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LIV UK has been officially registered as a UK charity and was launched on 14 August at a very special function.
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On 11th July, we took all the LIV Children into the Cottonlands Community to hand out blankets and other items to the community. As we raise our children as leaders of our nation, we need to raise them up as leaders who are conscious of the need to give.
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A number of South African sportsmen show their support for LIV Village by wearing one of our wristbands.
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At the back of their T Shirts it says “helping from the heart” and that is exactly what FNB staff have done at the LIV Village. They have begun to raise funds towards the cost of a LIV home on the village. And today handed over a cheque of R100 000.00 to us. They have committed to raising the full amount of R300 000.00 this year.
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2011
On Monday 21 March, Human Rights Day in South Africa, Charlotte and Le-anne organised a mini-banquet at the Voortrekker Monument for 140 guests, to share the vision of LIV, and to raise financial support for themselves.
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There is no other way to describe Saturday night’s event. It will be remembered for years to come, as the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, the Drakensberg Boys Choir and the Watoto Children’s Choir, performed their hearts out and kept the full house of over 1 000 people absolutely spellbound for two and a half hours.
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There was great excitement at LIV as our KZN Premier, Dr Zweli Mkize, came to see the village on Friday. Tich and the Premier discussed the vision to, not only support the widows and vulnerable children, but to also create jobs and skills training for members of the local community, as part of LIV’s sustainability program. The Premier expressed his belief that this model was the answer for the country.
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Memories are made of special moments in time, and the Watoto choir visiting the LIV village was one of those moments that we will remember for a long time.
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Sunday 10th July marks a special date in the LIV calendar as over 300 people gathered together in the village hall to celebrate the handing over of the church from Derrick Gumede to Elliot Sonjica.
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July 2011: The past few weeks we have been humbled as we have witnessed people, from every walk of life, rally to help us prepare for the arrival of the mothers and children.
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Each year Soul Action send teams of young people to Durban for short term and long term stays. A group of ten paid us a visit, last week Wednesday, to see what was happening on the farm. This group are here as part of their “SOUL IN THE CITY” 2 week programme to go and serve cities around the world. Durban have been blessed to have had them for 2 years running.
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2 Aug 2011 The past few weeks we have been humbled as we have witnessed people, from every walk of life, rally to help us prepare for the arrival of the mothers and children.
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On Woman's Day 2011 5 of our mothers with 3 of their own children arrived on the farm, with all their belongings, to move into their new homes on the village. It was a day we have dreamed about for 13 years! To experience it is beyond words.
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The Robin Good Initiative have a very specific mission in terms of aiding the destitute. Their purpose is simply expressed. “Source the excess of our nation and distribute this amongst the poor, whoever they are and wherever they may be found.” They worked in conjunction with Mango Airlines and IQ Consulting Group Feeding Scheme. A wormery was built, which will facilitate compost and manure being made, as well as good recycling practices being utilised by the mothers on the village in the future.
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December 2011: We had the privilege of joining the mothers and children for Christmas lunch in the first cluster, with John and Sue Rich and their 2 children and joined by our daughter, Kate, Curtis and our 2 grandsons.
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2010
A huge thank you to Luis Rodrigues from Morgado Plant for giving us a bulldozer and driver to lay out the sites for the first 16 houses.
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Claire and Monica, our very brave English and Norwegian volunteers, along with the Soul Action team, took Sandile, Dolly and Phumlane to the Durban beach front Fan Park to watch Bafana Bafana play France.
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July 2010: Our 6 mothers who have been in training for the past month, visited the farm for the first time. This was a very special moment for all of us as they came to see where they would be spending the rest of their lives.
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During their 6 day stay the team travelled out to the LIV farm to minister into the community around the farm. The children shrieked with delight when the ‘clowns’ came running in.
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Oct 2010: This weekend was one of those moments for us, as we took 12 of our mothers away for two days, to do some intense personal training and bonding.
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17 Aug 2010: During the evening service/celebration time (held in a very ‘Big Top’ marquee), and after the most incredible praise and worship, Mike ‘interviewed’ us about the progress in Amaoti and the village.
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LIV Flowers is one of the largest cut flower producers in South Africa, and specialises in producing hydroponically grown Anthurium, Gerbera, and Ruscus under greenhouses for the local market (mainly Gauteng).
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24 August 2010: On a beautiful Sunday afternoon LIV hosted a soccer tournament for the neighbouring Cottonlands (Mahlabathini) community. This forms part of LIV’s vision to embrace our neighbours.
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The staff and volunteers of LIV gathered together to, literally, bury the word of God into the foundations of our first home, as the concrete was poured.
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16 Nov 2010: This week we want to say a HUGE thank you to all the staff from Sanlam who rose to the challenge laid down by their company, with the latter committing to double whatever the staff were able to raise.
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We had the privilege of having Gary Skinner, the Founder of the Watoto villages in Uganda, visit us this past week, along with Alan Penry, Watoto CEO, and Brent from Ohio, USA, who is an active Watoto board member.
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