New York University visit and assistance for orphans

A group of 28 New York University post-graduate students and 2 professors visited the mission from Friday night to Sunday morning (21-23 July 2007). The group (mostly from social and political science departments) had been visiting South Africa for a few weeks and is studying the effects of the Aids crisis, the orphan challenges and the effectiveness of the help programmes. On Saturday, they had a tour of the mission and the Emseni Care Centre. They also met a group of orphans, in the local area, who are being cared for by a grandmother. They very kindly bought them groceries school books and gave it to the children and their care-giver. (see photos below)

Many groups visit the mission to look, listen and learn. This includes almost daily bus loads of government school children who come for a day's outing in keeping with their educational curriculum. They want to see projects that work, especially primary agriculture. As we explain to every group, the heart of the mission is the Gospel. All the projects are there to help sustain the ministry. God has blessed the various projects and many of them are not only self-sustaining but also contributes towards the needs of the mission.