Things on Hope Farm have been busy but generally going well in 2009 so far. Thanks to the Golder Trust for Orphans, we have been able to make some progress on the development of our farm and take care of more children and people in our local community as a result.

Our plans for this year are to continue with all we have been doing and carry on saying yes to as many children as are brought to us for care giving.

Donations from the Golder Trust for Orphans have helped us:

1. Purchase a quad that makes it easier for Andrew to get around the farm quickly. 
2. Purchase a cow that has allowed us to produce milk for our kids. We now have several cows!
3. Purchase the equipment we needed to raise chickens. We are now selling frozen chickens to local grocery stores and benefiting from the income.

All the children who we have brought to the farm over the past year are thriving. Bethany, who was brought to us last year, is doing very well (see photo 2) and we have begun to see real progress in the development of the more abused children as well.

It is time to start a preschool on the farm for the small children. Rae home-schools all the children and we now need to build a separate building for the small children with a safe play area. We are looking for someone to help Rae teach the little ones. So far we have managed to dig and concrete the foundations. We are also going to make our home bigger so we can care for more children.

Many thanks to all Golder employees for your support of the Golder Trust for Orphans. Your help is invaluable to us!

1 - Entrance to Hope Farm   2 - Bethany is thriving!   3 – A new playground where local kids can play safely!   4 – Hope Farm frozen chicken, ready for market!   5 – Angela Scott from Golder’s Pietermaritzburg office visits Hope Farm   6 – Golder Trust for Orphans Quad!