Visit our events page for more details, or find us on Facebook. It’d be great to see you there- only £2 a person!

So the film took me back to the warmth, the dust, the hecticness, the colours, the smells, the sights and the sounds of India. Maybe one day we’ll go back and experience it all again…

But enough about that. Nearly 5 years on from our trip, some of the boys in the Raffa Home are now 18 years old, and they’re starting to gear up to life in the big noisy world of their capital city. A couple of the boys, Chaman and Gein, have started working, and others are looking for jobs. They are already volunteering at the local church and helping out in the surrounding community. Watch this space for more updates from the boys on how they’re getting on with this new stage of life!

Doors from 7:30pm, come with a team or find one when you get there, entry is £2 per person. All proceeds go to our amazing causes!

We have seen an increase in regular giving which is particularly great, as this is the best way for us to plan ahead and ensure that the projects we support know how much money they’re getting from us each month! In fact, since Jan 2012 three new regular givers have joined the NNN family which is amazing! Thanks a million lovely people!

The great thing is that we’re always on the lookout for more people to donate on a regular basis to our work. Could you support our work in this way? It doesn’t have to be much- even a few quid each month will make a big difference to the lives of the children living in the Raffa Home and Tshwaranang. Get in touch to find out more!

A few changes have occurred over the past few weeks. They are currently looking for a new social worker – please pray that they find the right person for the role and that funding increases.

In other news, the house mother, Kim who has been at the home for nearly a year now has recently been in a car accident. She has broken her back and  undergone surgery. We hope that she fully recovers and is back with the children soon! I am sure they are missing her!

If you could keep them in your prayers during this difficult time, i’m sure they’d appreciate it.

However, in order to raise funds on the day we need to provide the event with at least 25 volunteers to hold buckets and collect money.

Details

Event: Peace in the Park

Date: 9th June 2012

Time: 12-8pm

Required: 25 volunteers to fundraise from 12-4pm or 4-8pm.

The idea is that the more people we have on the ground the more money we should make! At the least it will lighten the load of those already volunteering.

The local charity that is supported this year by Peace in the Park is CRESST, another very worthwhile charity.

So if you think that you or a friend could help us out then please let us know here!

Thanks for your continuing support. We are making a difference!

We are very excited to announce that we shall be the international charity supported at this year’s Peace in the Park.

Peace in the Park is an annual festival that promotes peace in a park! This year it is held at the Ponderosa in Sheffield on the 9th June. See more details here http://web.peaceinthepark.org.uk/

Last year Names not Numbers held a stall at the event to raise money and awareness through a tombola and sponge throwing. It was a great day, so we are looking forward to this year’s where we will have an even greater presence! We shall receive half of the donations that get collected on the day and last year that was £1250!

The local charity that they are also supporting is CRESST – check out their great cause here http://www.cresst.org.uk/

If you would like to help us on the day then that would be greatly appreciated – click here to get in contact.

Thank you for your continuing support and we hope that you can join us on the 9th June!

It is the beginning of Summer here, but so far you wouldn’t think  so. It has been very wet and cold, which of course has been blamed on us for bringing it!

We are still very much  finding our feet and meeting up with people, but the few items of news we’ve heard, have mostly been really positive.

Tsa Lapeng, which is the arts and crafts project setup in Makgolokoeng, is going from strength to strength. Their range of products has more than quadrupled and they are now supplying to many businesses in the area. Rheola’s, where we are staying, is having an arts and crafts festival from tomorrow, where all of their items will be displayed. It’ll be very difficult not to buy lots of their pretty creations.

I think the most exciting thing that has occurred in Tshwaranang, as we mentioned a few months ago, is the newly employed social worker Vanessa. We discovered that it is through our  and a few other large donations that this has been possible – so our work really is making a difference!

We’ve yet to go into Hope House as one of the children has mumps, but we are very much looking forward to hanging out with them. 10 of the children do not have families to go to for Christmas, so I imagine that they’ll be coming round to ours for films, presents and pizza!

The cards are being sold at £2.50 for a pack of 6, and we can post them out to you if you can’t collect (i.e. if you don’t live in Sheffield!). Please contact us to order yours today!

Postage and packaging costs are as follows:

1-3 packs – £3

4 packs- £4

5 packs- £5

More than 5 packs- please email us to discuss a price.