Hout Bay Christian Community Association:News

The aim of the training was to equip staff with the skills needed to develop friendly and

efficient service standards to enable them to create memorable experiences for visitors

all the signs are showing that the word has spread to our foreign visitors who are slowly

A slight increase in visitor numbers to Iziko Lobomi was already noticed in September

an encouraging increase in the number of visitors right from the beginning of the month.

These visitors to Iziko Lobomi make it possible for the HBCCA to give employment

to two previously unemployed mothers who are now able to make valuable contributions

'The work you guys do there is amazing, the Iziko Lobomi centre is nothing but the fountain of hope for the community. I came back hopeful for the country and I truly believe that through tourism the lives of poor South Africans can be turned around.'

Ayanda Khumalo, Cape Town Tourism - 24/10/2018

On the 4th of October 2018 the HBCCA received the good news that our application

coffee shop it was our goal to one day apply for membership but we needed time to

Well, all our hard work and dedication to deliver a professional, authentic experience


We were honored to receive a visit from Ayanda Khumalo (centre) from Cape Town Tourism on Thursday 18th of October 2018. She was very impressed with the Centre and overwhelmed to see all the activity at Iziko Lobomi. Ayanda is joined by Feziwe Petelo (left) and Sylvia Mgobhozi (right), our two Qunu Cafe Hospiality Receptionists. These two women are scheduled to go for their first Cape Town Tourism training in November and are very excited at the prospect of going and can't wait!

Kamwedo Mcdonald gave one of his Township Paintings to Ayanda as decoration for her office.

the past thirteen years and who has trained many hundreds of children and adults in computer skills

over these years has just added another critical, much needed service to his offerings.

make use of this new facility by providing an after school service for primary school children.

they would provide monthly funding for a fulltime person to assist children making use

This kick started Tebo's idea to recruit more children in the community resulting in him

appointing another fulltime assistant and upgrading a second room made available to him by the

The excitement among the children coming to do their homework in the afternoons are tangible.

Each afternoon before studies start, the children are given a drink and a sandwich. This

and the cost of his extra assistant is funded by the fee that he charges to the parents for this service.

Tebo has a real teacher's heart for the children and the HBCCA is immensely proud

Our Lecture Room / Play School Project which was launched exactly twelve months ago became a reality last Friday on the 3rd of August 2018 because of an ABSOLUTE EXTRAORDINARY team effort from our supporters - both local and abroad.

Six main sponsors made one of the biggest upgrades in our Centre possible and the end-result speaks for itself!

Donations from as far as Australia (Oscar and Phyllis Visagie), the Netherlands (the Prins family) and the United Kingdom (Super Team - Natalie, Rosanna and Chloe) together with local donations from the St. Peter's Anglican Church and longtime loyal supporters Rene' and Michelle Jacobs, Gartner SA and the many willing and hard-working men from Imizamo Yethu.

Only the future will tell of the number of men and women, young and old, whose lives will be impacted positively by this new facility.

The pictures below will give you an idea of the full extent of this project and how it came to pass, but to truly appreciate it, we recommend that you undertake to come and see it in real life and see the real people using it and benefiting from it.

Thank you again to all of our sponsors for your priceless contributions!



The first job was to strip the existing timber floors out and then to prepare for the casting of concrete

	Even our caretaker Nicholas Pere gave a helping hand		Ebrahim and his men screeding the floor

	Nico Newman from KBAC Flooring coming to take his measurements		Francois Joubert from Constantia built and installed the TV Cabinet

	Two brothers, Ishmael and Gladstone Ndude did most of the paintwork. Their father, Ben who died a number of years ago was a founding member of the HBCCA and also helped with the paintwork during the erection of Iziko Lobomi in 1995/6

	Many willing hands were needed to lift the suspended ceiling into position		Gartner SA sponsored the TV Cabinet and Smart TV

		Archbishop Nicholas Ndude was given the honour to officially declare the Lecture and Play Room open. He was followed by singing committee members, staff and volunteers.

Norman, Hennie and Gladstone

At last back in our room again!

Natalie Smith and her two friends Chloe Griffiths and Rosanna Bryan from the United

Kingdom proved that raising funds for Iziko Lobomi's Play School is not for the faint hearted!

The three of them ran almost 22 kilometers and raised the huge amount of R20,000

towards costs for the upgrade of the Play School. Marion Franke, (HBCCA's secretary), is

Natalie's aunt and Natalie became aware of the need for a much needed upgrade of the

What can we say? This effort is so heart-warming and words cannot properly describe

Despite the cold weather more than 50 children attended the evening during which

were shared with them and in particular the 'PQRST' studying method was explained

In the week preceding the launch more than fifty learners registered as users of the







FIRST REGISTRATION Mcaciso Sivuyisiwe Disa Primary School	The first three registrations

A new milestone was reached this week (28 April 2018) with the completion of a Study

Room for school learners and students. For a long time the HBCCA was aware of the