Find out what the House of Children have been up to so far this year. Note from Principal Marlene We had another busy start to the year and were privileged to have had quite a few people visiting our school
With a Spring in our Steps, October 2018
Spring into Summer with our Sustainable Coffee Bay newsletter edition! Although if you’re reading this in the Northern Hemisphere, then we wish you a colourful Autumn instead 😉 This quarter, we’d love to show you our work not only at Ikhaya Labantwana
PART 2: “Are YOU sitting comfortably? Because the kids at our local school aren’t”
We have a long and lovely history with our local Pato Junior Secondary School (JSS) that was the beginning of the Local Schools Support Fund. You really need to check our Part 1 of this story! This is an URGENT
PART 1: “Are YOU sitting comfortably?”
This project originally started back in 2004, when Pato Junior Secondary School (JSS) approached Coffee Shack staff for help. Their school consisted of a ramshackle bunch of fallen down mud huts and they had no funds to rebuild the school.
Ikhaya Labantwana 2011: Our first weeks back
Molo to all of our brilliant and devoted friends, and, thank you every day for your consistent best wishes and wisdom. While Dawn is busy with absolutely everything else you read on our blog,,( and much more!), I thought I
An Ikhaya Labantwana star was born – 2010 end of year celebrations
I just wanted to share a few of our last magic moments from Ikhaya Labantwana 2010, before we throw ourselves into this new year. We resolute that our little school and its magical beginnings will be bursting with new greatness and discovery in 2011. May the
Scarecrows and graduations
Molo friends, hope you are all well. Thank you for your continuing support as always. With the welcome rains, revisiting friends and operation ‘clean and green’ underway, our Coffee Bay canvas is looking lush! Especially too, with the colourful array
Abantwana, abantwana on Coffee Bay hill, how does your garden grow?
Piece by piece, with love and team power, our baby veggies are beginning to flower. With beetroot, peppers, onion and squash, and green tomatoes absolutely everywhere! Perhaps I should stick to the gardening and let the photos do the talking.
The story of the Marhenene Boys
Thobile (Noguarda) and Lukholo Marhenene are 2 brothers, aged 15 and 13, who live in a rural village, Mawotsheni, in one of the poorest regions of the Eastern Cape. This village is situated about 8km away from Coffee Bay. Thobile