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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

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

At LIV we celebrate family. We celebrate the different people who live on the village, we celebrate the gifts and talents we have been given by our Maker and we celebrate our Father in heaven who makes everything we do possible. On Saturday 19th May, our children had the opportunity to invite their extended familyRead 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

LIV Village, in association with Ethekwini Municipality, hosted the Fun in Reading event on the 7th of March 2018. The statistics for illiteracy in South Africa are worrying indeed. The Fun in Reading programme aims to cultivate a love for reading from an early age. A mobile library keeps children busy for hours and by means of interactivelyRead more

On Friday the 2nd of March Unilever with their Sustainable Living Programme came to visit LIV School. The day was an overwhelming success with the students not only enjoying themselves but, in the process, also learning a lot. The programme was split into two different categories; “The Dove Programme” and “The Lifebouy Programme.” The DoveRead more

2018 is a big year for LIV Village. Not only is it the 21st year since the vision was given to Tich Smith in 1997, but it is the 7th year since we welcomed our first moms and kids to the village and the first year that we will be having matriculates on the desksRead more

This year LIV hosted a Christmas Celebration on 2nd December. It was a special day for LIV, as it was an opportunity for us to show our donors just how much we value them, as well as giving them the chance to see the children they help raise. We were so excited to see soRead more

With the end of the school year comes our annual LIV School Prize-giving. This event took place on the 6th of December 2017. The heart of our teaching staff is to recognise not just academic achievement of our students but also the progress that many have made over the year. In our junior classes weRead more