Books Blankies and Cuddly toys !!

From the wonderful "other" Tynans !

This week we delivered the wonderful pile of books from the "other" Tynans and some from the Harrison's.. all from Australia via The Book Depository ..( WOW !! those guys from DownUnder are amazing !!)  HUGE excitement all round as you can see from the pics . It is so heart warming to see the joy that a new book brings..even though they can't read the words yet they so love looking at the pictures . They have a story time everyday and the teachers read the books and explain the story in Xhosa . Jeanne also does a pretty good job at reading to them but both her and I have a long way to go learning some basic Xhosa for "Shhhhhhhh !! " '' Sit down " " Don't climb up the book shelf" "Don't sit on your friend's head" etc HAHAHA !!

♥ Love from the Harrisons ! ♥

Another lovely treat for them on Wednesday  were 5 lovely cuddly polar fleece blankies made by Lynne Cordell and her sister Claire as well as a pile of soft toys . Thank-you so much you guys..your support and love is so fabulous !! My PayPal button is working very well and I have been getting some very unexpected love from all over the world !! Yesterday I bought more fleece fabric for another 18 blankies with donations from Jill in Bournemouth and JenniLynn in America ..how fabulous is THAT ???

SUCH joy and excitement !!

Enkosi  !!

We have a "Birthday club"  here where everyone having birthdays in that month have a combined party. August heralded  Debbie Lees and Dave Tapson's special days and they so generously made Siphucule their beneficiaries instead of receiving personal gifts !! THANK-YOU BirthdayPeople !!! Debbie is away at the moment but as soon as she gets back we look forward to delivering the pile of goodies they received !

LOVING the new blankies !!

 We also had a "Hobby-Horse" workshop last week and 5 of us made 10 wonderful , funny looking stick horses !! WAY TO GO Lauren, Jeanne, Marion and lovely Lynne ..We are all very proud of our combined efforts and will be delivering them tomorrow ..should be a great 'photo op !! (Only trouble is the little one's get SO excited I can't get them to pose and most of my pics a blurred !!! ) The "Talk of the Town " (our weekly newspaper) will most likely be there for pics ..great way to get some coverage !! Woo-Hoo !! Watch this space for pics !!

Thank-you Charlotte !

Absorbed in the lovely books !

On a not so happy note the school is really battling this month .. their grant was much less because of the July holidays (they only get funding for when the kids are present) . The Port Alfred Soup kitchen is now donating 5 loaves of bread and some soup powder 3 times week for which they are very grateful ...we are looking at ways of stretching the food budget without compromising the little one's nutrition .
 Any ideas would be most welcome !  The veggie garden is slowly looking much healthier now although only a bit of spinach is ready to eat at the moment..wish we could hurry it along !! My lovely Grand daughter Emily turned 5 last week and part of her gift were big tins of cabbage, onion and beetroot seeds ..Thank-you Em ..I hope your very special seeds grow quickly XXX The staff are fund raising like crazy because obviously feeding the kids comes first and their salaries will only be what ever is left over ..looks like they will be getting less than a R1000.00 each this month ! Rejoice has acknowledged that there are too many adults and 3 of them are past retirement age now..the committee is holding a meeting tomorrow to explain to these 3 that the school can no longer sustain them   ..all a bit depressing :(
Anyway..the little one's are a joy and we are all collectively making a difference..THANK-YOU !! Keep checking in so you can keep up to date with the latest developments !! You can follow by email now :)

..and the duck goes QUACK !! Jeanne doing a stirling job !!

Lots of Love..Kay