Vivian Nukuzola Dlabantu, The Lions Club of TableView, and a few Canadians: October 2010

The Way it is today

If you have been following this blog you know that we here in Canada are attempting to support a lady and a group of kids in South Africa. We work through the Lions Club of Tableview near Cape Town.

The Way it was

Making it Happen

With the guidance of the Lions Club in Table View and the wisdom of several people here in Canada we have been able to get this thing rolling ... We are not the major contributors but we do contribute and these little kids get a chance to have a chance ... The attached photos show the end result of a year or so of fund raising ... The school yard that was once a wrecking yard has been transformed into a wonderful playground ... there has been a room added on the crèche ... a protective fence has been built around the property to protect the children and the crèche from both the elements and the neighbours ...

I would like to thank students at Stelly’s High school’s GSA and Ms Hayashi ... Mike Miller Abstract Development for his contributions ... Ron and Anne Kirkaldy for the Tea Pot contributions ... Terri Cielak for his tea pot contributions ... and Silken Laumann ... for her contribution and who simply pointed out to me not to reinvent the wheel, work with someone who was already doing the doing ... and all the people who dropped in nickels dimes quarters and 5, 10, and 20 dollar bills into the tea pot in my office ... you all know who you are ...

At the Other end of earth now. The help of Cleone Melnichenko and Joanne Hendrickse ... they/we found a way to work around the system ... and Joann’s Daughter Lee Ann ... who simply gets things done when they need to be done ...

Most of all to Gisela Weitz, without her insight and know how on how to get things done under difficult circumstances none of this would work really be made manifest ... and finally to all the members of the Lions Club at Table View ... miss you all and would love to be there again for KM of toys ... there are many others who work on this project with Gisela W ... and they contribute more ... both money and time then we do ... Every Little Bit Helps ... 100% of what we raise except bank transfer fees ... however meagre ... goes to the project ... these photos will go up on the blog this week ...