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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VISIT TO SOUL SURVIVOR FESTIVAL
Our stay in the UK ended on a high note with a visit to Soul Survivor’s Momentum Festival at Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Although our time there was short, we reconnected with special friends of LIV and had the privilege of seeing Mike Pilavachi in action again. We arrived at the start of a ‘Hog [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Valentino hits it for 6!
We had the incredible privilege of seeing a young lady, Valentino Ndaba who has been on the Back To School program which is run by Lungisani Indlela in Amaoti achieve 6 distinctions with her matric results, and a remarkable 78% for maths. Her story has not always been one of hope and promise. Her mother [...]
Keegan Daniels visits the LIV school
Last week our senior primary class had a very special guest come and visit us! Keegan Daniels popped in to our class, and the boys were particularly excited to see him and immediately started asking him a hundred questions about rugby! Keegan was able to hang out with the students and spent time touring the village. [...]
Christmas at the Village!
It started at the celebration service where the children sang ‘Away in a Manger’ followed by a very authentic nativity play of the birth of baby Jesus, presented by the children and Mama Frances. We had the privilege of joining the mothers and children for Christmas lunch in the first cluster, with John and Sue [...]
LIV School Ushaka trip
As the LIV School students boarded the bus and sang songs all the way to Ushaka Marine World for their end of year special excursion, you could feel their excitement and anticipation in the air! Ushaka generously gave us complimentary tickets to enter the aquarium as well as the waterslides on Monday, Dec.5. The kids [...]
