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Home-Base Newsletter ● April/May 2015
Newsletter
A GLIMPSE INTO
LIFE AT HOME-BASE
OUR BRAND-NEW promotional video has now been released and
it has been exciting to show more people and organisations what
Home-Base is all about.
Some of the photos on this page are screenshots from
this video clip. Go and have a look at it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xALA3Hl_ydk&fea
ture=youtu.be. Please share this video with others and
help spread the message of the great need of orphaned
youth aging out of the system. For more info, people can
also visit our website at www.home-base.org
We are working with a number of children’s homes
across South Africa, helping their students with career
guidance and next steps. Dennis will be in Cape Town
next week to help Royal Rangers students with career
guidance; and we will be meeting with students in
KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in June.
At the moment, there is also great excitement at HomeBase about an offer of a modular home for Home-Base
students (see next page) and we are trusting the Lord for
a place where we can put it.
We continue to develop Work-Base, the vocational
training school that is set to be launched soon. Lois
Turner, our full-time volunteer will be arriving soon and
she is excited about investing her time in getting this
project off the ground. We also have another couple
joining our volunteer team soon (more of this on page 3).
The Home-Base students are doing very well and gearing
up for the June exams. We are all looking forward to the
arrival of Beatrice, the new Home-Base student, in June.
As always, thank you for your continuous support and
prayers – we could never do this alone!
With love, Dennis & Nicky
Home-Base Vision
Providing hope and a future for orphaned and vulnerable youth by
creating opportunities for further education so that they can reach their full potential.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME | CAREER GUIDANCE | FUNDING | MENTORING | VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Home-Base Newsletter ● April/May 2015
LAND NEEDED FOR A prototype
house FOR HOME-BASE
A local company, Elungileyo Solutions, approached us with AN OFFER TO
DONATE A PROTOTYPE HOME for Home-Base students. It has always been
our dream to have a Home-Base campus, where we can create a community
of students, and this affordable and sustainable housing solution might just
be the first step towards realising this dream.
It is a 48m2 house to the value of R110 000, with 2 bedrooms, 1 fully fitted
bathroom and an open plan lounge and fitted kitchen. This home is thermal,
green and modular (can be added to and moved). We will be able to house
two or three students with a team leader in it.
This is a real answer to prayer at this time, with a new student as well as our
girls’ team leader coming in June, and the possibility of at least 4 more
students next year. If this house works well, it could be a perfect solution for
Home-Base as we grow
AS HOME-BASE, WE NEED A PLACE TO PUT THIS HOUSE ON. If you have an
empty plot or part of a property that’s available in Johannesburg, that you
are willing for us to use or that you might want to donate, please contact us.
Alternatively, if you would like to donate finances towards us buying a piece
of land or if you are open to investing in property in Johannesburg, please
contact Dennis at dennis@home-base.org or 084 567 1843.
FAMILY NEWS
We’ve been asked to share some family news every now and again in our
newsletters, and thought there’s no better time than now. Our four
daughters have adapted very well to life in Joburg. In fact, they are loving it
here. They enjoy their schools (most of the time), the church and what we
are doing as Home-Base – even though it is challenging at times.
Daniella is in Grade 12, her final year of school at Greenside High, and is
doing very well academically. She is a senior leader and Head of Culture at
S her school. She has been provisionally accepted to study her BA in
Languages and Cultures at Stellenbosch University next year, so we are
trusting that it will all work out!
Talitha is in Grade 10 and only has two more years left in school! How time
has flown. She is very creative and has started her own production company
called Space Cinematography earlier this year. She is a gifted film-maker and
is currently working on a new short film called Rhaine.
Olivia is 10 and in Grade 4. She loves school and is such a hard worker. She’s
very sociable and always has little friends visiting. She’s also creative but
loves singing and dancing the most!
Tiffany is 3 and will be 4 in October. She’s very wise for her age, having three
older sisters! She’s such a personality and we all enjoy her. Having a three
year old around is always a bit challenging though.
All in all, we are well. We work hard and try to balance it with family outings
and fun times. Please continue to pray for us and for our girls as we break
new ground and sometimes feel the pressure of it on us as a family.
Home-Base Newsletter ● April/May 2015
Make a dream
come true!

Consider Home-Base for your
company’s Corporate Social Initiative.

Cover one month’s Home-Base rent:
R5500 once-off

Contribute a once-off gift towards the
launch of the vocational training
school (we need to fit a kitchen for
chef’s training).
THE HOME-BASE TEAM IS GROWING

Consider sponsoring a student for
vocational training next year.
We would like to welcome David and Dorette Pienaar to the HomeBase team! This couple has a passion to see young people reach
their full potential, and have a lot to give in terms of upskilling,
pastoral care and living life to the full. They have joined us as
volunteers and have made Home-Base a main focus of their
ministry.

Help us find part-time work for the
current students.

Donate clothing, household or kitchen
items.

Please pray for us.
They have already had the Home-Base students over for a
traditional Afrikaans lunch last weekend, which the students
thoroughly enjoyed!
Welcome Dave and Dorette – we look forward to working with you
and seeing what God is going to do.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please continue to pray for Home-Base and the students we are
helping:

Please pray for a piece of land where we can put our brand-new
home that was donated to Home-Base, which we hope to be the
new girls’ cottage soon.

Pray for our new student, Beatrice, who is going for her final
interview at Camelot Spa Academy soon.

Please pray for Nonto as she prepares to do the Year of your Life
programme at Hatfield Church for the rest of this year.

Please pray for finances for Home-Base as we are taking steps
forward in launching the vocational training school. Finances are
needed for various expenses, including equipping a kitchen.

Please pray for the Lord to open doors for a venue with a suitable
kitchen space that we can use for training.

Pray for Lois Turner as she prepares to join Home-Base as a fulltime worker at the end of May. Pray especially for her visa to
come through in time and for grace as she leaves home.

Please pray for Andrew, Chris and Antoinette as they prepare for
the June exams.

Please pray for us as we meet new students, that we will make
wise decisions regarding who would join us next year.
For more information on any of these
areas, please contact:
dennis@home-base.org
Home-Base
Contact & Bank Details
Tel: +11 793 1997 Cell: +27 84 567 1843
Email: dennis@home-base.org
Website: www.home-base.org
Facebook: Home-Base: Hope and a future for
orphaned and vulnerable youth
Banking details: Account name: Home-Base
(CDPT); Bank: Nedbank; Account no.:
1045380237; Branch: Rosebank Mall; Branch
code: 197705.
Home-Base is a His Havens initiative,
registered as THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TRUST (CDPT)
Trust No. IT 4129/00, NPO 052049, PBO
930022212. Section 18a Tax Certificates
issued for gifts to Home-Base.