By Faith Abrahams | Communications Manager
It's hard to believe 2018 has come and gone, and we are already into the second month of 2019!
We just want to sincerely thank everyone who has supported the edcuation of our children thus far. It means so much to us to have your support.
For those who may not be aware, at the end of November last year we shared some pretty heartbreaking news. With the struggling financial situation we have found ourselves in over the last few years, consistenly finding ourselves dealing with a significant financial deficit, we announced that we would be facing potential closure if there was not a significant improvement in our financial situation within six months. Over the past 2 months many people have reached out to us to help us through this financial crisis. Whilst we are by no means in the clear we have been shown enough support to extend the benchmark for considering closure to the end of 2019. This will allow us some more time to generate the consistent monthly support which is so needed to allow us to continue well into the future.
Despite all the difficult emotions that come with dealing with the prospect of closure, life at TLC continues. At the end of last year our wonderful preschool teacher Ellen mannaged to pass her sponsored montessori course with flying colours! She has eagrly been encorporating her new found knowledge and skills into her lessons with our little ones. It has been amazing to see her and the children all flourishing together.
The school break over the Chirstmas season always throws our routine for a loop, but there were many opportunites for fun and free-play not to mention hosted christmas parties. For most of our school going children, Back-to-School day was on the 9th of January. It's always an exciting and chaotic day as we have a few children starting pre-school for the first time, primary for the first time and of course moving to new grades. The flurry of activity to wrap books in time, get all the stationery and uniforms is always exhausting but so rewarding to know they have the gift of an education. Thank you for being part of the team that recognises the value of this gift!
We are so grateful that for this school year we have managed to secure a significant amount of partial sponsorships for the children, to the value of $23,000! This is an amazing help to us, but we still require about $35,000 to cover the outstanding expenses for the 2019 school year. We will be working on launching a new Mission: Tuition page on our website with details on specific children which supporters can choose to sponsor. This will hopefully be live by Friday 15th of February 2019.
Lastly, I would just like to say again how honoured we are to have had your support in helping us to educate the children in our care. Your support is valued and if there is ever anything you would like to know more about or even just to reach out in a more personal capacity we are always eager to hear from our supporters.
With Sincere Gratitude and
Kind Regards,
Faith Abrahams
faithj@tlc.org.za
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