Things have been so busy that I haven’t gotten to sharing the latest sleep over news with all of you. Two very patient boys from the Fikelela Child and Youth Care Centre in Khayelitsha near Cape Town were very excited to finally be coming on their sleep over with us. Things had been a bit topsy-turvy with my dad passing away and so they weren’t quite sure when it was their turn until
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It’s almost time for the next sleep over and I haven’t told you about the last one yet! The three boys (from Fikelela Child and Youth Care Centre) were very impressed that we arrived in a different car and couldn’t wait to get going. The weather was surprisingly nice, so we decided to go to Root 44 market which has a lovely play area for the children. Soccer, jungle gyms, mini
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UPDATE as of December 1st 2018:
The City of Cape Town will lower water restrictions from Level 5 to Level 3 from the 1st
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One of the projects we work closely with is Fikelela Children’s Home in Khayelitsha. Fikelela is a registered place of safety that cares for young children that have been abandoned, orphaned, neglected
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Not many of us devote enough time to reducing our plastic footprint, perhaps because most of us aren't aware of the impact our discarded plastics have on the environment, and in particular, the ocean. As humans, we use over 300 million tons of new plastic every year, half of which we use only once. Eight million tons of this plastic waste ends up in the ocean.
For 2018, estimates show that
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