Welcome news from South Africa – February 2023

This winter newsletter is coming to you rather later than usual because I have been waiting for the children to start the new school year in South Africa. Having spent very many hours buying new school uniform with them while I was there in November, I wanted everyone...

Happy Holiday and a successful fundraising event – August 2022

At 5.00 in the morning on 24 June 5 children and their Mama arrived at Heathrow Airport having been travelling for 24 hours. Were they exhausted? No!! Immediately it was obvious that they were going to throw their hearts and souls into their holiday in England…...

Open Afternoon Tea in the Garden – August 2021

We did it! We put a date in the diary and hoped…not just for good weather but for the rules governing the total number of people allowed at events to be relaxed in time for 3 July. The prayers for good weather worked again (thank you Mother Zelma!) but the rules were...

How are the Children coping with the Pandemic? -December 2020

Since our last newsletter when South Africa was in Lockdown and all the children were at home, they have returned to school part time. As you might imagine, there was great joy in meeting up with their friends again. There is no doubt that they were getting a bit...

A short video in place of the 2020 Garden Party

Below is a link to YouTube for a short video made in my garden on Saturday 28th June – the day we should have been all together for the 2020 Future Bright Trust garden party were it not for the Coronavirus. Please take a look! I hope you will enjoy watching Damian who...