Having a Look at Jo Slovo

This little girl needs our help. This is her main street through the settlement of Jo Slovo ... this gives a bird's eye view of the settlement ... it is described as an unincorporated settlement, and basically people just started to squat here years ago ... Vivian took on the initiative to do something with the Children



Is there such a thing as after school play for these kids, not really ... is there such a place as after school safe places for these kids ... yes with Vivian's help ... the vast majority of people especially adults are ignorant of medical facts and it is a belief that if one has HIV/AID then if he ... has sex with a virgin then he is cleaned ... well some of these children in the Creche are children who were used for those purposes ... Others have lost their parent and fell in with adults would would care for them in return for sexual favours but a 6 years old supplying sexual favours is really sick and that is the future some of these kids have to face ... but with Vivian they have a safe place to be ...

As we walked through her community it was very apparent that she is a person who demands the respect of many if not all of her community ...

She has a dynamic that is palatable if you are near to her ... when you are with Vivian you just know that you are with some body ...

She pointed out this group of kids and that home ... and these are the people and the places she has organized to look after the children who are too young to look after themselves ...

She told me "Stay close to me Neil and you will be safe." I never doubted her for a moment ... I was told later that just a few miles away the xenophobic riots had taken place and many people were killed ...

It was a cold blustery day when I was there and there was no heat in the school ... the kids just dressed warm as they could and I know that one of the other agencies that supports Vivian supplied the cloths or they would have nothing ... It is like the front Porch to Hell and Vivian sets up shop there every day and pulls in the kids so they might have a change. Might have a chance is right up there with having Hope because without what she is doing then there is nothing ...















So can you help ... contact me at neiltubb@shaw.ca ... or 250 385 3181 ...in Canada ...things don't really work because we have to ship them there ... but dollars allow us to purchase in ZA ... and we can buy more there with a dollar then we can here ... thank Neil