A team of child gumboot dancers are lighting-up the Emmanuel Child & Youth Care Centre (ECYCC) in the Karoo town of Middelburg through their creative determination and sparkling enthusiasm by expanding not only their own horizons, but boosting the potential of all the children in the home. “The Young Little […]
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Challenging charity walk a journey of spiritual transformation
Vicky van Jaarveld is walking 680-odd kilometres from Bloemfontein to Port Elizabeth to raise funds for different charities, one of them the Emmanuel Child and Youth Care Centre in Middelburg. “As we take on #TheJourney we leave all our failures and disappointments behind, only carrying our lessons learned, renew our […]
God’s grace in action after children’s home fire
In July 2015 a fire in one of the houses at SIM Southern Africa’s Mseleni Children’s Home in northern KwaZulu-Natal claimed the life of a child and of a brave care worker who tried to save the toddler. The Department of Social Development ordered the closure of Mseleni pending an inquiry […]