by Annette Pool | Nov 28, 2018 | Donations
Guest post by Louis Pool (translated from Dutch to English).
I had always thought that to take care of each other, especially taking care of those who have a lot less than we do or who experience poverty due to fleeing from war or perhaps due to suffering some kind of injustice, was a command coming mostly coming from the New Testament. The other day, when I read the Poverty and Justice bible, I was surprised by the thoughts about the same subject also communicated in the Old Testament; e.g. reading from Deut. 24:14, many ages before Christ. Moses specifically called on his people to take care of the poor. Special mention is made of the needy, the foreigners and the widows. Note Deut. 24:19: ‘When you are harvesting in your field, and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands’ .
What Moses really says is let part of your harvest [income] go to the poor, and in doing so: you won’t even miss whatever you leave aside for the poor, because God will be good for you. This is a principle of mutual advantage that goes back many millennia.
I have always been intrigued by Jesus’ story of the merciful Samaritan. For a long time, I always thought that our neighbour must be the person who is sick, or who is hungry, or who has been wounded and who might die; and that it is our duty to care for our neighbour. But looking carefully at the story, note that Jesus points to the Samaritan as being the neighbour. He was the only one who cared for the person who was robbed and left for dead at the side of the road. Looking at it this way, I had to ask myself the question: For whom can I be the merciful Samaritan? For whom can I be a neighbour?
For the past ten years, we [Heart for Children] felt compelled to help orphaned, vulnerable and/or abandoned children in the poorer parts of the world. In fact, we helped hundreds of them. These are mostly children whose circumstances in life without any assistance are extremely difficult. Thanks to the regular support from Heart for Children we were able to give some children a chance to a better life.
This Christmas, we want to give thanks to all the Samaritans of Heart for Children who have a heart for the abandoned and orphaned children in the world!
by Annette Pool | Sep 17, 2018 | Donations
We are pleased to inform our donors that we received almost R26 000 (including R5000 received from the “MyMostBeautiful” competition) which enabled RCH to buy 2 top loader washing machines, 2 tumble dryers, 2 electric stoves, 2 micro wave ovens, and 1 fridge! Thank you for your support!!
We also received a donation of clothes for RCH, which are highly appreciated!
Your continued support assists Heart for Children to provide assistance to organisations such as RCH to care for orphaned and abandoned children.
by Annette Pool | Jul 24, 2018 | Donations
The Rehoboth Children’s Village is in dire need of new fridges and washing machines. We would like to sponsor the homes with new appliances and request your donations to Heart for Children. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please indicate Rehoboth with your surname in the reference line.
by Henry Pool | Jul 17, 2018 | Donations
I am sure you remember that last year our Heart for Children foundation received R10000 from the My Most Beautiful competition which was used to start helping the King’s Children Home near East London with a monthly donation of R6000 for baby food and nappies and other supplies.
This year we again ask for the help from MyMostBeautiful, namely for the Rehoboth children’s village near Port Shepstone. They take care of about 80 children of which 75% are HIV positive. These are usually the type of children that nobody really wants, not even for adoption…. I hope you understand why we want to help them?
Five of the 16 homes are sponsored every month by Heart for Children in the Netherlands. Heart for Children (South Africa) is also considering sponsoring one of their homes in the future, if our finances will permit this.
For immediate help:
1) we noticed that they need new fridges and washing machines as the ones they now have are very old and worn.
Perhaps for later:
2) we noticed that they have a good source of spa water and they already started a bottling company (make: ‘Flourish’ spring water). The young adults that grew up in the village are at work in this plant and it provides the village with some real income to keep them going. However, many of the customers are requesting sparkling water as well, and so, to expand their operation, they need a carbonizing plant to be able to also provide the sparkling spa ‘red’
To help us help the Rehoboth Children’s village we ask you to consider making an (extra?) donation to Heart for Children with the mention of the word: Rehoboth, together with your surname in the reference line.
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