Tumelong:
Mission & Development Programme
Diocese of Pretoria

Tumelong Turning 70, Three score years and ten.

Since its founding in 1939, Tumelong continue to be committed to the welfare and development of the children, youth and marginalised in the communities. We still continue to address issues relating to HIV and Aids focusing primarily on prevention.

For our 70^th Celebrations, we have the following events lined up:

The five–a-side soccer tournament

As part of our fundraising drive towards our operations, we will be hosting a five a side tournament on the 10 April 2010, from 9am, with an affiliation fee of R1000.00 a team. This will be held at St Mary’s DSG, Hillcrest. We expect all parishes and organisations to take part in this fun and family event.

GALA Dinner

You are hereby invited to the Gala dinner and celebration to be held on the 10^th April 2010,19h00 at St Mary’s DSG, at the cost of R200 per person or R2000.00 per table of ten.  This will be a fun filled evening with music, food and additional entertainment, this is an event not to be missed. There will be memorabilia sold, and only 70 units will be available. Proceeds will go towards the support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

Brick for Development Campaign

We also have a Brick for Development campaign, we sell a brick engraved with your name/ institution/parish logo and they will be used to erect a Development Wall at the end of the year. We only have 70 bricks for this campaign selling at R1000.00 per engraved brick. Please buy one. The proceeds for this campaign will go toward the building the capacity of communities to start income generation projects and to help them be employable.

Children Receiving Food and Books at ekangala

The 7^th February 2010 was for the far eastern part of our Diocese. Orphaned and Vulnerable Children from the area were blessed with clothes and food parcels. Tears could only express the joy felt by the new priest in that area, Rev’d Jerry Ntlatleng. For some of these children, a meal was going to be a luxury if they did not receive the food parcels. Let us continue to ensure that children can be afforded at least a meal and education.