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LIV4Change is a 6-month discipleship school focusing on identity, vision and serving LIV and the local community. This year 16 young adults from across the UK, Germany and South Africa came to the village to serve and learn more about Christ and the calling he has laid on their lives. The first three months areRead more

On Friday 30 November, LIV School gathered for our final assembly and prize giving. It proved to be a morning of great celebration as we honoured the hard work of children and teachers, saying goodbye to our six matric learners as well as a few teachers leaving us. The guest speaker of the day wasRead more

On the 27th of November LIV hosted a beautiful dinner for our six matriculants who are about to embark on exciting journeys into adulthood. Four of our learners will be joining tertiary education institutions in 2019 while two will be serving as interns in churches in Umhlanga and Birmingham. The evening was to celebrate theseRead more

There is always a tangible excitement in the air whenever The Sharks visit LIV Village. The Sharks Rugby Team has been a major partner of LIV since 2012. These rugby players often open their hearts to LIV, in many different ways. On the 2nd of October, the Currie Cup squad visited the village for a trainingRead more

At LIV Village, sport forms a major part of the holistic approach to restore our children’s lives and the sport coaches play a vital role in the healing process by supporting the children through encouragement to persevere and work hard. The LIV Girls’ Basketball Teams are particularly causing a stir in the KZN league’s circles.Read more

A group of our LIV children have had the great privilege of joining a monthly children’s event, Kids United, running between April and October. The vision of Kids United is to see children from different schools, churches and backgrounds come together to worship Jesus and learn about the unique way God made each one. AsRead more

LIV Village is 100% reliant on donors and sponsors and feel strongly about looking after those who have been loyally supporting our vision for so many years. Our donors are truly part of LIV and we are so grateful for the way they buy into vision. We had the privilege to welcome them to ourRead more

A campaign that aligns closely with the heart of LIV is National Child Protection Week, running from the 27 May until 3 June 2018. The focus of this week is to increase awareness about the rights of all children in our nation and highlight the measures we can take to ensure that children are protectedRead more

In 1997 God gave former Protea cricketer, Tich Smith, a vision to build a village for orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa. A village where they will have a safe place to stay, a mother who loves them, food to eat, a school to educate them and where they will come to know GodRead more

On Friday 13 April, under the beautiful KwaZulu Natal sun, the children of LIV School had a very competitive morning of swimming at Verulam Swimming Pool . There was much joy and laughter as the ECD and foundation phase children did their best in a range of different races. They had a float race, aRead more