(left to right) Representing our UK board: Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Louise Seligman (Chairperson), Tony Smyth and (front) Pippa Smyth, Tony Goodfellow and Sir Robert Dunbar.
Representing our Dutch board (front) Renee Hopster (Chairperson).
From the Cape Town Breadline Africa office (back) Andrew Warner, Debbie Beukman and (front) Edna Titus.
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Recently we were lucky enough to receive a visit from 12 Breadline Africa board members from the UK, Ireland and Netherland. They spent a week of their own holiday-time with us and fully immersed themselves in our corner of the world - the most amazing part for me was that all 12 members were more than happy to spend the week away from their loved ones and also pay for their own airline tickets!
It was so nice to spend time with each of them and learn about their long-standing connections to Africa. Much thanks and appreciation goes out to all of them.
Now, you know I love writing about projects and taking our donors to experience them first-hand, so I’d like to share with you our visit to three Breadline Africa projects which our board members got to experience.
SIKHULA SONKE – Khayelitsha
This project was recently featured on our website. Sikhula Sonke is transforming pre-school education in Khayelitsha. It works with Early Childhood Development Centres to train teachers to help children develop to their full potential.
On the day of our visit the teachers were finalizing their portfolios and preparing themselves for their evaluation - this is essential for them before they can move to the next level.
Here is Sikhula Sonke’s mission statement which I wanted to share with you, especially point 1: “We believe that all children have the right to love, care and decent pre-school education” – I wholeheartedly agree and am glad we are able to help this unique project teach more women every year!
SANDANEZWE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL – Khayelitsha
Of course, no visit to Breadline Africa would be complete without a visit to a school so we visited Sandanezwe Pre-primary. The school is kept in pristine condition and the children were so delighted to see us that they ran out from their classrooms to give us hugs. I could write so much more about this visit but I think the photos speak for themselves!
Next ... it was off to visit our two CANS4SKILLS containers. This is the first time I’ve written about our Cans4Skills Bricklaying course and I’m so excited to share it with you! Our bricklaying course is being facilitated by Roland Wilcox who has more than 20 years experience as a tradesman. Soon I’ll be attending the graduation of this class and will be sure to post a blog so stay tuned!
With much Love,
Edna
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