Emmanuel Children's Home, Middelburg, South Africa

Emmanuel Child & Youth Care Centre (ECYCC) provides care and safe refuge for children who have been abused, neglected, abandoned and orphaned. Based in the town of Middelburg (Eastern Cape, South Africa). ECYCC is a registered NPO (non-profit organisation) in South Africa.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Clayton Prepares for a Big 2012

ECYCC has a had a good success story in December. Funds have been raised for the first quarter of his planned Gap Year with the FCE (Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education). This chance for study and travel cannot be valued highly enough - Clayton will get to see life outside of Middelburg properly for the first time and even outside South Africa. We now look for sponsors to help fund the remainder of the Gap Year.



We owe some a lot of gratitude to friends of ECYCC who have helped secure sponsorship for Clayton and given him this life changing opportunity. Heartfelt thanks go out to Candice Nash and her company Servier Laboratories in the UK who have kindly donated funds to help set Clayton on his way and purchase the basic items needed for the start of the trip. Also we are very grateful to Tian and Karen Erasmus who have been instrumental in making this all happen.

We are proud of Clayton's desire to make the most of this opportunity and cannot wait to see how he develops in this big year ahead.

Renovations

The home continues to be improved as resources allow us: some of the most recent projects have seen the TV room walls replastered and given a lovely light paint job to make it a nice environment to relax in. Thanks to everyone that helped make it happen, and to Clayton's extra efforts to finish it off with Carol. Now that spring has come we're also starting again in the vegetable garden in the yard, and we've had Ashley, Hendrico and Ronaldo helping prepare the ground and take an interest in planting. Well done boys...