Dear Friend,
After Plettenburg Bay, which was Community #2 after
Beaufort West (#1) and reported in NewsLetter 05, the next visit by
British Pilot Robert Vallier and his Ufosa Foundation on the first
UNITY FLIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICA found him
in Port Elizabeth.
Robert and the team first visited the teachers and
pupils of the Northern Lights School. They were welcomed
by the choir of the school, which immediately started their programme and
sang 3 songs in celebration of his visit...
Robert Vallier is greeted at the
Northern Lights School at Port Elizabeth by their choir (left row), with
singing and dancing, and by some of their special needs students
(right), along with teachers and admin staff.
... and then there were some good dance routines to add to
the occasion. Even some of the teachers joined in!
With reading and the establishing of the Library high on
the list of priorities of the Foundation, the team went in to see the very
basic reference books in the room which the Northern Lights presently had
identified as the place for the library...
Robert Vallier with Ufosa Foundation
Secretary Karen Mitchell (notepad in hand!) and School Principal Trevor
Roman (left) in the room which the School has set aside to house the
Library.
... and then Robert consolidated the
association by the formal presentation to the Principal of the School,
Trevor Roman, of a copy of the first book for the 1,000-book Library which
the Foundation is seeking to install.
Robert Vallier presents Northern
Lights Headmaster Trevor Roman with the first book of the Library:
'Soweto', suggested by Minister of Education for the Western Cape Cameron
Dugmore. Centre is the representative from the office of the
Minister of Education for the Eastern Cape.
After the School visit, Robert and the team moved on
to Port Elizabeth's St Francis Hospice. Robert was able to sit
for an hour or so and hear the details of their operation and discuss
their needs and funding requirements...
Robert with Karen Mitchell (second from
left) who is making copious notes in the meeting with St Francis Hospice
staff members Melanie Manson (fundraiser) and Pam Lewis (3rd and 4th from
left). Head of Nurses Noni is right.
... and was shown details of their background and aims for
the future. The Hospice was formally welcomed into the Ufosa
Programme.
Robert Vallier by the presentation board
prepared for his visit by staff of
St Francis
Hospice.
With the adding of much general information and budgetary
requirements data into the files, Robert said his farewell and moved on to
the next community - Middelburg.
The Ufosa
Foundation's inaugural UNITY FLIGHT OF
SOUTH AFRICA launched on 1 October. The Foundation is a
National charity established on 3 continents which 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 Middelburg to follow!
Regards,
Admin
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