Exciting Times

Shoebox Homes has had lots of exciting experiences of late: Here's an overview:

• Free Range Films have been filming our work for a documentary to go on SABC.
• Next week CNN will be filming Tsai and the beds too!
• We have had discussions regarding funding from some churches in the UK and in Cape Town. We hope to deliver seven new beds to their project in the next month.

Watch this space for further developments!

Care for Kids Part Three - Completion!

Last week we installed the final bed unit with the Care for Kids programme. This bunk bed, sponsored by the Ackerman Pick n Pay Foundation, went to the Plaatjies family in Khayelitsha.

The Plaatjies home (a shack) was initially too small for the bed. However, the Care for Kids team supported the family in extending the home. The bed now fits and the house is bigger!

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Care for Kids Part Two

Two more families, both supported by Care for Kids, received their beds this week. Care for Kids appears to be an awesome organisation that is well managed and having a big impact on orphans and vulnerable children across Cape Town.

The Gunuza Family
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The Ruiters' Family
The second family has a particularly exciting story. Their church community decided to add to the donation of the bed and redecorate the childrens' bedroom! It looks stunning with bright lime green walls and colourful fairy-tale curtains.

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Care for Kids

This week we began a new project with Care for Kids, an organisation that supports churches looking after orphans and vulnerable children. Care for Kids is run from The Warehouse, a trust in Wynberg, Cape Town that forms the social-outreach arm of St John's Parish.

Together with Care for Kids, Shoebox Homes is installing beds in five different home across Cape Town. It's been a great week and we have met some wonderful and grateful people. The first two homes received their beds this week:

1. The Beukes Family, Gugulethu.




2. The Mabanga Family, Mxengi.

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