4 January 2008: Our Spiritual Supporter Member and patient Angela Aralandi died. Father Gérard celebrated her Requiem Mass on 7 January 2008 at Blessed Gérard's Church.
4 January 2008: Our Spiritual Supporter Member and patient
Angela Aralandi
died. Father Gérard
celebrated her Requiem Mass on 7 January 2008
at Blessed
Gérard's Church.
11 January 2008: 2230 hrs: Blessed Gérard's
Children's Home is full again. The last vacancy was taken over
by Mbali Susanna - as we called her -
today. Mbali's
mother had visited her ex-boyfriend, laid Mbali onto his
bed and disappeared. According to the police report the boyfriend has no idea
where his ex-girlfriend stays now, whether or not he is the real father and he
is in no position to look after the child because he has neither an income nor
knows how to deal with a new born. The police had sent him to the government
social workers and the social worker simply told him that she could not help him
either. So it is us again, who - for the child's sake - are prepared to look
after her and we fell in love with her at an instant. How else could it be?
16 January 2008: Back to school (The
academic year starts in January in South Africa). The
children of Blessed Gérard's Children's home are on their way to school.
17 January 2008: Mbali visits Father.
21 January 2008: We celebrate Susanne Stauffer's
birthday.
23 January 2008: RHI Refractories opened a large factory in
iSithebe. They handed over a cheque for R220,000.00
(22.000,-- Euro) at the occasion of the opening as a
first instalment to pay for the new
Offices
and
staff
accommodation as part of our
Extensions to Blessed Gérard's Care
Centre. See:
RHI-PA_Isithebe_250108_e,
Blessed Gérard blessed by foreign investor,
24 January 2008: Meeting of the Dedicated Members.
26 January - 9 February 2008: Father Gérard gives a HAART Information Course to prepare AIDS-Patients, their relatives and supporters for antiretroviral treatment.
28 January 2008: Johan Viljoen, der project coordinator of the antiretroviral treatment programme of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference come for a visit to finalise our budget for 1.3.2008 - 28.2.2009. He has a great plan in his heart how he could possibly fundraise for us in big style in his private capacity.
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