Silver Lining

07/10/2026

Today was a belated celebration of Sikver Lining's 6th anniversary. We visited our 3 preschools and had a really fun morning. Each school presented two "concert"performances and Silver Lining members presented two items of poetry and singing. Recycled snack baskets and sweet filĺed cones were happily received. The six Bees and 6 words starting with B were very special tributes to Silver Lining.

01/09/2026

The post below was 5 years ago . The gratitude has not changed. We thank all our donors for enabling Silver Lining's ongoing help to 50 needy families ( 243 household members) and 3 daycares/ preschools with more than 100 children.

We recently celebrated our 6th anniversary of making a difference. What a journey it has been! I even had the Silver Lining logo painted on my thumb nails!!

01/09/2026

28/08/2026

A FUN TOUR WHERE SWAKOPMUND KIDS INTERACTED WITH SILVER LINING FAMILIES AND PRESCHOOLERS

Today was a tour with a difference! Young kids handed over some of their toys to Silver Lining's daycare/preschool children. They interacted, sang and danced together and played with the many donated toys. Silver Lining families welcomed the visitors into their homes and explained various ways they try to earn an income. Such a great morning enjoyed by all!

24/08/2026

A 'KAMBASHU' GETS MOVED FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER

One of Silver Lining's recipients was totally devastated when she was told she could no longer stay on the property where she was living. She had nowhere to go and no hope for the future and sobbed openly at our first Silver Lining family gathering in February of this year. Eventually, she found a new place to relocate her 'Kambashu' and Silver Lining helped pay the transport costs of the building material from one area to another. She invited me to go and see her newly re-erected home. Silver Lining gave her some 'house warming" gifts: a second hand pot, frying pan, a blanket and 2nd hand clothing. All were donated by local donors. She was over-the-moon-grateful and happy. The cute, but very serious child in the pic is her "last born", wearing a beanie donated by Silver Lining long ago.

22/08/2026

Yesterday saw our standard food parcels delivered to 17 of our 50 families. This involved 2 vehicles and 3 volunteers on both Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. So grateful for all the help.

We work on a 3 monthly cycle, so each family receives a food parcel once every 3 months. Recipients have learned over time that punctuality is important and so is saying thank you and most deliveries, like yesterday's, go very smoothly.

20/08/2026

OUR RECIPIENTS VOLUNTEER AND GIVE BACK!
Today was Food Parcel Collection Day in preparation for tomorrow's August Food Parcel Delivery Day to 17 Silver Lining families. Mareta and I enjoyed the company of these two Silver Lining recipients, Ndapandula and Sylvia. They did all the packing into 34 black bags and all the " heavy lifting" out of and back into the cars. So great that SL recipients are willing to volunteer their time and give back and help us! They did a sterling job and we are so grateful for their help.

Thanks too to Mareta for help with transport and for providing juice and biscuits.

20/08/2026

WHAT IS A 'KAMBASHU'?

Most Namibians know this means an informal shack or makeshift dwelling, typically in an urban informal settlement.

Silver Lining has helped build many 'Kambashus', add-on rooms, fences over time, with the help of a very generous local donor, who supplies wooden pallets that get re-fashioned into wooden homes or other structures.

The neatness of the finished product is often exceptional and it is a life-changing moment if you can receive a load of wooden pallets to build a 'Kambashu', or add an extra room to your "shack" or "ghetto" - other terms used for "Kambashu".

Over time, some 10 lucky recipients have received wood to build with and all are super grateful. Our latest recipient who built the home in the picture, wrote: " Morning Oumma is my kambashu. I'm very happy to much."