While at the Del Cramer Child Development Center, I worked on a project to compile multiple lists of the children registered and part of our child sponsorship program into one cohesive list. This list will help with lots of admin work in South Africa and the US and keep the center compliant with government regulations. But most importantly to you, as a sponsor, we have an accurate list of the registered children attending the center who can participate in our child sponsorship program. This list lets us know which children are available to be sponsored and which children were previously sponsored but are no longer attending or registered at the center. Now that I know which children have graduated or left our program, I will reach out to anyone previously sponsoring one of these children to pair you with an unsponsored child.

Aside from this large (and very daunting) project, the team and I had many opportunities to serve meals, play games, and do various musical, art, and literary activities with the children! Ava, our youngest team member, taught an art class to some of the older children at the center. Nancy brought her guitar and did music sessions with the children. Blessman International has a relationship with NB Safaris, where they will have people come to hunt animals and donate the meat from those animals to feed our children at the Del Cramer Child Development Center. On Friday, NB Safaris delivered a freezer full of meat, and the children helped unload it.