We did it!!! Altogether we collected R200000 for the solar/gas project for the Rehoboth Children’s Village in Murchison near Port Shepstone. On behalf of the children of the village, I would like to thank everyone who helped us to realize this fantastic goal. 100000x thanks to Hart voor Kinderen in the Netherlands who kept their promise to match our fund-raising effort here in South Africa Rand for Rand. Then, a special word of thanks to all of you who made sizeable contributions for this project: Hatfield Christian Church, Savannah Chemicals and John B. We also want to thank Christine, Alida, Deon, Hanli, Thiru, Hazel, George, Karin, Annetjie, Ingrid and Yvonne for making extra contributions for this project. May God bless you richly for your superb generosity.

The next step would be for Heart for Children (Henry & Annette) to consult with the founders of the Rehoboth’s Children Village, namely Alfonse and Yvonne van Galen, to determine how best to utilize the funds that we have now available for them. They are such lovely people. The goal would be for Rehoboth to become as near as possible to total independence from Eskom power. Priority should perhaps be given to putting all the children’s homes on gas cooking. Then, for the remainder, we are looking at various solar applications. I heard that it might be cheaper to build a field with solar panels for the whole village rather than to put up solar at each of the individual homes – this would be something worth investigating. Perhaps there are some consulting engineers amongst us who are willing to help by giving a free consultation to see exactly what they have in place already and what best can be done with the available funds? Or perhaps you know a friend whom you could ask to help us out here? Please let us know, and then, God willing, we can decide to visit the village at some time soon.

Whatever happens, obviously we will keep all of you informed and make some pictures for you to show the progress being made! Wishing you God’s richest blessings,

Henry and Annette Pool

Cel. +27836297690

E-mail: henrypool7@gmail.com

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On behalf of the children in the Rehoboth Children’s Village in Murchison, KZN, (nearby Port Shepstone), I just want to say: thank you, thank you, thank you!  

We received a terrific response from you to our request to help this orphanage to beat ESKOM loadshedding which is paralyzing the activities within the village. I know some of you made a real sacrifice.

As explained in our previous newsletter (click here):

Summer Newsletter: Special Appeal | Bread on the water

we would like to supply a gas stove (+ 2 gas bottles) to all the children’s homes in this village for cooking, and if possible, also provide all homes with enough solar power for lighting. So far, we have collected R78300!  Remember (as explained in the PS in the above newsletter), this amount will be doubled by Hart voor Kinderen in the Netherlands. That means we are now standing at R156600!!!  The promise of the double-up by Hart voor Kinderen (NL) is limited to an amount of R100000. We have noticed that some of you have indicated that they would still want to continue giving something extra in the future but are not able to do so now. We therefore decided to keep our project running for a few more months, at least until the middle of March. Don’t you think it would be wonderful if we could reach a final total of at least R200000? It seems this target is now within our reach! If you would like to contribute, please click on:

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In the reference line please mention your name and surname and the word ‘solar’ so we know how to allocate your (extra) donation. Overseas donors: please contact me at henrypool7@gmail.com.

To say thank you to our donors who also have a business, we are very much willing to advertise your business via our page to honor our donors and sponsors:

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Please contact us via henrypool7@gmail.com if indeed you have donated, and if you would like the name of your business + contact address mentioned on our website. Don’t be shy!!

We wish you God’s richest blessings for the year ahead!

Henry and Annette Pool

Cel. 0836297690 (Henry)

Cel. 0834696875 (Annette)