Happy Homes

THE STORY BEHIND THE HAPPY HOMES

The foster home in Port Alfred led by Child Welfare where 2 foster mothers with 10 foster children stayed, is officially closed on 1-12-2018, due to lack of money.
2 children are housed with family and the foster mothers now live together with 4 foster children in their own homes.

As the Nemato Foundation, we have decided to take care of the children and foster mothers and to support them where necessary. Through our concept "support a Child", we want to ensure that these children will have a good future. 2 children already had very good education at a very good primary school in Port Alfred. Because we think it is very important that they have good education, we have decided to pay the taxi costs for their transport. We also find the continuity of the swimming lessons very important and we have arranged that the children can use the swimming pool in Port Alfred every month for a whole day from their current residence.

We were able to arrange that the foster mothers can pick up fruits and vegetables, which are no longer sold by the store, but are still very good, every Monday, free of charge. We are very grateful to the owners of Fruit & Veg from Wharf Street for this gesture.

The name Happy Homes comes from our conversations with the foster mothers who indicate that they are very happy with the current situation and that they and their children are doing very well. In consultation we decided to call the houses Happy Homes. Although not visible on the houses, but more as a name indication for our project.

In March, Ellen paid a visit with Lizo, our secretary and former Child Welfare employee, along with Shangie, a building contractor, to look at the state of the homes and see what needs improvement. Meanwhile, the roof at Vivian's house has been repaired and we have bought a large wardrobe for both homes. At Hilda's house we had a complete bathroom built and also placed a wardrobe.

BIRTHDAY VIVIAN 

On March 24 we all celebrated Vivian's birthday at Guido’s. It was a tribute to Vivian, the foster mother who is always there for the foster children, her own children and also her grandchild, who all live in her house.

FUN DAY

In October we organized a special day for the children. We left for the shops in the morning to buy Christmas clothes. This is a tradition and the kids love it. Then we all went to kiddies beach where they had fun in the water with water guns. When the tide came in we packed our things and left for Harry B's where we ended the beautiful day with a delicious hamburger. Tired but satisfied, the children and foster mothers, Vivian and Hilde, returned home.
Occasionally organizing such a day for the children is extremely valuable and we thank the support parents in the Netherlands who made all this possible for our Happy Homes.