Children of Africa Project

July Report

Meet Shiree - the Gymnast

by Celia Fenn

Starchild was also able to make a contribution towards the travelling expenses of Shiree Mitchell, a talented young gymnast who was selected to represent her country in a competition in Austria. Shiree has been fortunate enough to find the training and the sponsorship that she needs to enable her to express her talents, despite the poverty of her background. We are happy to work with her as an example of the talents that lie within this community. We are sure that there are more children like Shiree who have much to offer if they are given the support and the opportunities.

This is Shiree with her mother, Siena. The picture was taken outside the gymnasium where Shiree trains three times a week after school. She is pictured here in her school uniform:

This is Siena outside the Mitchell family home. A simple wooden shack behind the clinic in Sir Lowry's Pass, in the area known as Sun City:

Here Wilma watches Shiree as she goes through her routine:

A Star in the making:

Some of Shiree's achievements:

To read about past work.....

News from the Soup Kitchen: February 2007.

The Work we did in 2006

The Original Soup Kitchen Request for Donations

Work begins

Friends and Visitors at the Soup Kitchen

Monday is Starchild Vegetable Day at the Soup Kitchen

Expressing the Paradise Vibration in Africa: Painting the Soup Kitchen with the Community and the Children

Festive Season Donation Appeal.

I look forward to working with you on this project.

Love and blessings

Celia