Today we received the official thank you note from the Guardians of Hope in East-London for the assistance we gave them to buy a canvas enclosure for the children’s play- and entertainment area. See picture above. They look after ca. 30 to 40 babies and small children that were abandoned. We have one baby grandson running around here every now and then, and that to me is already a big handful. So, I cannot imagine how that must be with more than 30….

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Further to our previous newsletter, click to read:

Spring News!! | Heart for Children

we just want to give you an update on the progress of the building of the two safe homes for abandoned and neglected children in Bethanie (North-West):

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Update: Kingdom Legae safehouse for neglected children | Heart for Children

Let us help the children!!

As spring brings new life, it’s also a time to reflect on children without homes or families. You will recall from our previous newsletter: Heart for Children News 04.07.2025 | Heart for Children that we were considering a new project to help abused and abandoned children. In this respect we had been approached by Fani Manganye and his wife Sinah of the Kingdom Fellowship church in Bethanie (near Brits). We are old friends from more than 20 years ago. They had already started with the construction of two safe homes for children on the church premises and asked for help from Heart for Children. During our first meetings they had informed us that neglect of children in the North-West province was very common and that as teachers they had to deal with this almost on a daily basis. 

After the special support and well wishes that we received from our donors and supporters, and after prayerful consideration, Annette and I decided to go ahead with this project. We visited Fani and Sinah again on 27/7/2025. We had been invited to first attend the service of the church in the Losperfontein prison where Fani also ministers; this turned out to be a big blessing for us (Fani is indeed a very inspiring preacher and teacher!). After this, the Memorandum of Understanding between Heart for Children and Kingdom Fellowship was tabled and signed. The beginning of our official partnership was celebrated with some flowers for the ladies (see picture above) and a special lunch prepared by Sinah! We are confident that God will prepare a way for us for the benefit of the children in the North-West.

As a result of donations received during the past 2 months, we were already able to finance the construction of the roof for the two homes. The building of the roof has now started!! See pictures below.

The second phase of this project is to finish the interior of the houses such as flooring, ceilings, the plumbing, the lighting and the electricity on the inside. We are hoping and praying for contributions from you and the general public for this project. 

Also, if you live in the North-West or in Gauteng, and if you are able to help us with anything for the homes, like good and durable furniture, appliances that are still in good working condition, kitchen utensils, bedding, or anything else that you can think of, we will make a plan to come and fetch this. Fani has offered the use of his bakkie for this purpose. This would most probably have to be during a weekend. 

Any donation and any help will be much appreciated. To make a donation now, please click here:

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If you can assist in spreading this newsletter to anyone you think can help us, please do so! Our contact details are below.

We wish you a lovely Spring Day and God’s richest blessings for the season ahead!

Annette Pool, e-mail: annette.pool@gmail.com, cel. 0834696875

Henry Pool, e-mail: henrypool@breadonthewater.co.za, cel. 0836297690

Fani Manganye, e-mail: manganyefp@gmail.com, cel. 0647242364

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