The Dark Spirit – Depression

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Like a thief at night, I entered your heart
I sampled your thoughts and broke them apart
I pulled up a veil to cover your joy
I enlisted The Negative Army to aid and employ
More negative entities to arrest your light
And make all days seem dark, [...]

China Relief – Walking Our Talk

Debris of collapsed buildings is seen after the earthquake in Beichuan county in southwest China’s Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China’s worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than [...]

What can I do?

Shortly before my 35th birthday there was severe flooding in the neighbouring province. There was a particularly sad case in which a house was severely damaged, a man killed, and a widow left with 2 small children. As is typical when such news is heard, I felt bad and wanted to help. Since I had [...]

RSA – Ebenezer Village (Atlantis, CPT)

Every day babies are being abandoned in municipal toilets, parks, refuse bins or shortly after birth they are left behind in hospitals mainly due to AIDS, poverty and unemployment.
Ebenezer Village situated just outside Cape Town, South Africa, in the small town of Atlantis just 40km up the west coast was started in 2006 with no [...]