The Fire Department comes to help Bobbi Bear 031 – 361 0000 Fire Department A number we will never forget - After the unfortunate incident that the Bobbi Bear staff members experienced last week, where a military grade flare ignited in our workshop, we made one phone call...
“Pastor” sentenced for raping 5 children Thokozani Mvalelwa, A self professed “pastor” on the south coast of Durban- Port Shepstone was recently handed 5 life sentences for the rape of 5 children under the age of 12. He lured them into his home, with promises of chips...
Saturday Support Group What is it? Every Saturday we meet underneath the "Tree" to host our Support Group. About 150 children come from surrounding communities to take part, often walking several kilometers to get there. Support Group is a place where children can come together to just be...
In Service of Others. I was born in South Africa and soon came face to face with the loss of a loved one after my father died in 1976 in a car accident. My mother joined him in 1987 after losing the battle against cancer....
When I was about 8 years old I left my home to stay with my mother’s relatives. My mother could not take care of me because she was sick. I could not stay with my father because he was injured during work. Both my parents...
What made you decide to volunteer with Bobbi Bear?In 2008 I was working as a sales manager when I was caught in the crossfire of an armed robbery, a bullet hit me in the face and I came out alive to tell the story. This...
Follow Bradley in our latest vlog as he faces new challenges with Operation Bobbi Bear.In this episode, Bradley returns to a school in #Umkomaas for a follow up visit, Bobbi Bear deals with 18 cases from a single school and discusses the #issues surrounding school children and abuse that...
Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, women have remained at a much higher risk of infection than men. Young women and teenage girls in particular account for a startling majority of new HIV infections among young people living with the virus. This is more...
After my first seven years of hell in South Africa, I met a young Zulu man who had just left school and what an amazing young man he was. He taught me so much about the Zulu and Xhosa cultures. He eventually died in my...
Follow Bradley in our latest vlog as he faces new challenges with Operation Bobbi Bear.In this episode, Bradley attends the weekly Tree Clinic and the team meets with a 40 year old lady in #Malukazi who takes care of 11 children. During the week they also visit...