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Former children’s home boy and his surrogate ‘mom’ are reunited decades later

Former house mother Janet Innes and former Saunders House child Godfrey Wheeler meet again at the Waterfall retirement home.Saunders HouseDurban - The world is a small place for two former residents of Saunders House, a children’s home in Glenwood, Durban, that re-opened recently after a two-year renovation.

“I slept under a classroom at Mansfield that was built on stilts until I found a job hanging up clothes from a factory shop. The manager there got me into playing soccer and I earned more money doing that than my job.As for Innes, caring for children is in her blood. “I worked in a children’s home as soon as I left school in Yorkshire and I went straight into it when I arrived in South Africa in 1984. It was rewarding. I’ve never looked back.

Saunders House, is approximately 100 years old. Its renovation was made possible with funds from Sibaya Community Trust.

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