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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We asked for your help in making a canvas enclosure for the above shown play area of the Guardian’s of Hope children’s home in East-London. As you can see from the picture below, the work has been finished. Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the project!

Please click on the link below to read more about this in the news letter from Heart for Children:

Great News. The canvas enclosure for the Guardians of Hope children’s home is finished!

Say what you will about Donald Trump, but I must say that I was most impressed with Melania Trump’s song: “Thank You for the Cross”. Please take a listen. Click on the link below.

Wishing you all a peaceful Passover and a very blessed Easter!

Henry and Annette Pool

Melania Trump confesses her belief in Jesus Christ

Recently I read in a leaflet from another charity: ‘HOPE is what we do…’  That sentence stuck with me. ‘HOPE is what we do’, expresses exactly what we also stand for! Heart for Children is about action, about doing! Helping children wherever possible, so that they can grow up healthy, receive education, learn skills. Above all, it is about giving protection, at home, at school and online. But it goes even further: either there is HOPE, or there is NOTHING, because only HOPE gives life!

(I am reminded of Luke 24: 21-32)

I am so pleased to be able to report that thanks to the generosity of all Heart for Children supporters – and a few of our donors’ exceptional generosity! – we have already collected almost R50000 for our 2025 project so-far, i.e. the canvas enclosure that we want to install at the

Guardians of Hope | Place of safety

for babies and small children.  For more information about this, click here:

Appeal 2025 | Bread on the water

Praise God!  I am sure we can reach our target of R59000 for this within the next two months or so? God bless you for anything that you can afford to give! (There is no obligation to reveal your name but remember that in this case we cannot issue with the 18a certificate for your donation which entitles you to a tax benefit). To donate now, please click on the link below.

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In a previous newsletter from ‘Heart for Children’ we informed you that this year we want to help ‘Guardians of Hope’ in East London who are taking care of orphaned and/or abandoned babies and small children. We received the following letter of appeal from Philip Nicholson who is a member of the board of both ‘Heart for Children’ and ‘Guardians of Hope’.

Appeal for Sponsorship of Canvas Coverings

‘Guardians of Hope’ is a dedicated place of safety in East London, providing care for vulnerable children who have been abandoned or surrendered at birth for adoption. Our mission is to meet their physical, spiritual, medical, and psychological needs comprehensively. We strive to spread hope within our community, ensuring that vulnerable children receive the care they deserve and that our community is aware of our presence and support. Our commitment extends to providing a loving home environment for 30 vulnerable children, and we actively work towards family reunification whenever possible. In cases where reunification is not feasible, we support adoption processes, ensuring that the children find a nurturing and permanent loving family.

The facility comprises a large house, a living area for the director and her family (the Brenkmans), small classrooms for pre-school education, and outdoor play facilities. A large courtyard roof was recently installed to provide shelter for the children. It doubles as an entertainment venue for functions as well as birthday party functions for young families, which provides a valuable income stream for the home. Two sides of the covered area are 12m and 14m respectively, which are open to the elements. During inclement weather, the entertainment area becomes virtually unusable, and functions must be cancelled at short notice, at great inconvenience to the parties involved.

The attached quote from an established and reputable business, Border Canvas, is the lowest negotiated with various competitors, and represents a very reasonable investment to install canvased roll-up covers on both sides, as it will be done at cost by the supplier. The target amount to be raised is R59 000. Once the entertainment area is fully covered, the outdoor play facility will also be usable during periods of rain and functions can be planned without the risk of cancellations.

Thank you in advance for partnering with us in this worthy cause.

Yours in Christ,

Philip Nicholson

Board Member

+27834114785, East-London

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