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July
2009
IN MEMORY OF BONGANI
 On
Friday 3rd july 2009 at 5pm, Bongani slipped away peacefully. Last
month this little angel was holding onto every day. He struggled and
fought to live despite a CD4 count of 47 which in itself was amazing—he
had virtually no defence against infection at all. Another 2 babies
were meant to start ARV's last month—the hospital had no stocks—their
next appointment was meant to be on the 23rd June, but the doctors were
stricking and we were told by the lone doctor, risking her life to be
there, that she didn't know where to start or how long she could
continue to work.
SPRINGBOKS VISIT
SHEPHERD'S KEEP
Our Springbok
Rugby Squad visited Shepherd's Keep on 16th June to mark Youth Day.
 It was an
honour to meet those gentle giants who brought blankets emblazoned with
the Springok emblem and nappies as gifts for our babies. The Springbok
coach, Pieter de Villiers, was visibly moved and too emotional to be
interviewed by the TV crew and members of the team had to be reminded
of their tight training schedule by the team manager, finding it
difficult to drag themselves away. They listened in amazed silence to
each baby's story, but couldn't stop praising Shepherd's Keep. It was
truly a priviledge to have them with us so shortly before they went
truimphantly head to head with the Lions.
Colin
with a few of the Springbok squad
Donors
Matthew
24-40 “And Whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these
little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he
shall not lose his reward”.
To all our
regular donors, past and present — one cannot imagine the pressure of
having to provide for so many tiny babies with only the generosity of
donors to rely on—so when we say that we appreciate your compassion,
your obvious love for children and your willingness to stand up and say
’I CARE’, please know that we are sincere, from the tiniest to the
biggest donations—THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU— your support means everything
to our babies!
Gorgeous
wallpaper donated and fitted by BOTHMA SIGNS has brightened our
playroom and lifted Nurseries 3 & 4—Thank you Paul!
We
need to
mention a company that has been a blessing to Shepherd’s Keep for a
long time - PAG’s
Regional Manager for KZN, Brandon Nash and his Staff
have visited Shepherd’s Keep since 2006 on a monthly basis with
donations of baby consumables — Bless You — we are incredibly grateful
for your loyalty and obvious love for our babies.
Almost done with
our Milk Kitchen refurbishment and it’s really exciting. This photo
shows the sterilization unit—staff no longer have to carry the heavy
100 litre plastic container of water to the sink to be drained—they
just
pull out the plug! Our grateful
thanks
to GreaterGood SA
for raising the funds for our Milk Kitchen.
Due to space
constraints, we have only been able to list some of our monthly donors
and sponsors - BUT thank you TO ALL SPONSORS AND
DONORS for your support of our ministry, whether through finances,
supplies or sponsorship of equipment—we are incredibly
grateful to you all:
SSACT
PAG—Florida Road
Diversified Power
Systems
Bothma Signs
Rakesh
Maharaj—Nedbank
Mr Naidoo
Lara Mellon
Dynamic Fluid
Control
East Coast
Plastics
Titan Chemicals
East Coast Medical
Vitalaire
Rennie Padavattan
Mthembu Tissue
Cheron-Lindy
Jamison
Rajesh Boodhram
Nashua
Veni and Samantha
A few
of our
little ones...
Happy Birthday
Owami!
 Our own little
‘Jack in the Box’turned a year old on the 22nd June. He has started to
move himself around on his stomach and pulls himself up onto his feet
in his cot. This is huge for him, he was a forceps delivery and had
extensive water on the brain and was 2 months prem on top of it all.
His prognosis wasn’t good—but there’s always good news at Shepherd’s
Keep—extensive occupational and physical therapy have made a huge
difference—he is the happiest little chap around!
PHILIP
Philip was adopted by a wonderful couple with biological children of
their own! It’s such an incredible feeling to witness something so
special.
GABY
Gaby is 3 months old and has been with us since birth. She’s one of the
healthiest, happiest babies and has tested HIV negative—a miracle given
the fact that she was given Nevirapine at birth which indicates that
her mother is HIV positive.
SIYA
Siya arrived as a 2 day old little bundle, abandoned in a market area
in Durban Central. He’s a healthy blessing and growing daily.
SIZWE
Our 3 year old who suffers with severe mental retardation and epilepsy
is still such a happy child. Our staff know that when everything is
quiet and still at night, Sizwe loves to play and laugh to himself. He
has made amazing progress and has learnt to roll.
NOKTHULA
Nokthula was a very traumatized little girl and cried pitifully at
times,almost inconsolably. Today at 10 months old, she is almost
crawling and moves around and around on her stomach. Her favourite toy
is a tambourine which she vigorously
shakes and sings along to. Our Supervisor tells us that she loves
Colin’s early morning visits and chats away from her cot when she hears
him.
THABO
After his traumatic entry into the world, he laughs, plays and talks at
2.5 months old. He’s had his 1st PCR test for the HIV virus and this
one came back negative—now we have to wait until he’s old enough to
have the 2nd test to confirm his negative
status.
LANDO
Was born in prison and removed from his mother’s care by the welfare
because of her long prison sentence. He’s an incredibly content child.
LENO
Full of smiles, HIV positive with TB, but the happiest most content
little boy around—a little blessing!
God
bless you all
from the desk of Cheryl Pratley
Matron/founder/director
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