Mar 5, 2020
In the last newsletter we announced the garden party planned for this year was to be “All on a Dorset Summer’s Evening”. Sadly it will not be possible to hold our event and if you have been waiting for this confirmation, I do apologise… Click here to read the...
Mar 1, 2020
This year I went to stay with the Sisters and the children for 7 weeks over Christmas and the New Year. I arrived in very great heat and discovered that the drought conditions which have been persisting for several years have seriously depleted the water in the...
Jun 1, 2019
What a beautiful day! Once again the sunshine lit up the garden – we were all dry and warm and very happy. The sound of drumming greeted our guests as they arrived and unsurprisingly the first group to drum with Kwame were the children. There was just no holding them...
Feb 1, 2019
After 5 weeks staying with Mother Zelma, the Sisters and the children I am back home in Dorset. It is certainly good to be home but as the temperature there was 28 degrees when I left, I am feeling a little chilly! Not only do I miss the heat, I miss the children too...
Jun 1, 2018
To our complete relief and joy, the sun shone on 9 June for our fundraising event. This is the fourth year in succession and so someone (Mother Zelma?) must have influence in the right places! We had plenty of Pimms, plenty of canapes and plenty of people… Click...
Jan 1, 2018
Your last newsletter was written just before Sue left for a lovely long visit to the Sisters and the children in Grahamstown. As you might expect, the children had grown a lot since she last saw them 6 months previously, so it seemed like a good idea to start the new...