I recently received a letter from Nonhlanhla, she was one of the last students you added to the Hampton list. She is a double orphan having lost both of her parents when she was quite young. She has no siblings and lives with an aunt and before she received the support of Hampton felt quite alone in the world.

Hello all in Hampton, Had a great Christmas Eve party with twenty eight children from Macambeni. We took them to the Orion Hotel where they danced and sang for the hotel guests and had a good meal after which they each received a small gift. Many of these children have never been more than a few kilometres from their homes so it was a wonderful experience for them and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

We more often than not see Africa as a continent of hungry if not starving children. Whilst it is important that our efforts should primarily focus on helping Africans towards becoming independent and self sustaining so that feeding the hungry will eventually....

Help to the unfortunate is a two way street. Both sides are winners.

“I have been requested to pass on the gratitude and thanks of the families we have been able to help this Christmas. These are families - with only a meal of thin maize...