Check out some of what we've been up to:
Ayla feeding Baby Tando
Baby bath time
Ilene with some of the older girls at Ladies' Night
The ABC poster
Grade 1 class
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The Internship
While completing our final semester in the Masters program at the UT School of Social Work, our roles at Botshabelo will be as Clinical Social Worker interns. There we will participate in therapeutic processes with children of all ages, as well as adults and families in the village that surrounds the orphanage. Though we are not quite sure what our days will look like...we are certain that our time in South Africa will be an incredible journey filled with joy, challenge, uncertainty, connection, learning, peace, laughter, sadness, and most importantly, growth.
About Botshabelo
The Cloete family started Botshabelo 20 years ago--out of the darkness of apartheid--where Con and Marian (the couple) spent their entire life's savings to care for the children of South Africa. Con and Marian, along with their three adult daughters, their partners, and their children, established Botshabelo as a place where about 150 children without families could have a place to belong. Ilene and Ayla will also call Botshabelo home for the next four months, living and working alongside these amazing individuals.
Since 1990, Botshabelo has worked to become a self-sustaining community and, more importantly, a place of safety and family to South Africa's AIDS orphans and economic orphans. The community includes an orphanage, school, village, medical clinic and organic farm.
To learn more about our new home, visit: www.botshabelo.org
Contact Us
We invite you all to read about our time in South Africa and would love to hear from you via comments. We will also have access to the internet at Botshabelo, so PLEASE keep in touch and let us know what is going on for YOU! Your emails help us stay connected to the life that we are temporarily saying goodbye to in Austin and in the States. Skype is also a GREAT way to keep in touch, so if you have Skype, let us know and we'll add you as a contact and we can have Skype dates! :)
Ilene's Skype name: ilenenicole
Ayla's Skype name: ayla222
Love these photos-the two of you are beaming! It was great seeing the children and teenagers-their beautiful faces. I think Tando is giving Ayla her "I had enough pup!" look!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you had a blog too - awesome to see your pictures!
ReplyDeleteIt took more time to read and undestand, but I found out that is a very beautiful work you both are doing, learning much more than we know. How different and reach is the world. I'll be aware to the blog, to know more about your work.
ReplyDeleteI fill proud about you ladies.Ester