Sep 22
Welcome to Swaziland! After 2 very long flights to South Africa, a 4 hour shuttle to Swaziland, a 1 hour taxi from Mbabane to Manzini, and a 1.5 hour car ride – we are finally in Nsoko, Swaziland where our carepoint is located. Check out this video for our first glimpse of the carepoint the […] Read more...
Sep 15
We have exciting news! Today we begin our long journey back to Swaziland, Africa to visit our carepoint in Nsoko. This is one of the most impoverished areas of Swaziland, and the carepoint is vital for the survival of the children in our care. We’ve been partnered with The Anchor Center there since 2010 and we have […] Read more...
Jul 28
Today we have some fantastic news to share! You may remember the video competition we entered back in December called “Project For Awesome“. So many of our friends, donors, and supporters helped us out by voting – as well as tweeting and posting our link to encourage their friends to vote too! It was our […] Read more...
Oct 25
The vast majority of the precious children in Swaziland will not celebrate Christmas this year. 95% of them will not get a gift at all, or even eat a special meal on Christmas Day. When I think of how lavish our Christmas celebrations are in America, I’m appalled at the difference. Most families spend hundreds (or […] Read more...
Jan 14
Last January, thanks to a very generous donation, we had the amazing opportunity to put every single school-age child at our carepoint in Swaziland in school for the year. Putting 112 children in school was a feat we never dreamed we could accomplish, and the results were inspiring. In March, we got a chance to […] Read more...
Dec 23
A few weeks ago the Anchor Center Christmas Party happened in Nsoko, and thanks to your generous donations our sweet Swazi kids had a WONDERFUL day! It started out with them all singing and dancing together (a beautiful sight and sound!) Then they listened to the Christmas story, and watched a little skit put on […] Read more...
Oct 12
The vast majority of the precious children in Swaziland will not celebrate Christmas this year. 95% of them will not get a gift at all, or even eat a special meal on Christmas Day. When I think of how lavish our Christmas celebrations are in America, I’m appalled at the difference. Most families spend hundreds (or […] Read more...
Apr 03
Our last day at the carepoint in Nsoko, we decided to bring some apples for the kids who came to eat. I approached some older kids to ask if they would help me “round up” the little ones (as I assumed it would take some time to get them all in a line at the […] Read more...