Letter 1

We received our first mail from Africa the beginning of August. Inside was a photo, information about the area Iphamna lives in, our first letter, and a glance at what Iphamna's world looks like.

Iphamna

Age:  1 year.

Enjoys:  Playing with toys.
Health:  Excellent!
Spiritual Nature:  Is a church goer with his mother.

MBASHE Area Development Programme

Dear Friends

Greetings to you and your family from Mbashe Area Development Programme.

We are pleased to get and opportunity to meet you and the interest that you have shown to our community. We trust and hope this will be beginning of great things to come for our disadvantaged community.

The past year in Mbashe ADP:

We started the year off with meeting from different villages where the community welcomed us as a Christian organization focused on community development. We also received a warm welcome from government officials and departments showing their willingness to work with World Vision in order to develop Mbashe Area.

The past year in Mbashe ADP a year of education the community and recruiting children for sponsorship programme. Mbashe ADP managed to carry out the registration process with great success, parents showing interest and cooperation during the process.

Mbashe Municipality was unfortunate to have a tornado which destroyed some of the homes and damaged community property. World Vision was able to bring in smiles to those families as Mbashe ADP assisted the local municipality, district municipality and provincial government in helping the families with relief during the disaster period.

Best Regards.

Letter from Iphamna

Dear Sponsor (Taylor and Frankie)


I'm Iphamna's Mother.  I'm writing this letter on behalf of him because he can't write yet, is still young.  He is a one year old boy.  He is not in school yet, is still young.  He likes playing toys.  His parents are both not working. 


He is staying at Tyolm location in the District of Idutywa at the province of Enstern Cape where our former presidents were born Mr. Nelson Mandela and Mr. Thabd Mbeki.


In Summer is very hot and raining here. We also plant some maize and vegetables.  In winter is very cold and windy.  We also harvest some maize.  


Thank you for sponsoring my child.  May God bless you.  


From: Iphamna and Mother
Assisted By:  World Vision's Child Monitor




We are so excited to start receiving mail from Iphamna and his family and can not believe how much he has grown since seeing his first photo!  His birthday was coming up so we went out a got Iphamna a few things...  A blanket, some stickers, some clothes, a few photos of us and a sign that said Happy Birthday in his language.