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#56 Rebuild before Christmas!
We have begun rebuilding work at the Kingdom Kids Edu-Care Centre in Sir Lowry's Pass. The kindergarten will have a solid stone wall to protect it from future floods. Dear Friends of Golden Sunbeams A short update to our last newsletter in October, in which we...
Newsletter #55 Stormy times at the Cape!
The children from Loflands Day-Care Centre and the principal June are very happy that the new wall finally provides warmth and dryness. Dear Friends of Golden Sunbeams We would have liked to once again send happy news from Cape Town across the African continent and...
Newsletter #54 Sponsorships can be so important…!
A photo of our godchild Nazeem from his relatively happy and carefree childhood. Dear Friends of Golden Sunbeams For the last four years, we have reported on and off about the twins Liam and Liza and their friend Nazeem. A quick look back: At the...
Newsletter #53 “We feel safe again!”
We and all the children and kindergarten teachers from Great Beginning are happy with the new, beautiful entrance door and the extended wall. Dear Friends of Golden Sunbeams Great Beginning, our kindergarten in the Asanda Village township, run by the hard-working...
Newsletter #52 Freak Weather at the Cape!
On the morning of June 14, 2023, the Somerset West electricity substation was flooded. The green cross marks our Kindergarten Playway Pre-Primary School, which was badly affected by the flooding. Dear Friends of Golden Sunbeams, This year's winter brought capricious...
Golden Sunbeams Blog
Pia’s report
"After my FSJ (voluntary social year) I really wanted to go abroad, but I had no definite idea. Through Lia I came across Golden Sunbeams by chance and I was immediately inspired by her stories (note: we reported in newsletter # 24 from February 17th, 2021 about Lia...
C. Hahn’s report
I was very fortunate to spend almost two months as a volunteer in South Africa. I was able to takemany exciting and formative experiences with me from this time. I would like to go into that a littlebit here. I owe the opportunity to take part in this great project to...
Lia & Elena Report
We had planned to travel to South Africa as volunteers after graduating from high school for a long time. The departure date was getting closer and closer and our worries that we would not be able to start our trip due to the Corona situation became even bigger. At...
Elena’s report!
For a really long time now, it has always been my dream to travel to South Africa after I finish school. In September 2019 this dream became reality when I flew to Cape Town, to stay for seven months. It was very important for me to stay this long, because I really...
My volunteer experience in South Africa
For a really long time now, it has always been my dream to travel to South Africa after I finish school. In september 2019 this dream became reality when I flew to Cape Town, to stay for seven months. It was very important for me to stay this long, because I really...