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The sudden death of our beloved Gavin Harrison, has hit us hard here at Woza Moya, in the Ufafa Valley Community of rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Gavin’s open hearted response to the Aids pandemic here, led to him returning to the US and working tirelessly to raise funds for Woza Moya. He was a great and passionate fund-raiser, sharing our stories and his direct experiences of Woza Moya, wherever and whenever possible. Gavin’s huge heart, over flowing with kindness and compassion, moved Friends, in particular the Hawaiian Sangha, together with Patricia Shafer, to raise all the funds to build our Children’s Centre at Woza Moya. Today hundreds of young children in the Ufafa Valley are benefitting from this centre and its on-going outreach work.

Gavin was greatly loved and respected by all the children, women and men of our community. We will always remember and celebrate his beautiful precious heart, his generosity and compassion for the people of this valley, in particular the children, infected and affected by HIV/Aids.

One of the seeds that Gavin planted when last at Woza Moya was for us to create a small Zulu Village on site here. He would be so happy to know that we are now talking about taking small steps, moving slowly but surely towards this vision. The idea is to host groups of people to come and learn, share and connect with our community, a place where friendships and heart connections are made.

Thank you Gavin (and Friends) for your great giving hearts. You will forever be in our hearts at Woza Moya and in the Ufafa Valley Community

Nkosi ikubusise Gavin! God Bless you Gavin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YdKZxleSaE

We invite you all to become a part of a new Friend-Raising initiative for Woza Moya!  The Woza Moya Board of Directors has decided to follow a different path in order to create financial sustainability. Woza Moya has a global reputation as an exemplary community-based organization which is supported by a few wonderful grantors.  Despite our successful ongoing operations it continues to be a challenge, year upon year, to keep our heads above water.

We are appealing to all our Woza Moya friends, locally, and in Europe and the USA, where we are fortunate to have platforms already in place to receive donations.  Meet our Woza Moya UK Trustees http://www.wozamoya.org.za/how-you-can-help/monetary-donations.html#donate-uk. We are also blessed to have the South Coast Foundation, a 501(c) (3) organization in the USA as a friend. http://southcoastfoundation.org/aboutscf.shtml . We receive 100% of all donations made in the UK and the USA, which are tax deductible.

Sue Hedden, Founder and Director will be travelling around South Africa in 2019 and to the UK and the USA later on.  She will be telling the Woza Moya story and requesting many more friends to come on board. Friends who can assist in various ways. Gathering resources for Woza Moya, are not necessarily limited to monetary donations. There are so many different avenues for you to become and Friend and support us. For some it may be helping to spread the word and pass on our story. For others, a monthly debit order, no matter how small.  

This year is a crucial time as Woza Moya plans for this new and exciting venture. We really need your help to make this happen.  We would love to connect with a small circle of your friends to share our story. This could be in the form of a casual tea party, at your home or wherever would be suitable. If your heart resonates with this, please email Sue at  and we can discuss this further.  

Watch this short video of our work!