We propose to provide maximal support in the community
for orphaned children. This will be done by identifying, empowering
and supervising volunteers in the community and extended family members
to run day care centers and to provide orphanage care. We intend to
instill in the orphans skills and values that will enable them to
stay free from HIV and to become responsible members of society. It is also our vision to bring each child to a living personal relationship with Christ.
Dr. Albertus Van Eeden
Committee Executive Officer
February 22, 2006
On January 3, 2006, six graduate students from Columbia University embarked on a two-day cross-continental voyage to the KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa....[more] |
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July 13, 2005
For the kids at the Schoemansdal Centre in Malelane the 26th of May will be remembered for the indescribable joy of sleeping on beds; for some of them for the first time ever....[more]
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July 12, 2005
The impetus for painting of the murals of the Malelane day care center was the result of a conversation with a few of the volunteers who had worked there taking care of the kids, and helped to establish the facility. ...[more]
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June 10, 2005
The months of February and March were exciting times at the Life Child orphanage in Schoemansdal, (a little town outside of Malelane). ABSA bank teamed up with Doctors For Life International to bring major improvements upon the site. Life Child currently has no electricity, plumbing, furniture, beds and one outdoor toilet. ..[more]
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June 9, 2005
What follows is a report from ABSA bank who started a project named Sizanane to raise funds for the orphans at the Doctors For Life International Life-Child Centre in Schoemansdal, Malelane....[more]
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June 6, 2005
Report from Patrick and Amanda in Harding
"Recently I used some old gang skills of mine that I never thought I would do again. It was an unusual day at our orphanage in Africa. " ..[more] |
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March 28, 2005
A while ago , DFL went on another monthly food delivery to the orphan centers Mthaleni, Esifuleni, and Wasbank. |
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February 8, 2005
On Saturday, December 18, 2004 ABSA Bank hosted a Christmas party for 28 AIDS orphans who are under the care of Doctors for Life International (DFL). The orphans are from 3 DFL centers and are located at Schoemansdal, Swaziland, and Steenbok. ...[more] |
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January, 2005
I recently was able to revisit Malelane. After not being there for a couple of months my heart melted to see all the children again.
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The following reports are written by 3 volunteers helping out at the DFL Home Based Care centre in Harding, Deemount. |
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November 17, 2004
Every month a driver takes the DFL truck over the green, scenic hills to deliver food supplies for four of the Life Child centres in KwaZulu Natal. The general dealers store, Metro from Greytown also recently denoted food supplies and blankets... |
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October 27, 2004
Stephen, Butch and a team of other USA volunteers helped with the construction at the Wasbank and Schoemansdal Life Child Day Care Centres. Stephen, who since returned home, wrote about their experiences... |
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August 3, 2004
Once a month, Life Child has to make the monthly rounds delivering food to some of the daycare centers. This takes place in the beginning of each month and it involves driving to a nearby town to purchase groceries that the orphans will need for the month and bringing it to their center...[more]
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July 25, 2004
On the 25 th of July 2004, a team of six from Doctors for Life’s head office attended a community resolution meeting at Malelane in Mpumalanga province. Dr. Albu van Eeden, the chief executive director of Doctors for Life, was part of the team. |
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