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NB! This 12 day Trek was fully sponsored and no funds from Hopelands was used. The mandate from the sponsors was that Hopelands would carry our mission flag to Base Camp and propagate our mission as we went along. For almost 3 years our Founders, Stephen and Sharon Lamprecht prepared themselves and waited for the right time […]

Our vision at Hopelands has always been to inspire “hope” in a hopeless world. In September 2017, 19-hectares of undeveloped agricultural land was donated to us. Since then we have been hard at work trying to get the property re-zoned for the building of the village for orphaned and abandoned babies and children. After spending

When it comes to working with any non-profit there is no “one size fits all” that is best suited for any non-profit. The great thing about working with the teams from Nedbank is that there is no authoritarianism. From the outset it was very clear that they have a heart for what they are doing and

Hopelands managed to purchase 10 pre-used cots that needed some serious revamping. Jenny-Lee Swanepoel, the current “Mrs. Krugersdorp” and “Hopelands Ambassador” took it upon herself to arrange the revamping of the cots. The day itself was a beautiful sunny day in May and many people arrived to give their support to this initiative to get involved

After 5 months of waiting for the Department of Social Development to process our application for Hopelands to be registered as a Child and Youth Care centre (CYCC) we had a breakthrough on 30 March 2023. Hopelands is now registered as a CYCC, and we are permitted to have 13 children aged from birth to 3

3 July 2023 was a huge day of victory for Hopelands as we received our very first little bundle of life. This precious one was handed over to us from a Child Protection Organisation to protect her and care for her. We are so grateful and privileged to be used in this ultimate sense of raising

Since our Open Day on 27 March 2021, we have had a fantastic response from our partners, friends and community organisations to support the needed upgrades to our first rescue home in Magaliesburg. Our “wish lists” were displayed on the walls wherever a need was and much of that has been taken care of with only

Our first rescue home for abandoned babies “Hope Cottage” On Saturday, 27 March 2021 we had our Open Day for our first rescue home for abandoned babies at 1 Rustenburg Road, Magaliesburg Friends of Hopelands, sponsors and interested people from the community came to see what we are up to. One room had a makeover for