Our journey to USA was a tremendous blessing. I had the incredible opportunity to represent Heart for Africa, an NGO dedicated to addressing the critical issues of Hunger, Orphans, Poverty, and Education (HOPE) in Eswatini, during a recent trip to America. I joined with two other ladies from Project Canaan to…
Ian and I have left the bitter cold of an Eswatini winter (daily low of 45F/7C to highs of 80F/27C) and are now in Canada enjoying the best of Canadian weather … summer! We have not been in Canada in the summer in almost 20 years, and it is glorious! Our…
It couldn’t have come at a better time! Baby Chasin’s had a blowout and our supply is getting low! Our Amazon Baby Registry is open for our friends to purchase diapers, wipes, and other needed items for the Project Canaan Children. We are home to over 400 children now and…
As a child, my Grandma Doris always told me, “The older you get the faster time goes by.” I never felt this during grade school and high school; it seemed as if the summer lasted forever. However, as I sit back and reflect on the past 7+ years serving at Project Canaan,…
Ian and I have been back for three weeks now, and it has been so good to be home. We are very proud of our Project Canaan Leadership team and how they are leading the PC Department heads to start moving their departments from good to great. Last week we…
I would love to share with you my trip to Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). It was a great trip, the people were amazing, loving and caring. Firstly, I was so happy and surprised as well to see myself on the screen in a video which was taken 7 or…
Our story with Project Canaan begins quite a few years ago while I was managing Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate. Over the years working there I met some of the wonderful people that worked at Project Canaan as well as a lot of the volunteers as the groups would stay…
The Heart for Africa feeding program acts as a beacon tree of hope in the Kingdom of Eswatini. This tree spreads its roots and fruits from Project Canaan, to the surrounding communities, to social welfare offices and to our church partners in far rural communities in the four regions of…
As I sit overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from my patio in Cape Town, South Africa, I am reflecting on the past three months that Ian and I have been on sabbatical. It seems that our time has been broken into segments that naturally occurred. First we had time to focus…
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb Hannah Gaddis, Heart for Africa Relationship Manager, invited three of her United States mentors to help her REFRESH the women and men who serve the 400+ children day in and day out…
