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Peter Gilbert – pictured here on the left with Maleta the WARMTH kitchen operator at Phola Park.- is one of the founder members of FoW in 2001. Retired and living with his wife Christine in The Vendee, France, his involvement with WARMTH in Cape Town goes back to 1999. In his own words... I was lucky enough to have a holiday in Cape Town, unexpectedly in one of the nicest hotels in town. By the pool one day I was challenged to step out of my comfort zone and take a tour to visit Khayalitsha one of those large seemingly ramshackle townships you see as you drive into the city from the airport. I agreed but secretly was dreading the tour because I really did not want to see people living in grinding poverty and misery. However, this trip became the highlight of my stay, to see the human spirit burning so brightly in spite of dreadful deprivation….. On his return to the UK he determined to help WARMTH in their objective “that no child in Cape Town need go to bed hungry.” |
| Val Harding, a South African by birth, is one of the founder members of Friends of WARMTH in the UK in 2001. She lives in Alveston with her husband Jerry, having moved to the UK in 1999. She has three children, the eldest son at university in Stellenbosch, South Africa - her daughter currently touring Asia for 6 months after teaching in Taiwan for 2 years and another son who has just completed his first year at university in the UK. Currently working as an administrator for a drug and alcohol agency, she is soon changing direction to work locally in the field of climate change. |
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Chris Hill, a New Zealander, first came across WARMTH on a visit to Cape Town in 1998, and has been a passionate advocate for WARMTH ever since. Chris is now based in London, and has recently launched an ethical travel company, Hands Up Holidays, that offers tours (including Cape Town which visit a WARMTH kitchen) that blend sightseeing with a taste of hands-on volunteering, such as housebuilding, teaching, repairing an orphanage, or planting native trees. |
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