In 2009, God planted seeds for two new 25:40 projects in South Africa that we pray will blossom in 2010. I am writing this just two days before I leave for a two-week trip without my family to visit with the peo
ple who are working on these two projects.
In Hamburg, South Africa, a group of community leaders organized last year to form the Hamburg Social Development Project. This group identifies issues in the community that need attention and then works to solve those issues. HSDP formed in 2009, established a bank account, and is in the process of registering with the South African government as a non-profit. It has held a fund-raising event and has identified the first issue it wants to tackle -- students who have finished high school but not passed the final exam to officially "matric". HSDP has negotiated classroom space with the local school and is now arranging for furniture, materials and teachers so that these students can be tutored and then eventually pass their final exams. This will give a huge boost to these young adults who would have no hope of finding a job without passing their final exams. While job prospects in the Eastern Cape are quite limited, these students will be the beneficiaries of model citizens who are volunteering to help them and thus help to improve their community. This gives the students hope and a more secure future.
25:40 has encouraged HSDP to get started and organized and we continue to do so. 25:40 will also help financially when necessary. These types of community-based groups are the lifeblood -- and will be the saving grace -- of villages in the rural areas. 25:40's help has been, we hope, the most constructive. Rather than simply giving food, we are teaching to fish.
A little further up the Eastern Cape coast is the Ngqeleni District, a very rural area of rolling hills between Umtata and the Indian Ocean. There are 22 villages that are spread out and very poor. In 2009, 25:40 funded a survey, executed by Small Projects Foundation and community health workers, to find orphans and vulnerable children. The survey identified 1,504 orphans and vulnerable children
in that area. In November 2009, 25:40 hired a local Xhosa man, Nkosana Menzi, to oversee what 25:40 is calling Project 1504. With SPF, we have identified immediate and long-term needs of these children, which 25:40 will fund and carry out with the help of Nkosana, SPF and the community health workers. I will go to Canzibe, where Nkosana lives and works, to review the goals of our project and meet some of the Project 1504 children
I will blog as I can from there. Please pray for travel safety and that 25:40 will properly nurture the seeds God has planted into full-flowering fruit. Most importantly, pray for the children in South Africa impacted by AIDS and poverty who deserve a fair chance at a healthy, happy life. Peace, Amy Zacaroli
ple who are working on these two projects.In Hamburg, South Africa, a group of community leaders organized last year to form the Hamburg Social Development Project. This group identifies issues in the community that need attention and then works to solve those issues. HSDP formed in 2009, established a bank account, and is in the process of registering with the South African government as a non-profit. It has held a fund-raising event and has identified the first issue it wants to tackle -- students who have finished high school but not passed the final exam to officially "matric". HSDP has negotiated classroom space with the local school and is now arranging for furniture, materials and teachers so that these students can be tutored and then eventually pass their final exams. This will give a huge boost to these young adults who would have no hope of finding a job without passing their final exams. While job prospects in the Eastern Cape are quite limited, these students will be the beneficiaries of model citizens who are volunteering to help them and thus help to improve their community. This gives the students hope and a more secure future.
25:40 has encouraged HSDP to get started and organized and we continue to do so. 25:40 will also help financially when necessary. These types of community-based groups are the lifeblood -- and will be the saving grace -- of villages in the rural areas. 25:40's help has been, we hope, the most constructive. Rather than simply giving food, we are teaching to fish.
A little further up the Eastern Cape coast is the Ngqeleni District, a very rural area of rolling hills between Umtata and the Indian Ocean. There are 22 villages that are spread out and very poor. In 2009, 25:40 funded a survey, executed by Small Projects Foundation and community health workers, to find orphans and vulnerable children. The survey identified 1,504 orphans and vulnerable children
in that area. In November 2009, 25:40 hired a local Xhosa man, Nkosana Menzi, to oversee what 25:40 is calling Project 1504. With SPF, we have identified immediate and long-term needs of these children, which 25:40 will fund and carry out with the help of Nkosana, SPF and the community health workers. I will go to Canzibe, where Nkosana lives and works, to review the goals of our project and meet some of the Project 1504 childrenI will blog as I can from there. Please pray for travel safety and that 25:40 will properly nurture the seeds God has planted into full-flowering fruit. Most importantly, pray for the children in South Africa impacted by AIDS and poverty who deserve a fair chance at a healthy, happy life. Peace, Amy Zacaroli
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