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NEVILLE
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Neville
Fairbairn
Retired
Optometrist, married to Sheila with three children and four
grandchildren.
Other
interests; I sing in a Male Voice Choir, play in a brass band and for
church services, treasurer of our local walking group and keep busy
with childminding duties for our grandchildren. I spent two weeks
working at Rehoboth in 2006 as part of a team from Prudhoe Methodist
Church. On our return I offered to help the Trustees in whatever way I
could and agreed to become Treasurer for HFSAC.
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SALLY
This is me three years
ago as proud grandma
for the first time
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Sally
Leat
I
live in the beautiful county of Northumberland. I am delighted to have
been asked to join the board of trustees as I have very fond memories
of visiting Rehoboth as part of a church work party in 2006. I am a
sponsor and as such have kept up to date with the progress and
development of the children’s village over the years with
great interest. I am very pleased that we are able to look at related
projects and at times award grants to help keep a crèche
open or help fund educational work at Rehoboth from donations received.
A little money goes a long way in South Africa and can make life
changing differences to people living with HIV/AIDS. God works wonders
with a little help from us. One day I would like to return to see how
Rehoboth has changed.
I am a retired teacher of children
with special educational needs and now currently work part-time as a
tutor for undergraduates and post-graduates with dyslexia at
Northumbria University. I have three grown-up daughters, one a teacher,
one a bird scientist and one a medical doctor (who has spent time at
Rehoboth and its local hospital when she was doing her elective
rotation). I have one three year old grand-daughter, who is a delight
but who lives three hours away by road and therefore I only see
periodically. I have a few past times, walking, running, gardening,
reading and I have my own ceramics studio where I enjoy making pots and
getting messy.
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David
Smith
I retired at the end of
2000 after a
career in sales and marketing, hoping [with my wife Glen] to find a
short-term mission placement somewhere in the third world. As a family
we always had an interest in children having fostered & adopted
children. I was also a Samaritan for a number of years and chair of the
Tyneside branch. We were also active in our local church.
In 2001 our search led
us to South
Africa with WEC where we helped set up Rehoboth Children’s
Village for children infected & affected by HIV. This has led
to us spending up to 6 months a year in S.A. In 2004 we registered Hope
for South Africa’s Children to support the work of the
Village and other projects with which we are linked.
Glenys
Smith
I have always had
affinity with
children, being a Sunday School teacher and a Tawny Owl in my teens. I
trained as an Infants’ Teacher and after having our own
family (3 children) we adopted 2 more. We also fostered many short stay
children. Subsequently, in my forties, I retrained as a Social Worker
and specialised in family placement. As well as training carers for
Rehoboth, I helped to establish a foster care programme with another
organisation and introduced training in Attachment and Bonding to
Social Welfare organisations.
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DAVID & GLEN
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ANN
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Ann Worthy
I am married to
Bill, we have two daughters, four grand-children & four
great-grand children.
I am a Local
Preacher in the Methodist Church, I also help to run a Community Lunch
Club at the church.
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