In December 2009, we started our ‘small’ charity, Educating Others. Our aim was to assist others who may benefit from our small contribution to enable them to attain a basic education. Our belief is that education liberates a person from perpetual dependence and gives them a meaning in life. Six months on, we are realising our dream by supporting two charities in Africa: ‘GUA Africa’ in Sudan and ‘Rose of Sharon’ in Zimbabwe. It has been indeed an exciting, challenging and fulfilling experience.
Of course we could not have made it this far without the support of you our donors, friends and readers who have stood with us and read our newsletter. We are ever grateful to you for your support and encouragement and we eagerly look forward to your input and feedback. Although our aim was to inform you through our newsletter, an interesting dimension has also emerged: allowing people to re-live their yesteryears. Our last edition had a story from Cyril Rogers who lived and worked in the then Nyasaland (Malawi), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Next month, Heather Taylor who lived in Ruwa, near to where ‘Rose of Sharon’ is located, is also sharing with us her days in Zimbabwe. We find this interesting as we get to hear about their yesteryears and experiences in Africa. We realise that our small newsletter is becoming a ‘reliving the memories’ platform and we are proud of that.
Although Educating Others is a group project, I would like to take this opportunity to thank David Yates, the young-old man with the strength of a teenager. He co-ordinates our accounts, edits, designs and distributes our newsletter (every month) and donates £5 from every sale of his book, China ~ “A Traveller’s Diary”. Dave (as he is affectionately known) has put his heart, strength and mind to this great work, of course supported by my beautiful and ever smiling 'sister' Brenda. When I am advanced of years (200 years from now) and writing my life’s story, I will always remember these wonderful mentors, parents and ‘siblings’ for their support and love. Dave is a dad to me and Kuda, while Brenda is a sister to me, so at times I’m not sure whether to call them ‘parents’ or ‘siblings’!
Lastly, a special thank you to the communities of Rolleston on Dove and Burton upon Trent who are our main donors. We are ever grateful to them for supporting us through donations every month. We pray that God may bless them and give them more years on earth so that they may continue to be a blessing to us and help us to ‘educate others’.
Of course we could not have made it this far without the support of you our donors, friends and readers who have stood with us and read our newsletter. We are ever grateful to you for your support and encouragement and we eagerly look forward to your input and feedback. Although our aim was to inform you through our newsletter, an interesting dimension has also emerged: allowing people to re-live their yesteryears. Our last edition had a story from Cyril Rogers who lived and worked in the then Nyasaland (Malawi), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Next month, Heather Taylor who lived in Ruwa, near to where ‘Rose of Sharon’ is located, is also sharing with us her days in Zimbabwe. We find this interesting as we get to hear about their yesteryears and experiences in Africa. We realise that our small newsletter is becoming a ‘reliving the memories’ platform and we are proud of that.
Although Educating Others is a group project, I would like to take this opportunity to thank David Yates, the young-old man with the strength of a teenager. He co-ordinates our accounts, edits, designs and distributes our newsletter (every month) and donates £5 from every sale of his book, China ~ “A Traveller’s Diary”. Dave (as he is affectionately known) has put his heart, strength and mind to this great work, of course supported by my beautiful and ever smiling 'sister' Brenda. When I am advanced of years (200 years from now) and writing my life’s story, I will always remember these wonderful mentors, parents and ‘siblings’ for their support and love. Dave is a dad to me and Kuda, while Brenda is a sister to me, so at times I’m not sure whether to call them ‘parents’ or ‘siblings’!
Lastly, a special thank you to the communities of Rolleston on Dove and Burton upon Trent who are our main donors. We are ever grateful to them for supporting us through donations every month. We pray that God may bless them and give them more years on earth so that they may continue to be a blessing to us and help us to ‘educate others’.
Message from the editor:
I would like to thank Phithi for his kind words and at the same time explain to our readers, who may be scratching their heads a bit, why he calls Brenda his sister. When Phithi visited us in May 2009, we found out that one of his sisters in Zimbabwe was called Brenda. This in itself is not remarkable, but we then found out that they shared the same birthday date in November!
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