Emails between Cape Town and Victoria ... and and Idea about wedding gifts

Dear Diane

We thank you very, very much for the donation of $ 750! It enabled us to go ahead with the construction of the wall at the Masikhululeke Educare Center, Vivian's place. Work will start Wednesday next week. The wall will be 6 ft, span the entire boundary of the school grounds and raised to 7 ft high along the playground to provide extra protection against the refuse and toilet buckets dumped by the adjacent squatters. Picture 'playground' shows the shacks clearly. Picture 'Masik extension1' shows the new prefab (with Vivian standing in front) which was just now erected for the day-care babies and toddlers who were previously accommodated in Vivian's own house. It also has a kitchenette and 2 toilets.

On 28 August the Lions Club will hold a painting party together with the childen, teachers and parents, and I shall take lots of photographs to send to you. We received a donation of 75 tins of 1 liter paint samples and the children will be able to do their own paintings on the wall!

We are absolutely awed by the fact that instead of wedding gifts you asked for donations for Vivian!!! This is such a wonderful, gallant gesture, absolutely marvellous. I have diarised the wedding date and we will definitely keep it in mind.

Again a huge thank-you! Till later this month

Kind regards

Gisela Weitz

Lions Club of Table View
cell + 83 556 9818
Tel/fax +21 557 8288

----- Original Message -----

From: diane hayashi
To: gisela@mangela.co.za


Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:29 PM
Subject: fundraising
Hi Gisela


Neil told me the good news about the orphanage and the funding and I am so happy we could help. I also wanted to show you the following:

http://www.weddingmapper.com/dianeandnick/page/registry

The wedding will be next summer. I don't know how much we will be able to raise, but even if we get only $5 per person, that should bring in about $500. I'm hoping for more. Give our best to Vivian and hug those little sweeties for us. Diane

Diane Hayashi, B.Ed., M.Ed.
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
School District #63 (Saanich)
Saanichton, BC

Vivian In her own words

When I was leaving Cape Town the last time, Gisella had arranged for me to go on a tour into one of the Township regions with the local Police force ... that fell through for whatever the reason and she asked me what I wanted to do ...

Well, without hesitation I wanted to go back and spend more time with Vivian ... so we did ...

I did this impromptu interview in front of her creche ... Then she took us on a walking tour deeper into her community and that included seeing the babies at her home ... 

It is probably easy to see that I am not a film-o-grapher (sp) ... but if there was ever a person who needed to have her story told it is Vivian

Inside Vivian's World on a spring afternoon

Inside the Creche with 75 Plus kids

Inside the Creche

At Vivian's Home

with 35 plus babies

Part Two of the Note From the Other End of the Earth

Miracles at the Other End of the Earth

The sportsfield at the Vissershok school is also under construction. Earthwork (4000 tons of stone and soil was brought in to level the field) compliments of a local quarry and a construction company, the recommissioning of the waste water collection tank for irrigation and the grassing of the field has been sponsored by the Worcester Lions (UK) and a Club fundraising project. We still need tribunes, fences, new goals and something to stabilise the slopes against erosion by rainwater, but these will come with time.

June has been an amazing month: I also managed to get a clothing chainstore to donate 85 rain-proof jackets to the most destitute of the Vissershok children.


Gisela

A Note from the Other End of the Earth

An Absolute Miracle!!! The Wall Around Vivian's Creche

Dear Neil


I am now back in Cape Town, recharged after a much needed 2 weeks breakaway. Yes, our treasurer confirmed that R 8500.00 arrived on 23 July. We can now build the wall around Vivian's creche! Best quotation R 30,500. I have already received a cheque to paid the 50% deposit and will meet the contractors on Wednesday for a final site meeting. Thank you very, very much, Neil! The creche extension will be completed this week and after the builders move off the premises we will start with the wall.

The timing was an absolute miracle!!! So often I am in awe of the big plans I dream up for these projects, wondering if I ever manage to get enough funds to make them a reality. Some have taken 3 years but still, one after the other is being completed!

Please let me have all the names of the people thank?

I have asked some paint manufacturers for donations because the club wants to paint the wall and decorate some sections with childrens motives. I will take pictures and send them to you all.