Alone around South Africa

Alone around South Africa
Quo Vadis?

About Me

"Why? Why would you want to do this?" By and large this is the standard response I get when people would learn of my intention of traveling around South Africa on my motorcycle. It usually gets worse when I mention the word, "solo." Utterances questioning my sanity and menopausal status abound. These, however, only serve to firm my resolve. After all, why shouldn't I experience South Africa with its beautiful and relatively unspoilt coastline, verdant green forests, wide - swept plains, the enigmatic Karoo, magnificent wildlife, craggy mountains and its diverse people, courtesy of my motorcycle? And the best is that I can spend as much or as little time at a place as I choose. So that's exactly what I will be doing. If all goes according to plan and my anxiously awaited panniers arrive in time, I'll be saying my good byes to friends and family very early on Wednesday morning, 24 April 2013. Check in every now and then to see where I am, what I've been up to and where this journey is taking me, both physically and philosophically.

Friday 19 April 2013

House of Hope

During my trip (Alone around South Africa) I'm endeavouring to raise funds for a specific place of safety for traumatised children and women. House of Hope (www.houseof hopewc.webs.com) , in Vredenburg on the West Coast, is run by a small but very dedicated group of people who realised that little ones and often their moms have no place to turn to in the case of domestic violence (which may be of a physical and / or emotional / sexual / economic nature). Me? I involuntarily see the pain in the once - trusting eyes of a child in my mind's eye as I reflect on this sad phenomenon.

Please have a look at their website. House of Hope is an NGO (Non - government Organisation), so they have to rely on funding by altruists and others who still care. I know that even the smallest financial contribution and / or financial commitment will have a positive impact on the lives of these children and women. Details may be found on the House of Hope website.

And if you decide to assist ... thank you. Two small words to convey the gratitude of these traumatised little ones and women, benefiting from your kindness, as well as those involved with caring for them.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

man, you are promoting a house managed by Renee hope. Renee Hope and her daugther charlene Dawn hope are really abusers and scammers and they have 2 police reports against them. Now, we know that you are an abuser and a dirty thief too.
my name is Michelle Bazan.

Emil said...

Hi, Michelle

The nature of your comment left me somewhat surprised.

Firstly, I came to know both Renee and her husband Steven in 2009 and have, up to this day, never experienced any behavioural and / or personality traits that have resulted in my doubting their sincerity and integrity.

Secondly, your intimation, no, rather flagrant assumption that I am both "an abuser and a dirty thief too", leaves me no doubt regarding your (suspect) powers of deduction. Both those groups who know me, viz. people I interact with on a daily basis and friends of thirty six years and more, would be more than somewhat surprised at your statement. Unfortunately I cannot see any of them endorsing your views regarding a lack of integrity on my part.

From the tone of your comment, one may quite readily deduce that you have suffered some hurt somewhere in the past and that this may have prompted your perhaps unjustified response on this blog.

Please be advised that a comment such as yours would be deemed derogatory and may just be viewed as slanderous by interested parties. I would hasten to suggest your being extremely circumspect in your choice of words, as the comment posted may readily qualify for a case of Crimen injuria.

Kind regards
Emil H. Bosch

Anonymous said...

Mr, im so sorry if i said that you are an abuser too. Maybe you dont know what that family did.Afortunately, i ve never suffered something like that, and i hope never suffer, but it is outrageous to see how they act, damaging women and then they seek appear to be good people Im 17 years old I have to do a task for my school about them. At school, teachers tahught us about the southafrican criminals called Brent Joseph Kirstein, Charlene Dawn Hope, Renee Hope, lisa Marie van Zyl, kim phyfer, nicola rizutto, and a large etc. We learnt the way that they "work",cheating foreign women , doing unthinkable things, then abuse them and steal their money and things. even issued a warning throughout Latin America about them and their dirty actions. Last year, they did that a girl from Argentina,teachers have shown us the calamities that the daughter, Charlene has done to that girl, with the girl´s boyfriend, Brent j kirstein. Teachers showed us some of the things Charlene Hope told to that girl, to the victim, things like :filthy bitch, ignorant bitch, slut, motherfucker, you lost, when the girl is only a woman who was in a serious relationship with her boyfriend Kirstein. The Hope family and Brent Kirstein, and the others, have formed a group of criminals to deceive, defraud and deliberately attacking and robbing women. That happened with an american girl, before. So they did it again.But now, the police, the social workers and a lot of people are follow in their footsteps to stop that criminal behaviour.
I want to tell you that im so sorry if you are not part of them and i hurt you with my words. Many southafrican people told me bad things, when i wanted to ask about this topic, in a good way and polite, to write an inform to my shool. So i thought that everyone in southafrica is bad educated and without manners. I thought you too.
thank you for take the time to answer me.
Best wishes for you.

Anonymous said...

Mr. , One more thing,i wanted to ask directly about this to the criminals, i wanted to ask to Renee hope, at least by facebook, but i couldnt because she blocked me. But you have the possibility to ask her, not for me, for yourself, why , when the victim cried to her for help,renee did exactly the opposite of what a " alleged good Christian woman " would do, when she knows what criminal actions her daughter Charlene was doing? Everybody think that is because Renee hope is part of the criminal group, she did not care that the girl suffered, and even continued acting against the girl, instead of braking calamities that her daughter was doing, and help those in need.
Now, all latin American girls we are prevented about south african abusers and scammers, and will not fall into their criminal networks. We are grateful to our teachers for thinking of our future and welfare.

Conrado Moressi said...

So far i know, Renee West Hope has sinned, covering an abuser,Brent Joseph Kirstein and her own abusive daughter,Charlene Dawn Hope, leaving helpless and attacking the victim: Kirstein´s girlfriend Maria. That's enough demonstration of lack of education and humanity by Renee Hope, just to cover up his slut daughter. Fortunately, this house of horror called House of Hope has been closed, hopefully permanently,Because Renee Hope has no moral education enough to bring out a good way such liability.