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The Panorama Ark Foster Home currently provides residence to seven children under the guardianship of foster parents Lourie and Chantal van Wyk. The children ages vary between 7 and 17 years of age. These children requires dedicated attention as they all come from very difficult backgrounds and they are placed into foster care through the state welfare.

The foster home is highly dependant on donations in the form of monetary donations, clothing, linnen, crockery, groceries or assistance with services such as renovations in and around the foster home. These items / donations are used to provide in the basic needs of the children. All previous assistance granted from the NG Church Panorama has been stopped with immediate effect and we have also evacuated the current house which belongs to the church at the end of June 2009 as they are in the process of applying for permission to use it as a guest-house as per a notice posted at the premises. We are thus at this stage financially in a severe crisis like situation as we have to now source all expenditures from other willing individuals or organisations.

The current monthly expenses for new housing, electricity and water, groceries, clothing, medical care, schooling, transport, etc amounts to +/- R50 000 a month and as such the state grant (R1300-00 per month in total currently) is not even close enough in providing for all these basic needs. Thus we as foster parents are highly dependant on donations in any form possible, especially the basic needs such as groceries, fuel, schooling necessities and additional finances.

We value and treat all these children as our own and as such they receive equal attention, love and care. We strongly believe and endeavour to provide them with a loving family home where-in they can become value adding adult citizens through proper education, religious beliefs and self esteem enrichment. We build strongly on their morale and endeavour to make them see themselves as equal to other children.

We are busy with various initiatives to raise sustainable funds that we try to receive on a monthly basis, however that proves extremely difficult in the current harsh economical times we live in. Should you wish to assist in anyway possible, simply contact us at the details on the contact details page or else you can contribute via our banking details on the banking details page section.
God bless!

Lourie and Chantal van Wyk



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I strongly support our site`s motto of "Our children - Our future". This can only be achieved through faith and perserverance. Thus my personal way of thinking: "What the mind of man can conceive and believe - It can Achieve"
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