Merry Christmas and Thank you
We currently have Claudia volunteering
with us. Claudia won the round the world
volunteering competition for GVI and has spent almost a year travelling from
project to project. Cape Town is her final project.
Claudia was kind enough to share some photos of her greatest
moments of the past year, what an amazing time she has had! As I was watching her presentation, It really
brought to light that as we are heads down and busy here on our projects, so
too are volunteers and staff on every other GVI project around the world. I’m
sure every project some great stories from the year.
Summing up a whole year in Cape Town is really
difficult. For every big achievement
such as developing our Sensory Room for children with Special Needs , constructing
paths at Grade R, or completing an amazing three day Charity Challenge, there
are achievements that happen day in and day out on our projects. Achievements such as a child learning to
write her name, speaking their first sentence or reading their first word or a local staff member asking us to share our lesson ideas with her are the achievements we
cherish as much as anything. These are the small steps that lead us to our
goals.
Of course, here in South Africa, the most significant event
of the year was the passing of Nelson Mandela. He will continue to inspire us
in the future. He once said,
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we
have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will
determine the significance of the life we lead.”
To all our volunteers
and staff who have made great contributions to the Cape Town projects in 2013
we say thank you. There have been some
fantastic achievements and we have had lots of fun along the way.
We say thank you and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the very best for
2014.
You will get to see a new platform for our blogs in 2014, so
stay posted for more details.
Seasons Greetings,
The Cape Town team
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