John Smit, former Springbok and Sharks Captain, has been a LIV Ambassador since the LIV Banquet in April 2010 and with the launch of his foundation, The John Smit Foundation, LIV was chosen as one of the beneficiaries to raise money and awareness. John hosted a rugby match, called Barney’s Army, with players from all [...]
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Our Volunteers stories
We are honoured to have two volunteers from the UK, Hannah Clark and Jonathan McCririe volunteering at LIV for a year. They joined the team last week and here is their story: Hannah Clark’s Story: Almost a year ago I felt God speaking to me about taking some time out from my medical training. I felt he wanted [...]
LIV UK Launch
LIV UK has been officially registered as a UK charity and was launched last Tuesday evening at a very special function. JWT and Barrows pulled out the red carpet and did LIV proud as they organized an evening to remember at their magnificent building at No 1, Knightsbridge Green, opposite Harrods, in London. The building [...]
July – a Month of Giving
The month of July was a busy and exciting month at LIV Village. The month kicked off with a mission team from Moving Into Action (MIA) who volunteered at the Village for a week. Please open the link to have a look at what MIA did at LIV Village. On 11th July, we took all the [...]
John Smit’s “Barney Army”
We are so privledged and blessed to have partnered with John Smit’s foundation – “Barney Army”. His foundation will be launched on Friday at Kings Park in a clash between The Sharks and “Barney’s Army”. “Barney” has assembled a world-class rugby team of international stars for his “army”. Smit was nicknamed Barney in his youth because [...]
‘Night of 1000 Banquets’ Breakfast
On the 8th of June, LIV hosted their “hosts” for a Night of 1000 Banquets breakfast at the village. The theme of the breakfast was an art display of the art which the very talented children on the village have worked on in the last two school terms. It was beautifully displayed by Miss Lee [...]
Kilometres for Kids
Kilometres for Kids …………… that is what the staff at Private Property will be doing to raise awareness and funds for the children at the LIV Village. A team of 9 runners will be going to the 2 Oceans Marathon in Cape Town over the Easter weekend in April, and running with the aim to [...]
Night of 1000 banquets on 5 Nov
Last minute calls are being made to get as many of you on board to host a ‘banquet’ in your home with your friends on the 5th November. You can still register on-line or email admin@liv-village.com. We have ‘hosts’ registered in the UK, USA, Norway, Australia, Holland, Switzerland and South Africa. As you know, in [...]
