Unexpected donation

On Feb 5th I received a very welcome and unexpected donation of £50 from Larkswood Primary School. My thanks go to Megan Pipe my young next door neighbour whole apparently put the name of One Life forward when raised funds at the school were to be shared out and donated between various chosen charities.

My sincere thanks go to Megan and to Larkswood Primary School.

Funding desperately needed

Funding is desperately needed to repair and alter a very large building donated to Nancy by the Nkosa (Zulu chief) so that she can safely move in with the children without the constant hassle she has had over the last few years resulting in corruption and court orders and Nancy being ousted out of the Thandukuphila Centre.

We are awaiting the dates of a new court case and in the meantime Nancy does what she can from her home.

The Nkosi has signed the building over to Nancy but the roof needs repairing, there are no doors or windows and it needs dividing into rooms. We need also funding for toilets to be installed, water and electricity, a kitchen, a fence etc. This is daunting and will cost approx £18,000 but if we can get it basically habitable then Nancy could move herself and the children in there and bit by bit we could finish off the property.

We do need funding urgently and as a small charity I have not got that large amount of money to send so, please, if you could help in any way at all I would be most grateful.
All donation can be made through Paypal or by cheque to be made out to One Life and sent to
One Life Charity
43 Alpha Road
Chingford
London E4 6TD.

Please help if you can, we really need all the help we can get. No donation is too small. Thank you.

Visa Appeal

On the 2nd February I received a letter from The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP to say that he was sorry but had just heard from Phil Woolas of the Home Office that our last visa appeal to bring Khanya to England for a two week visit has once again been turned down with a request for Khanya to reapply again

The trustees have decided that it would not be in the best interests of the charity to reapply for a fourth time nor for the emotional state of Khanya herself as each refusal is a devastation for her..

I did write to The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP to thank him for his help and to express how I felt and what effect a further refusal has had on the charity and on Khanya and he replied and said he agrees with my comments so has written to the Home Office expressing my comments and feelings.

Whatever I do the border control will find some reason to refuse Khanya entry to the UK and each application from the South African side costs almost £100 and as I have already lost £1000 of my own money trying to bring Khanya here I feel it is time to let go and just accept that she won't be coming and trust that one day things may be different and she will be allowed to visit.

One Life Charity Auction / Supper

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