Mission
Sustainable, servant leaders for healthy communities.
The vision is to raise leaders who embody patience, kindness, humility, service above self, truth, protection, hope, trust and perseverance.
We see these as characteristics to be upheld in any position of leadership, whether that be in the classroom, home or workplace. We seek to raise leaders for every sector of society that will embody these traits and work together for a healthy community. In the eighteen years of serving orphaned and vulnerable children and the surrounding communities, not once has any person been turned away on the basis of their religious belief or culture. Whilst we hold unswervingly to the message of Jesus Christ, no person will ever be turned away for not holding the same belief as we do.
Physical Intervention
Medical Centre
Lily Medical Centre provides primary health care services to the local communities of Eston, Mophela and Sankontshe while also strategically servicing these communities with focused, quality, home based care and HIV / AIDS counselling, testing and support services.
Food Programme
The food programme provides essential food items to families in desperate need, who do not receive aid from other welfare sources. The programme aims to assist families in the welfare grant process and thereafter be able to offer the food assistance to other families. Currently 50 000 meals per month are distributed in the Mophela, Sankontshe, Eston and KwaNyuswa Communities.
Community Gardens
Following on from the Food Programme, the Community Gardens team assists families who are either not eligible for the welfare grant, or where the size of the family of dependants is abnormally large. As the name implies, the team assists families in the community to grow their own food gardens through a weekly mentoring process. Excess produce is marketed co-operatively.
Social
The Lily of the Valley Children's Village
Since 1994 Lily of the Valley Children's Village has continued to care for children infected or affected by HIV / AIDS.Through loving care, improved nutrition, strategic health intervention and focused spiritual guidance, our children continue to thrive.
Makaphutu Children's Village
Through providing a multi-disciplinary, all encompassing range of support, Makaphutu Children's Village continues to promote the physical, mental and spiritual welfare of children - both those resident at Makaphutu and children living in the neighbouring communities of KwaNyuswa and Embo (Valley of a Thousand Hills).
Lily of the Valley Community Projects
An ethical, income generating community is what we are striving to achieve through projects which, amongst other things, provide sustainable food, education, income generation and life skills.
Education
Lilyvale School
The purpose of Lilyvale School is to offer a high standard of education that possesses academic excellence, spiritual depth and moral integrity. We believe that education cannot take place in a moral-vacuum. The school consequently has a strong Christian foundation and ethos.
Ekujabuleni Day Care Centre
Our Ekujabuleni Day Care Centre at Lily of the Valley provides children with daily meals, safe care and educational games.
Open Schools
The Open Schools Programme is a partnership with Open Schools Worldwide. This programme targets local children who are not coping academically and seeks to equip them with key literacy and numeracy skills. Other activities include song, drama, dance and sport – all of which ensure a vibrant, interesting programme five days a week.
Currently 30 children from Mophela arrive each afternoon at the end of their school day – they each receive a healthy lunch time meal and then take part in the lessons.
UK Giving
SA and Rest of the World Giving
Social
The Lily of the Valley Children's Village
Since 1994 Lily of the Valley Children's Village has continued to care for children infected or affected by HIV / AIDS.Through loving care, improved nutrition, strategic health intervention and focused spiritual guidance, our children continue to thrive.
Makaphutu Children's Village
Through providing a multi-disciplinary, all encompassing range of support, Makaphutu Children's Village continues to promote the physical, mental and spiritual welfare of children - both those resident at Makaphutu and children living in the neighbouring communities of KwaNyuswa and Embo (Valley of a Thousand Hills).
Lily of the Valley Community Projects
An ethical, income generating community is what we are striving to achieve through projects which, amongst other things, provide sustainable food, education, income generation and life skills.