Heart for Children News 04.07.2025

Heart for Children News 04.07.2025

Dear Friend!

How time is flying! I cannot believe we are already past the halfway mark of 2025. First, on behalf of all the children, we want to thank you again for your regular support to Heart for Children!

We have just distributed all the 18a tax certificates, which may qualify you for a reduction on your income tax liability.  If you did not receive the certificate or if you think that not all your contributions from 1/3/2024 to 28/02/25 were reflected, please contact us via e-mail: henrypool7@gmail.com and we will rectify this.

We are so proud of the terrific result of our last campaign when we were able to provide the baby & small children’s shelter “Guardians of Hope” with a canvas enclosure to beat the East-London wind! The enclosed space serves as a play area for the children + meeting place for prospective foster parents. See picture above.

During this month, one of our board members, Johan Vos, head of ‘Victory for All’ in the Jeffreys Bay area, has requested financial support to provide new winter clothes for the children at the 8 foster homes in Humansdorp.  Due to your continued support, we are able to allocate R10000 for this purpose.

Picture and video: Johan Vos from ‘Victory for All’ with one of the foster children after she came back from hospital.

For more about “Victory for All”, see:

Victory4All · Breaking the spiral of poverty for children in South Africa.

Foster homes · Victory4All

We would also like to inform you that we are considering a new project in line with our objective, namely the support of abused and abandoned children. In this regard, we received a request from Fani Manganye (pictured left) and his wife Sinah (pictured right). They established the Kingdom Fellowship church in Bethanie (near Brits) and have always shown a strong commitment to supporting homeless children within their community. They have started with the construction of two safe homes for children on the church premises. Annette and I visited Fani and Sinah on 25 May 2025 and we were touched by the fact that all the expenses for the finished church buildings and now also the safe homes mostly came from their own salaries as teachers.

The name that Sinah has suggested for the children’s shelter is ‘Kingdom Legae’. Annette and I propose that Heart for Children provides financial support to Fani and Sinah of Kingdom Fellowship in realizing their dream to provide this shelter for homeless children. The assistance from Heart for Children would be subject to certain conditions. We expect that this major project will require about a year of fundraising. Let us pray for a miracle again! Will you help us? Anything you can do to help us with this project will be much appreciated. Businesspeople or individuals interested in giving specific support or assistance are most welcome to visit. Please contact Fani on 0647242364 for an appointment.

Wishing you God’s richest blessings,

Henry and Annette Pool

0836297690 or 0834696875

henrypool7@gmail.com or annette.pool@gmail.com

To donate now (name and surname in the reference line, please!) click here:

DONATE | Heart for Children

 

Great News. The canvas enclosure for the Guardians of Hope children’s home is finished!

Great News. The canvas enclosure for the Guardians of Hope children’s home is finished!

From left to right, are Elaine Brenkman, Philip Nicholson and Dirk Brenkman

Miracles do happen! Faith, love and hope, is what you need…..It was not even a few days after we had asked and prayed for the outstanding amount of ca. R10000 that we still needed, see our previous newsletter:

Hope is what we do….. | Heart for Children

when the exact amount was donated! Guardians of Hope were then given the OK to install the canvas enclosure for the children’s play area. See picture above. Philip Nicholson – pictured in the middle – writes:

“On behalf of the Guardians of Hope rescue home for babies in East London, I would like to thank all Heart for Children donors for their kindness in contributing toward the canvas cover project. The enclosed 300m² space enables hosting of functions under all weather conditions, including fund raising events, meetings with prospective adopting families and occasions such as kiddies’ birthday party functions. (Guardians of Hope was founded in 2017 and of the three registered homes of safety for babies in East London, is the largest, licensed to care for 30 babies). 

With much appreciation,

Philip Nicholson

GoH Board Member

083-4114785

(Philip is also board member of Heart for Children and audits our books!)

Below is a word of thanks from the founder and manager of Guardians of Hope, Elaine Brenkman:

Henry and Annette Pool

henrypool7@gmail.com   ; annette.pool@gmail.com

0836297690 or 0834696875

HEART FOR CHILDREN

Hope is what we do…..

Hope is what we do…..

Recently I read in a leaflet from another charity: HOPE is what we do…’  That sentence stuck with me. ‘HOPE is what we do’, expresses exactly what we also stand for! Heart for Children is about action, about doing! Helping children wherever possible, so that they can grow up healthy, receive education, learn skills. Above all, it is about giving protection, at home, at school and online. But it goes even further: either there is HOPE, or there is NOTHING, because only HOPE gives life!

(I am reminded of Luke 24: 21-32)

I am so pleased to be able to report that thanks to the generosity of all Heart for Children supporters – and a few of our donors’ exceptional generosity! – we have already collected almost R50000 for our 2025 project so-far, i.e. the canvas enclosure that we want to install at the

Guardians of Hope | Place of safety

for babies and small children.  For more information about this, click here:

Appeal 2025 | Bread on the water

Praise God!  I am sure we can reach our target of R59000 for this within the next two months or so? God bless you for anything that you can afford to give! (There is no obligation to reveal your name but remember that in this case we cannot issue with the 18a certificate for your donation which entitles you to a tax benefit). To donate now, please click on the link below.

DONATE | Heart for Children

Appeal 2025

In a previous newsletter from ‘Heart for Children’ we informed you that this year we want to help ‘Guardians of Hope’ in East London who are taking care of orphaned and/or abandoned babies and small children. We received the following letter of appeal from Philip Nicholson who is a member of the board of both ‘Heart for Children’ and ‘Guardians of Hope’.

Appeal for Sponsorship of Canvas Coverings

Guardians of Hope’ is a dedicated place of safety in East London, providing care for vulnerable children who have been abandoned or surrendered at birth for adoption. Our mission is to meet their physical, spiritual, medical, and psychological needs comprehensively. We strive to spread hope within our community, ensuring that vulnerable children receive the care they deserve and that our community is aware of our presence and support. Our commitment extends to providing a loving home environment for 30 vulnerable children, and we actively work towards family reunification whenever possible. In cases where reunification is not feasible, we support adoption processes, ensuring that the children find a nurturing and permanent loving family.

The facility comprises a large house, a living area for the director and her family (the Brenkmans), small classrooms for pre-school education, and outdoor play facilities. A large courtyard roof was recently installed to provide shelter for the children. It doubles as an entertainment venue for functions as well as birthday party functions for young families, which provides a valuable income stream for the home. Two sides of the covered area are 12m and 14m respectively, which are open to the elements. During inclement weather, the entertainment area becomes virtually unusable, and functions must be cancelled at short notice, at great inconvenience to the parties involved.

The attached quote from an established and reputable business, Border Canvas, is the lowest negotiated with various competitors, and represents a very reasonable investment to install canvased roll-up covers on both sides, as it will be done at cost by the supplier. The target amount to be raised is R59 000. Once the entertainment area is fully covered, the outdoor play facility will also be usable during periods of rain and functions can be planned without the risk of cancellations.

Thank you in advance for partnering with us in this worthy cause. To see some pictures, please click here:

Appeal 2025 | Bread on the water

To make a donation now, please click here: DONATE | Heart for Children

Yours in Christ,

Philip Nicholson

Board Member

+27834114785, East-London

It is time for Christmas carols!

In the past we used to send all our donors and sponsors a small gift around this time of the year, usually a CD with Christmas songs and carols, hoping in turn to get an (extra) donation for the children and the ministry. Afterall, Christmas is the season of giving!! How times have changed. The ‘post’ has all but disappeared and I wonder if people still know what a CD is…. anyway, we just have to adapt to the circumstances, not so?

In our house, Christmas does not pass without us listening to the CD:  “The Christmas Way” by the Oslo Gospel choir! I so much want to share this with you now. I am sure that any copyrights on this have come to an end, which means that we can freely pass this on now. I hope you are able to take the time to listen to this on your device with your earphones and your eyes closed. Just click on the small arrow left in the red box. If you are (also) blessed, like we are every year, please send us your (extra) donation for the benefit of our orphans and abandoned children:

DONATE | Heart for Children

We are grateful for any amount you can afford to give!

(In addition to our own homes that we are supporting, as a special project for next year, we also want to try and give some substantial support to the Guardians of Hope in East-London. This is a safe house for babies and very small children. See video further on).

 

Christmas Carols

by the Oslo Gospel Choir | The Christmas Way

Drive safely, enjoy the festive season and stay blessed! 

Annette  0834696875

Henry      0836297690