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VHUTSHILO MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

2014

Massage in South Africa!

First I want to thank everyone for all your support to make this massage project such a

success once again. Ive just returned from our third year visiting the Limpopo region of

South Africa, teaching massage/touch to HIV/Aids caregivers in local villages. It was a

busy three weeks as another 30 individuals joined our list of participants bringing the

total up to almost 60 men and women. We had 3 different groups of 10 participants

plus a translator and a graduate from last year who was great as my assistant.

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PHOTO ESSAY

SOME OF MY FAVORITE GEMS FROM FOLKS;

I THOUGHT MASSAGE WAS ONLY FOR RICH WHITE

PEOPLE BECAUSE I SAW IT ON TV. I NOW REAL-

IZE I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

(FROM ONE OF THE CAREGIVER PARTICIPANTS)

I THOUGHT A PERSON COULD GET AIDS FROM DO-

ING MASSAGE. NOW I KNOW BETTER.

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LAST BUT FAR FROM LEAST!

THE GANG

Let me introduce you to Captain.

Thanks to your generous donations, we were able to

purchase a healthy, strong ram last year. And he is now the

proud father of 13 beautiful kids. Its Goats Galore!

Getting three liters of milk per day from the ewes is no

easy task! The whole village is talking about the goats as

they are bigger and healthier than the local breed. The

male kids will be sold and the females will go out to villages

for the goat milk as it is more digestible and to breed more

goats which will then be given to other villagers to raise.

Thank you everyone for your support and contributions. It

makes a real difference in peoples lives.

We are already talking about next year and how to continue

to make the massage and goat program more sustainable

and keep it local. So stay tuned. And thank you.

Cary and Barb

Captain