Johannesburg
P.O. Box 102, Walkerville, Johannesburg, South Africa
Telephone: +27 11 949 2030
E-mail: manacare@absamail.co.za
Staff: Vera Els, Ben Els and Bill Kaspersen.
Excellent news! A generous donor has given us 75,000 pounds to start building a full Hopes and Dreams project on land in Walkerville. Building will commence just as soon as the Sri Lanka buildings are finished and open, we hope in February 2007.
Ben and Vera outside the Hopes & Dreams shop
We are feeding and clothing over 100 families in our outreach work in and around Johannesburg, some families
having no roof over their heads and most of them unemployed with no money coming in at all. We are working
closely amongst the families whose babies under a year old have been raped by incoming refugees.
In addition to our outreach programme we run a Feeding Programme from our Hopes and Dreams shop where we
give hot breakfasts to children on their way to school, and hot vegetable soup to children on their way
home from school. We also supply these familes with clothing and with household items.
Over the years both Nestle and Gerber have been very generous in donating foods for us to distribute.
We have always worked closely with the staff and children at the Dimpho Stimulation and will continue to
provide food, clothing and therapy equipment to them.
Every year we hold a one-day event for the local orphaned and homeless children, where they have
surprises every hour, from ice cream and jelly to Santa Claus.
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