View from our apartment at 6am

Changing Futures AND Shopping... could life get any better?!?!?

Mlungisi and Siyanda have been living in Ohlange, a shelter for formerstreet children. Unfortunately with little schooling and no skills training many boys like these two get "stuck" in shelters and sometimes must return to the streets after 18. I was visiting with the guys at Ohlange a few months ago and these two really sought me out truly wanting to change their lives, their location and their future. Just two weeks later we had found a job at a success travel organization that was willing to train them and then upon successful completion of the training, hire them! The first week on the job we had the interesting task of taking them shopping... it was incredibly fun to see the smiles on their faces when they walked out with two huge bags of new clothes. It amazed how even something as little as our appearance can increase our confidence and our demeanor... these boys have been a huge success at their jobs. And have now been hired full time! Now that's an incredible success story!!

New Rehab Programme for Street Kids

I Care in cooperation with Durban Children's Home, has started its second life skills/rehab programme specifically for street children. We take kids directly off of the streets that want to leave and provide a 3 month life skills programme with an emphasis on drug rehabilitation. We start with 10 so that individual attention can be given to each of them. We are already seeing some drop outs due to their addiction to glue... more updates to come. These are two of the guys in the programme on their first official day at Durban Children's Home.