Philani concert

Yesterday we were treated to a concert done by the Philani children. The theme of the day was Zulu tribal wear meets nativity play. They danced and sang beautifully, even a fair share of rain didn't put a damper on the occasion!

Christmas concert

The children at Philani are practising for their end of year concert. The concert takes place on Sunday 12 December, 2Pm at Philani. All are invited to come and watch.

Wembley at Philani

This week we have the Gr 10 class from Wembley visiting at Philani. They are helping us planting, painting and doing activities with the children.

One of the children's favorate songs to sing is "the more we work together the happier we'll be" and this is obvious as Philani this week, with so much getting done and smiles all round from the children and staff.

Biker dudes!

Here are our very own Philani creche biker dudes! The bikes were given to the children a few weeks ago and they have become a defenate favorate!

Birthday smiles :)

This is Andile, she is one of our creche children. She celebrated her 4th birthday yesterday by bringing cake to share with her class.

Baby care

 Our new baby care was opened today! The babies loved exploring their new rooms. In the week we will start to receive a few new little ones.

Pannar paints!

 Our new baby care was painted, decorated and furnished today! Thank you to Pannar for all their hard work and gifts!

Grass planting

The spring rains have finally arrived and we took the opportunity to start planting grass.

"Let the fields and their crops burst forth with joy!" 1Chron16v32

Last week Thursday a volunteer started a arts and crafts group with some of the grannies in Lindelani. They loved being able to work with their hands and enjoy a cup of tea and cake!

Babies dancing!

God of this city (Lindelani :)

MOVE!!!!!

On Saturday Philani moved! We had many helpers, building, moving, unpacking and making mud buildings. The new spot is much bigger and we have already been able to expand so much!

Bafana Bafana

Today at Philani we celebrated the upcoming soccer world cup! Wembley school visited and the children painted South African flags, made mari-biscuit soccer balls and had fun face-painting!

Classrooms are up!

The classrooms were finished on Friday, we now just have to put the last finishing touches onto the building. The big move is happening on Saturday, we can't wait to get settled in!!!

Land Prep!

Last week the site of land at Lindelani was cleared and prepared for the upcomming move!

New Land

This is a Map of the new piece of land that we are going to be using to build Philani Canter on. We are going to move to it next month. At the moment we are busy shaping the land and connecting water and electricity!

Beach outing

On the last day of term we went on an outing to the beach. The day started early, with a bus drip down to the coast. The children were a bit nervous of the sea at first but before long they were shrieking with laughter and playing in the waves on the shore.

Wooden house

We were given exciting news this week, the Umvoti municipality has donated this wooden house for us to use at Lindelani. It needs a bit of restoration, but once we have replaced windows and doors and given it a few layers of varnish, it is going to be ideal for new classrooms and the baby care!

I love you Jesus!

This is a video clip that we took on Friday afternoon, two of the babies from Philani joined their older brother in singing and dancing, it is very cute and worth watching!

Khehla

This is a Khehla who has been attending Philani creche for the past two years. He is known for his mischievous smile and warm hugs. This week his mother shaved his hair into the form of the South African falg! :)

Nontobeko

This is 9mth old Nontobeko! She started at Philani when she was only a month old.
We have seen her grow in leaps and bounds, she is such a joy and is full of laughs and smiles! This week she got her first teeth!

Landy

This is our newest team member "Craig". He was kindly given to us to use in Lindelani. He is going to become a very vital part of the team and a big help!

2010

Philani creche started last week, the teachers welcomed a bunch of new little faces, that were excited to start with preschool for the first time! The first week has been packed with singing, dancing and learning about shapes, colours and numbers for these little ones :)