"Having a place to go is a home.
Having someone to love is a family.
Having both is a blessing."
Donna Hedges


I hope with all my heart that my lines find you in good health. All is good with us; the children are well and healthy.

In Ayobâ, our village, everyone also feels at their ease, our seniors have settled in very well. And the nicest compliment I received, which moved me to tears, was when our "Papa Gilbert" told me one day: "Maman", (he is 74 years old), "I have arrived at home."

"You who feel no pain at the suffering of others
It is not fitting for you to be called human."
Saadi, Persian poet


Dear Sponsors
I hope with all my heart that you are all well.

I have already told you a lot about our new village Ayobâ, now there is news again. In the last two months, my husband Aziz has built a recreation room, a so called “apatam” in Ayobâ. A room in which our seniors have the opportunity to eat their meals together, watch TV together, play board games, and now and then we organise a dance evening with good food. The first one already took place and it was just a great pleasure. The children were also invited and young and old had a good time together. To be able to give all these people a home where they are happier than ever before in their lives is an unspeakably great gift.

I hope that you are all well despite the circumstances, and I wish you a Happy New Year from the bottom of my heart, above all good health, lots of laughter, sunshine and happiness in spite of everything. And that the virus will soon no longer make life so difficult for us.