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A big thank you to Indwe Risk Services for their generous contribution to the Botshabelo Babies Home! Indwe Risk Services wrote the following article for the Midrand Reporter:

Botshabelo longs to see Zimbabwe restored through the love of God. We have made every effort to peacefully assist the people of Zimbabwe through relationship and resource support. Botshabelo does not support the 'liberation' of Zimbabwe through any 'arms struggle' or the taking up of arms to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe.  Please partner with us as we pray for the leaders and the people of Zimbabwe. May God's kingdom be established in Zimbabwe!

Our most recent newsletter is attached as a pdf.

This morning we got a donation from Pick 'n Pay through Highveld Stereo . Celebration!

The Botshabelo Newsletter for September/October is now available!
Printed versions are available from the Botshabelo office.

Click below to download the newsletter as a pdf.

Our prayer for the Babies Home has always been to see our children in families, however we have found ourselves in a situation where many of the children in our care have been with us for over two years. At the beginning of the year we decided to wait on God for a new way of doing things, trusting Him to place our children in families. As always God is faithful and we believe that we are seeing the beginning of breakthrough for the Babies Home and for the children in our care.

After seeing and hearing about foster care and knowing children who need parents, Botshabelo decided to host a Foster Care Workshop in July.

The foster care workshop covered many topics in order to bring awareness.  The topics included; legal issues, the differences between respite care and permanent foster care, training opportunities and support groups.

There are many options and choices available for families interested in welcoming a child into their home on a permanent or short term basis.  

Last year while visiting the Botshabelo children in their home, I had an idea to set up a “playschool” for them. Something that would add to the already rich and solid foundation being built into their lives. A place “away” from their home where they could have educational play, learn life skills and use their senses to learn about their world.

Since I have been working at Botshabelo my life has changed in many ways.
Firstly, like an infant, allowing others to speak into my life has helped me to grow.
Secondly, my love to take care of the children in the Babies Home has made me stretch out my heart. Lastly, interpersonal skills has helped me relate and mix with people without being afraid of humiliation. I am encouraged when using my creativity; to bring out joy and peace into the lives of the children.

Busisiwe Mokonene | Caregiver

We were recently blessed with a fully-catered breakfast for 40 people donated by Curious Pictures. For the occasion we invited everyone we could think of, combining Botshabelo and Covenant Life Church staff. The caterers were very late, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it gave us all a wonderful opportunity to socialize (not about work!). Talking turned into singing and dancing. Those we formerly thought to be shy and reserved broke out, leading us all in impressive dance moves!