December 2006 Update

Another Trip to South Africa for Dorothy - took place in October, 2006. After 2 day delay in Atlanta, I arrived in Durban, SA.

It was so wonderful to see the children again. Some of them spied me on the playground as they returned from School, and I could hear them shouting and cheering from the combi (bus). I went right to work claiming a new office space, straightening up the Khayelihle Library and assessing the damage that a year will bring. Things were actually in pretty good shape. Then we purchased and installed three computers and a printer at that location.

The children were amazing as they used the new computers for the first time. Many of them had computer experience in school and wanted to run educational programming and other learning software. Others just wanted to type their names. Seeing the older ones helping the younger ones (with patience) brought tears to my eyes. I will be sending them some new titles soon.

Then I moved to my second project - A Life Skills Library (Actually its called the 'Sunset Rotary' Life Skills Library and Resource Center). It's a center for 16 - 25 year olds to learn about many of the skills necessary for their own personal advancement. Subjects such as Child Development, Health and Safety, Maturation, etc. are in this center int the form of books, computer programs and DVD's. For this project we even remodeled a building!

I got home just before Thanksgiving after another 20 hours in Atlanta due to weather problems.

Thanks for reading this update: Stay in touch. Dorothy