For her

Please help bring hope back to Gertrude's family who have experienced a lot of hardships in their short lives and now are battling to find a place to lay their heads at night. Help me to build a home for them by giving through CanadaHelps.

Hi friends, it has been a long time since I last wrote, I appologise. We are doing very well. We spent the first half of the year traveling and now we settled back in to our home in South Africa. I actually just finished unpacking my suitcase for the first time since November last year! We have seen so much and been so impacted this year already. Some day I will blog more about it but for now I really just wanted to plead for your support for this struggling family in Masoyi, South Africa.

Many of you read my last blog about Gertrude. I'm sad to say that the situation for her family has not improved. Her two youngest brothers are struggling to finish school and are daily facing rejection and fear of being thrown out of their relatives home.

Find out here how you can help by giving. 

I'm turning 30 this week, so I gave $300 to Gertrude's home and I'm challenging 10 of my friends to do the same, and 30 of you to give $30.

If you want to stay up to date with the progress of this project or just find out more information about the family and thier situation then join our cause on facebook.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and for just generally supporting us. I promise next time it won't be so long till I write!

Comments

[Jayme]

Thank you so much for giving towards the building of this orphan-headed home. We've now raised $1610, another $3390 to go before the end of the month when this giving opportunity will expire. If you've thought about giving but haven't yet done so then please, now is the time. Whatever the decision means for you it means a new reality for two young boys struggling to survive in Masoyi, South Africa.

[Jayme]

Thank you so much for your support! We raised enough money to build a house for Gertrude's family plus a little more for some furnishings. ($5120 in total) Thank you! I can't wait to tell them. I will arrive back in South Africa next week and we can begin the building process immediately. Stay tuned my friends...