Roosbom’s “Half Way House” has adapted its functionning to the sanitary measures implemented in South Africa. A non-contact thermometer was purchased to check the children’s temperature before entering the center. The children can still benefit from a complete and healthy … Read More
A small change in the organization of the Half Way House in Roosboom, the women, who were previously employed part-time to prepare meals for the children, are now there full-time, and take care of the garden the rest of the … Read More
During the Covid 19 lockdown difficult times, the children were not able to go to the Half Way House. However, life is still active there! Masks were ordered to the sewing group for themselves and for the children of teh … Read More
Every day, 40 orphans from the township of Roosboom are welcomed at the Half Way House of Dessine l’Espoir, an activity center that welcomes children for 2 hours after school. Vegetables from the garden, eggs produced in the henhouse recently … Read More
Every day, 40 orphans from the township of Roosboom are welcomed at the Half Way House of Dessine l’Espoir, an activity center that welcomes children for 2 hours after school. The coordinators are available, after the meal service, to accompany … Read More
Every day, 40 orphans from the township of Roosboom are welcomed at the Half Way House of Designing Hope, a centre where different activities are offered to the children for 2 hours after school. They receive a hot meal, and … Read More
The South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu, went to Roosboom to visit Desining Hope’s Half Way House in February 2020. He discovered the outdoor exhibition of his creations photographed by Aart Verrips on scarecrows, in the open fields.
Each week, Dessine l’Espoir organizes the delivery of meals for Roosboom’s children with a wholesaler located in the neighboring town of Ladysmith. Roosboom only has a few small convenience stores, in fact unsuitable for buying wholesale groceries (rice, oil, canned … Read More
On the occasion of the photography exhibition organized in Paris to the benefit of Designing Hope, featuring the creations of the South African stylist Thebe Magugu on scarecrows, we proposed to the children of Roosboom to be inspired by Thebe’s … Read More
The Mandala becomes a place of creation for the children of the different countries involved in the educational garden projects. The children of the Half Way House of Roosboom, adopted their own, and prepared a choreography around the petals of … Read More
