At the 10th Charity Golf Tournament in Dreifelden organised by the Lions Club Montabaur Mons-Tabor, Colours for Kids e. V. received a donation of 3 500 euros. This donation will go 100% towards our new project, the construction of the "Sweet little Things" kindergarten. Chairwoman, Dorothee Holly, was overjoyed when the cheque was handed over [...]
"Heiter Betrachtet" - Günter Holly's poetry collection is the programme for this evening. Our chairwomen, Dorothee Holly, and Janine Keßler give their best for Colours for Kids e. V.: In memory of her father, Dorothee Holly always enjoys reading from the little book at events. His poems resemble the styles of Joachim Ringelnatz and Wilhelm [...]
When an old chicken coop becomes a great new building, then you can look back with pride on a successful project. With donations from many supporters, we have managed to construct a new building at the MusaweNkosi orphanage to give the older children the opportunity to stay at the centre and take in more younger children. [...]
February, we visited the "Sweet Litte Things" kindergarten in Esikhawini/Edube Village, about 15 kilometres from Richards Bay, with several members of the association. The kindergarten, which is privately run by Patricia Mkwanyane, is located in a small wooden hut in the centre of a poor residential area in Edube Village. Patricia has been working [...]
It's hard to find the right words to describe my time here. But I would definitely say yes if someone asked me if I would do it again. You simply cannot imagine what I was able to learn here unless you were there yourself. For this reason, I can only recommend that everyone do something similar. What I liked [...]
Things are progressing in leaps and bounds! Gavin, the manager of the MusaweNkosi orphanage, reports: The walls and windows are now in place. We had some heavy downpours which prevented the workers from continuing, but we hope to finish the plastering of the walls, and the roof before Christmas, and then the interior can be completed [...]
The first construction phase of our new project at the MusaweNkosi orphanage has begun! The workers have been busy laying bricks, and partitioning off the rooms. This is the first step towards improving the living conditions of the children as quickly as possible. We still need your support in the form of donations so that we [...]
Colours for Kids supports the construction of another residential building for the orphans of MusaweNkosi Karin van Rooyen, and I visited the MusaweNkosi orphanage in August and met with the two directors Gavin and Elaine Charlton. Chicken coop Current residential building Gavin Charlton told us that a separate residential building was needed [...]
Many parents were in despair when the Mandosi kindergarten was closed due to being in a dilapidated state. On the one hand, both parents have to work in order to earn a living and, on the other, mothers in South Africa are often single parents. So who would look after the children after the lockdown? But [...]
Our work in the Mandosi kindergarten has begun. Here are a few pictures: