Dear Friend,
Day 2 of the inaugural UNITY FLIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICA of British
Pilot
Robert Vallier's Ufosa Foundation found him and the Team in
Plettenburg Bay.
Robert journeyed to Plettenburg and first visited the
Wittedrift High School. He was invited to address the upper children
at Assembly...
Robert Vallier addresses the children at
Wittedrift High School at Assembly, with Headmaster Andre
Bouwer.
... and then moved on to the welcome from the Primary
School...
Robert Vallier with Ufosa Foundation
Secretary Karen Mitchell and the children of the Primary School at
Wittedrift, with Headmaster Andre Bouwer. The rose (held by the
little boy on the left) was for Karen!
Consolidation of the visit came when
Robert presented Headmaster Andre Bouwer with a copy of the first book for
the 1,000-book Library which the Foundation is seeking to install into the
School. The Team then inspected the area where the new room for the
Library is to be built.
Robert Vallier presents Wittedrift
School Headmaster Andre Bouwer with the first book of the Library:
'Soweto', suggested by Minister of Education for the Western Cape Cameron
Dugmore.
Moving on from the School, Robert went to the township
area of Kwanokuthula, where the Masizame Children's Centre cares for
orphans and children who have suffered abuse. The Centre sends a van
daily into the settlement and collects the children, returning them at the
end of the day.
Robert watches on as the Masizame staff
pick up the day children at Kwanokuthula settlement at Plettenburg
Bay.
And in a special moment, Robert was permitted to go into
the home of one of the families in the township... comprised of only two
rooms.
Robert Vallier inside one of the tiny
shanty houses on the settlement. It has only two rooms, for an
entire family.
It is often the case that young children are looked after
by their grandparents, particularly the grandmothers - known as
Gogos. The reason for this is that HIV Aids has taken the lives of
so many parents, and their children have no-one else to care for
them.
Robert Vallier with the children of the
Masizame Children's Shelter. Social Worker Roseleen Claasen is
on the left.
The
Ufosa Foundation's own Watch Centre for abused
Women And
The CHildren is a prime
directive of the organisation, and assisting and working with the Masizame
Children's Home will enable similar goals to be met in the area.
Robert Vallier at the welcome sign
prepared for his visit.
With the formal accepting of the Masizame group and the
Wittedrift School into the Foundation's programme, Robert said his
farewell and moved on to the next community - Port Elizabeth.
The Ufosa
Foundation's inaugural UNITY FLIGHT OF
SOUTH AFRICA launched on 1 October and runs through to 30
October. Our National charity is reaching out to 30 communities throughout
South Africa, with a 5-year schedule to bring help in Education, Family
Wellbeing and Health.
Our website can be found at:
www.ufosafoundation.org.
Next news on Port Elizabeth very shortly.
Regards,
Admin
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