YFU Newsletter December 2017

WELCOME Dear YFU Family, „Time flies when you‘re having fun“, they say – and time has indeed been flying in YFU South Africa!

It‘s been an exciting, challenging and, overall, very successful year for us, so let‘s just take a few seconds to remember some of the highlights: We started the year by hosting the bi-annual International YFU Conference which was possibly the single largest event YFU SA has ever had the honour of hosting. Delegates from all over the world came together in Cape Town and our volunteers put on an amazing show, representing both our beautiful and diverse country and our organization.

Later in the year, Rouet, who had been a volunteer for quite some time, joined us as a part-time staff member and also attended an international YFU training course in Spain.

After saying good bye to our previous group of inbound students, we welcomed 32 new students and were lucky to place them with host families in many new areas all over South Africa, including Tsitsing, Thabazimbi, and Upington.

Yet, new beginnings sometimes go hand in hand with farewells and it is with a heavy heart that we say good bye to our longest-serving staff member, Babs Visser, who will leave us in January. Babs, we wish you all the best for your hard-earned and well-deserved retirement – YFU SA will not be the same without you!

Last but not least we‘d like to wish all our volunteers, students, host families, and partners a wonderful festive season and a happy new year!

Warm regards, YFU South Africa