March 8.2007…Mohau Donor Video

The woman from Yale made a video with photos of staff, children and everyday life at Mohau as a gift for Tiekie before she left...From a distance Tiekie saw me approaching the centre. She scurried me into her office, pulled up a chair, and said, “you have got to see this.” For 10 minutes I was mesmerized by our children flashing across the screen laughing, brushing their teeth, and singing. When two photos of me popped up with the children I started to cry. I couldn’t believe that this intern who was only here for 3 mos. of their life would be put into a video that will be around for a lifetime. The video was absolutely beautiful in 10 short minutes it captured every child in the home just as they are. After the video was done playing Tiekie turned to me and said don’t worry I will send one home with you. When my camera was taken at the beginning of my time here in South Africa I was so bummed cause I thought I would have no way of capturing the time I had with these children, but now I have something even better a video of all of the children.