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Happy letters from Nzinga! (by Miranda)

In the past week or so we have gotten two extremely uplifting and encouraging letters.  The first was from the Principal at Nzinga Primary School, Mrs. Florence Thandiwe Nxumalo.  She said, “God gave us a blessing that we will never forget that is Isipho;  you wipe away our tears.”  It makes me so happy to see the vision that my dad and I had when we were driving away from the village for the first time two years ago, is now resulting in letters like this.  It also makes me very thankful for all of our volunteers, and donors, who helped create this opportunity for the village.

The second letter we got was from Amahle’s mom, Nonjabulo.  She told us that one of the crèches that received an Isipho garden had so many vegetables they couldn’t eat them all.  So the crèche teachers sold the excess vegetables to villagers who don’t have a garden, and then they used the money they made selling vegetables to buy some books for the children in the crèche!  That made me so happy!  Self sustainability!  This is the sort of thing we are hoping for in Nzinga.  Positive cycles are starting to take place and the people of Nzinga are starting to develop a self-sustaining community!  This is a great bit of progress.

Lastly, we received some photos from a volunteer who helps us in Nzinga, of the gardens full of vegetables.  It makes me so happy to think about the huge difference that something as simple as having fresh vegetables will make in Nzinga.  Thanks to everyone who has supported Isipho and the people of Nzinga, South Africa, things are starting to change!!

One of seven community gardens in Nzinga, now full of fresh vegetables!

One of seven community gardens in Nzinga, now full of fresh vegetables!

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