Finances are needed to better express who Tshega is through branding and marketing material. We want to print t-shirts this year that we can sell as well as create unity through representing our family where ever we go.

Summary of 2018 and what to expect for 2019

2018 saw TCM go through leaps and bounds. Tshega’s new website went live, please go and visit us at www.tshega.org and we also partnered with Google for Non Profits who now hosts our emails through Gsuites and it’s a great platform for a Non Profit. Features such as AdWords and YouTube is sponsored for us through Google. 2019 holds the potential for even greater marketing and creating more awareness around the globe through our website, social media sites, Google etc.

Reported by Chantal Holtzhausen:

On the first day of school (7th Jan 2019)  we reopened with great excitement. The spirit of love and oneness was amongst us.  The first two days the teachers spent all their time making sure that the classes were perfect for the children. We met with our new learners and they looked a bit nervous.

On the second of February, we had our very first Lamb’s Haven sports day. The House Of Prayer daycare were invited to join our fun filled day. We had visitors like parents, BG FM and the local newspaper.

The 14th Feb we all had red and white on for Valentine’s day. The children and staff looked amazing. We also had a craft day.

With all this happening the teachers still found time to do a few workshops.

Overall it was a busy term but a very successful one.

Reported by Principal, Diederik Niehaus

The Lighthouse teachers’ term started off with a bang. We had new assessment structures that had to be implemented, an Inter-House athletics meeting with times, distances and heights recorded for the first time, and seven of our athletes taking part at the circuit athletics meetings in Tzaneen. We started implementing the IMPAQ assessment tasks in the Intermediate phase and made some assessment changes in the Foundation phase in order to have a more holistic assessment plan. All these ‘new’ things put a lot of strain on staff and management, but we believe that it will be for the good in the long run and that it will ultimately benefit our children. Ma’am Ellanie and her team played a huge role in setting up a bible program that focuses on getting children grounded in the word and building their character in Christ. My biggest dream as principal is to implement these Bible programs also on an academic level through a proper Christian based curriculum. For now, we will only take it three steps at a time…oops, one step at a time

Highlights:

Something to look forward to this year is definitely our senior choir who boast a total of 34 members. They will compete at the Eisteddfod later this year and we are very excited about that. It is great to have a teacher like Ma’am Mollyn who is passionate about the choir. It inspires the children and makes them want to perform at their best.

Reported by Marina Grobler

The first quarter is always very busy.  Selling of school-wear is the main activity.  

The ladies did a great job.  We are not keeping stock in the school-wear department anymore so they are now also learning to compile an order that goes out to the suppliers.

Highlight:

We have been contacted by the organisers to be a part of this year`s Spring fest in Haenertsburg.

2018 Summary and what to look forward to in 2019:

2018 went great and Basadi would like to thank our German shops, Ryan Sinclair and Dawn from Three Bridges, Hoedspruit, for their ongoing support.  We are also Thankful towards all our Sponsors and Supporters, especially our volunteers who support us throughout.

Reported by Milly Machete

A lot is to be done at the Feeding Scheme & Homework Club since is the beginning of the year. The children are committed to their work and everyday they bring different homework. We still help Letty and Annah every Monday and Thursday and Lara is also more involved, it is different with her being the only volunteer so she gets more children and I am impressed that she can handle all of them without any help.

On the 07th of February, 2 vulnerable children received school uniform from Lara Kollmansberger from Germany and I really hope that will encourage the children to work harder.  Another donation of 6 school bags from the Merc group was made to few most vulnerable children.

On the 14th of February, the children enjoyed being creative using red and white papers which turned out to be beautiful once it was completed.

On the 25 of February, we celebrated the birthdays of 7 children, they all had cupcakes, marshmallow eggs and amajowa choco sweets.

Reported by Anica Potgieter

We are so blessed to have the opportunity to minister to our children from a very young age. We are excited to share that we have launched a weekly plan focused on exposing our children through a holistic approach on how to follow Jesus. The Bible class program runs throughout the week from 7:30 to 8:00

On Mondays, we have an assembly where our focus for the year is love and relationships.

Tuesdays we focus on prayer concerning how to pray as well as topics like the upcoming elections. Wednesdays our grade 1-5 students focus on a course called 17 stories which work on Bible knowledge.

The grade 6-7 are doing a course focused on asking the day to day questions on Christianity.

Thursdays we have what we call Activity Thursdays packed with fun and creative programs expressing biblical lessons.

Fridays are trivia days where we reflect on lessons learned and celebrate the Word knowledge we have attained throughout the week.

Reported by Ellanie van Rooyen

New beginnings bring a breeze of excitement and expectation. The ministry team members are embarking on a journey of Love. A journey that leads to a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ and understanding the love that he has for each one of us.

The year is filled with promise and the field await.

Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:29-31

Highlight:

The Lighthouse Academy is following a new Bible program this year.  This program was put together to teach the children to use the Bible in their daily living through scriptures memorised, children learn to talk to God through prayer, introduction to the books of the bible and the fun activities to encourage the relationship with the Father brings waves of laughter and singing on Thursday morning with activity Thursday.

Needs:

We need more hands and feet to help fulfill the great commission.