Research Trip, South Africa 2005

Left: Our friend Charlie hangs out with the boys in Kayamandi... and Jeff!

Right: I just absolutely LOVE the faces in this picture! We were trailed by so many happy and friendly children on our walk through Kayamandi in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Left: For this great picture, both of these kids got an apple from my backpack!

Right: A walk through Kayamandi with Jennie Karstens, a potential CH partner.

Left: When there is no rope available, use wire instead!

Right: One day this week we visited the cemetery in Stellenbosch. It was both a frustrating and sobering reminder of the daily deaths caused by HIV/AIDS. Pictured here is the children's area of the cemetery.

Left: This is the choir of beautiful girls who greeted us in song at the Legacy Center in Kayamandi. Their songs made me cry!

Right: Another face I couldn't get enough of!

Left: As I mentioned in the blog, we had the opportunity to tour & visit the Living Hope Hospice Center. This is there main medical facility and was just opened in November 2004. It is well-planned, well-staffed and I'm told, there is nothing better in all of South Africa.

Right: In Johannesburg we visited 2 AIDS baby homes. This is the smaller of the two and is called the Sun-Child Home. It can comfortably house 6 babies and 2 full-time house parents.

Left: This baby lives at Sun-Child. Her twin brother is HIV- and she is HIV+.

Right: The laundry must be never-ending at a house with 6 babies!

Left: This is second of the two AIDS baby homes that we visited that morning. At capacity, it can hold up to 15 babies, 2 full-time house parents and their 2 teenage daughters.

Right: Inside the Florida Home--this room is directly adjacent to the main nursery. I loved the attention to details and the bright cheerful nature of this whole house!

Left: On our tour through the Zandspruidt settlement.