HOTDOGS August 13, 2009

On Saturday, August 8th, we sold Hotdogs in front of the local SPAR.  We modestly decided to only cater for 100 (for in case our families would have to eat wors for the next couple of weeks ) It proved to be a great success however and within an hour and a half, we sold out.  [...]

Boerewors rolle August 13, 2009

8 Augustus 2009 is daar boereworsrolle verkoop voor die plaaslike SPAR.  Ons het besluit om, aangesien dit die eerste keer is wat ons so iets doen, ons eers net 100 moet verkoop.  Vir ingeval ons gesinne vir die volgende paar weke slegs wors moet eet Die wors wat braai op die kole het egter vinnig ‘n [...]

Boemelaarsdans August 6, 2009

Ons eerste fondsinsameling was ‘n groot sukses. Ons het daarin geslaag om wins te maak van R 3343.00. Nie enorm nie, maar glad nie sleg vir ‘n eerste poging nie! Almal het die aand vreeslik geniet en het bewusmaking ‘n geweldige hupstoot gegee. Ons hoop om voort te bou op hierdie sukses.

Nathan Schoonraad 26/07/2005 – 30/07/2008 July 24, 2009

Everybody involved with A.R.K. is thinking of Carina, Richard and their boys with the anniversary of Nathan’s birth on 26 July (Sunday) and the anniversary of his death on 30 July. Not all of us knew Nathan personally, but he touched our lives in so many positive ways. We bow our heads in thankfulness for [...]

Little Angels – Projek een July 4, 2009

 Die weervoorspeller het hewige reen en koue toestande voorspel.  Ons het goeie weer nodig gehad om al ons take te kon verrig – en wonder bo wonder…is dit presies wat ons gehad het.  Geen reen, net heerlike sonskyn.  Ons het net voor 10:00 daar aangekom en aan die werk gespring.  Daar was heelwat herstelwerk wat [...]

Tracheostomy – the lesser of two evils? May 30, 2009

It was a pretty hectic two weeks for Anja.  As is the case with most profoundly disabled children, Anja’s airway deteriorated to the point where it became an emergency to provide her with an alternative airway.  Her doctor explained that the apnoea incidents will continue because her airway is obstructed – due to her floppy [...]

Little Angels – a project close to the heart May 30, 2009

Nestled under God’s wing, is a home for fourteen children.   All of them disabled in different degrees.   Thea Vermaas is mother to them. Some go home to their own families on weekends and holidays, but some live there permanently. Little Angels is not an institution.  It is not cold and clinical. It is a family [...]

Angel face April 21, 2009

Leon de Nyschen is from the Winterton area in KZN. He lives with his mom Kim, dad Gerhard, big sister Amy and two brothers, Brian and Matthew, on a farm. Leon was born developing normally, although he was small for his gestational age. At a few months old, he started having seizures. To date there [...]

Never ever judge a book by it’s cover… April 18, 2009

Leon gets his chair April 18, 2009

Leon is a gorgeous little boy with bouncey curls living in the Kwazulu Natal midlands. A beautiful part of the country. We don’t have permission yet to publish a photo of Leon, but we need to tell you about a group of people doing marvelous work. We recently asked in our newsletter for sponsorship for [...]