help this little creche out through toys, baby clothes, nappies or formula please let me know.

You can email me at vashti@projecto.org.za

Please pray for the safety of Pastor Simon, Sabtha and their children. Also pray for the church Emmanuel Ministries and their congregation, and please pray for Little Disciples Creche.