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  Sunday, Nov 28, 2010 2:01PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVLrIVz8ApE&feature=player_embedded
  

  
  http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjI1OTI1NTgw.html
  
  The last time I was in South Africa for my wedding I met A couple Gary and Andrea who were also married by Monica the Sangoma. They were very interested in why we wanted to be married by Monica as not many people went though that ceremony with her. As we got to know them we found that they were actually doing volunteer work in Lesotho, which is a small country within the country of South Africa. They were working in a village called Phelisanong where a woman named Mamello had set up a place for physically and mentally handicapped children. In rural Africa, people with disabilities are often seen as a burden or useless to their families and communities and are often abandoned. Mamello being physically handicapped herself wanted to make a place where these people would be welcomed and cared for with open arms. In the few short years that she has been doing this she has built a large self sustaining community and has even grown to help people with HIV/AIDS, one of Africa's biggest problems. It really is amazing what her will has enabled her to do. With all the odds against her she persevered and created this place of happiness for kids who really didn't have a place or a future. Now they do. Mamello inspires me, I hope she inspires you too. Thanks to Gary and Andrea for making this film and documenting the amazing things that she has done. Next time I'm in South Africa, I will defintely pay Mamello and the children of Phelisanong a visit.
  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXLJOYuHsg&feature=player_embedded
  
  
  http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjI1ODg1NDU2.html
  
  Christopher and Michael are two boys that have benefited from what Mamello has done. It's amazing to me that these boys with cerebral palsy have learned everything they know about the world from the internet and television and have probably very rarely ever left the rural area of which they are from. I am also glad to see that they realize a Lamborghini in Lesotho would not be that entirely practical.
  
  
  

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