Gods Golden Acre...In KwaZulu-Natal Heather Reynolds and her sculptor husband Patrick have established a community care centre for orphaned and abandoned children, where nearly 100 children find sanctuary from abuse, poverty, and starvation. The very sick can die with dignity.
Teams of volunteers risk danger distributing basic food supplies in the Valley of a Thousand Hills to ad hoc families, most headed by a granny or teenage girl. Each day they rub shoulders with death. 36% of the people in KwaZulu-Natal are infected with the HIV virus – the highest percentage of any area in Africa. For many dying mothers Heather is the last hope of rescue for their children. In the early years, Heather and Patrick dedicated their entire savings to the orphans and fighting the AIDS pandemic. They faced financial ruin, white and black prejudice, indifference, cruelty and a bureaucracy overwhelmed by need. Often there wasn’t enough to eat. Yet time and time again, through a series of miracles, and Heather’s resolute faith, donors stepped in, touched and challenged by the spirit of mawethu – Zulu for ‘Out Mother’. Brookfield Multiplex (Team GGA 2012) – Aleks Werno, Ben Coleman, Craig Taylor, Geraint Whalley, Nazura Nizamudin, Sophie Rainey, Angela Donnelly, Colin Grindlay, Theodoros Rantis |
Where we are on the map...
What we will be replacing....
The images below show the 'home' that GGA Team 2012 will be re-building for a family on our visit!
We hope the house we build in the two weeks will make a vast imnprovement to a familiy's life......
We hope the house we build in the two weeks will make a vast imnprovement to a familiy's life......