Bags packed ready for the off.

We meet the South African team in Pretoria and spent a little time with the Finance people.

We were treated so well by the South Africans.

OM Training centre

It was good to see the bricklayers starting the work on some new buildings at the training centre. The centre has in recent years found the demand for their training services increase. This has also meant that there has been an increase in requests form young people taking a "gap year" Training period. In some cases this may lead to full time working with OM.

Aids - hope School

The prayer garden.

Peaceful garden

Peaceful garden

Peace in Shanty town

The ex orphanage now learning centre for Aidshope, Pretoria. Wonderful peace in this corner.

Aids-hope

The Aids hope South Africa centre in the middle of the Shanty town. A place to teach and educate young people how to deal with Aids.

A real peaceful place.

Conference venue

Evening meals under the stars and African huts. "Braai" was great. OM South Africa did us proud and their Braai was spectacular.

OM South Africa's Aidshope programme is about to get a kick start.

See photos soon.

Meeting

Lutendo Malaudzi is currently on 5 months training at the school, and hopes to go to Cape Town to study Medicine and be a Doctor in due course.

Housing improvements

As soon as land is distributed and bought properly, long term housing can be developed in the Shanty towns. This is a picture of recent building. There tends to be delays in land purchases which results in a squatter existence and seen as temporary. Squatter towns tend to be anywhere but have no utilities.

Pretoria pictures

Accommodation

More pictures of the accommodation





Lots of interesting corners in the garden. When the rain came we had waterfalls. Outside our rooms.

The South Africans like their meat and this place was no exception. The food at this place called a bed above was great.

It was a quiet corner of Pretoria except the birds giving us early morning wake up calls at 5.00 AM

Kitchens outside not practical in Scotland.
Some one asked if we had (Brie) bar b Q 's in Scotland. I said no cos we are afraid of melting the snow!