Welcome Home
Over the past few weeks here, we have been working on building a house in Kabokweni for two girls whose father left and mother is dying of HIV/AIDS. With the help of our staff and visiting teams, we were able to finish this house in just over a month. These young girls who are 15 and 12 years of age, are basically left fending for themselves, while taking care of their sick mother. When we met them and saw the shack they were living in, we felt God’s calling to act upon it.
We at Ten Thousand Homes believe in more than just building the physical structure of a house but creating a home for these children, a place of safety, security, and comfort. These girls have that once again, when we welcomed them into their new house on Tuesday with singing, prayers and cake!
A big thank you to all those who had a hand in creating a home for this family!
Photos by Rae Dunn
At four years old, Lebo is a bright and beautiful child despite her circumstances. Her father abandoned the family years ago and Lebo is the youngest of her siblings. Unfortunately, as the youngest, she is often overlooked even by her mother. When Lebo first started coming to the care center for food, volunteers consistently found her hungry and dirty. Her mother wasn’t feeding or bathing her and the four-year-old was allowed to walk around the community unsupervised, which is how volunteers found her.
Pinkie, a volunteer at the care center, now watches Lebo during the day and makes regular home visits to talk to her family. HIV+, Lebo is often sick and volunteers are trying to make sure she is given proper care. Three times a week, she is sent home with a basket of food to share with her family and volunteers now tell me the situation at home has drastically improved.
Photos by Jen Price
Kabokweni Care Center
Dear Friends,
For the past year and a half, Ten Thousand Homes has been serving in a community called Kabokweni. We’ve partnered with a wonderful woman named Elizabeth, feeding over 160 children three times a week out of her home
Behind Elizabeth’s house there is plot of land we are developing to build a proper facility for these children. We have the blueprints drawn up and are preparing to start on the foundations and abolution block (toilets). This building will help us tremendously in being able to reach these children in a more effective way and we are continuing to trust God to provide the remaining funds for the center.
Our hope is that the local community will get involved so we are trying to find volunteers to help with the new building. There are young men willing to help with the construction, but they don’t have any building skills and they need someone who can be there during the building process to train them. This is something we are specifically praying about.
The needs of these children are staggering and we will never fully know what these kids go through on a daily basis. At the end of the day, we want this center to be a place of hope for these children. A place where they can start to realize their lives have meaning and purpose and are filled with an excitement and joy knowing there is a family who cares for them and a Father who dreams with them about their lives.
Thank you for partnering us in prayer as we move toward the Father’s heart in providing a place of safety for these children.
Michael Kaufman
Co-Founder of Ten Thousand Homes
