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Kits for Kids
Tuesday, 5 April, 2011Click on image to enlarge
Rotarian Bill Allen, from St Albans U.K., while visiting relatives in McGregor a few years ago, saw a pre-primary school struggling to look after dozens of small children. Dedicated teachers were handicapped by poor facilities and by an acute shortage of teaching materials and play equipment.
Using the network of Rotary International, Bill linked up with Breede River Winelands Rotary Club and the Frankental Club in Germany. Taking a wider look at the problem of under-funded education in the McGregor area, they identified the Byekorf Creche, the Weltevrede [Takkap] and Uitnood farm schools, and the Waldorf School, who all needed more resources. Together they raised funds and then applied to the Rotary Foundation for a "matching grant".
Byekorf has been supplied with a wide range of teaching aids and equipment, as well as outdoor play equipment, a jungle gym and a shaded play area. Both farm schools chose their own needs lists, which were also covered by the grant. The Waldorf School has an enthusiastic new science teacher, children with the talent to tackle matric chemistry, physics and biology, but very little science laboratory equipment. The Rotary grant covered that need too.
An extended meeting of the Breede River Winelands Rotary Club, in the McGregor Town Hall on Tuesday April 5, gathered together fifty of the staff, parents and children from all four of the beneficiaries of this project. Speeches of thanks were made by Shaun Van Niekerk of Waldorf, Heinrich Vermeulen of Takkap, Christeline Davids of Byekorf and Marie Veldsman of Uitnood.
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Ray's Rotary Reunion
Thursday, 3 February, 2011Click on image to enlarge
The reunions were intended to reconnect Foundation alumni and to facilitate additional international service projects in Africa, where President Ray lived and traveled as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in 1961.
Rotarians from the fourteen districts of Africa gathered at the Pavilion Auditorium at the heart of Cape Town's V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Our Club was well represented and also participated in the Projects Expo which was was held on Day 2 and 3.
PHOTO: Our President Elect, David Hall, is seen chatting to Rotary International's President, Ray Klinginsmith.
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Murder Mystery Weekend
Saturday, 30 July, 2011Click on image to enlarge
Having wined and dined, participants, in small teams, had the opportunity to interview suspects using their sleuthing skills to try and determine who the guilty party was that committed a murder.
*** Prizes were awarded for the best team etc and a good night was had by all.
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Swellendam Mini Conference
Saturday, 30 October, 2010Click on image to enlarge |
2010 District Conference
14th May 2010Click on image to enlarge
Probably the most exciting and enlightening talk was John Diksa's on SHELTERBOX AND HAITI, detailing how Shelterbox came about, what it does and what these boxes contain. To illustrate this he used the vital role they had played in alleviating the distress of those caught up in the tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti. John is a leading member of the ShelterBox UK team.
On the entertainment side we were treated to a performance by a college brass band as well as Indian dancing by a GSE team from India to South Africa which included brief talks on the experiences by GSE Team members who had been from South Africa to India
Despite a number of very good club dispalys, ours was chosen as the Best In at the Conference!
There was so much more to the conference but perhaps the most valuable aspect of such a gathering is the meeting of members from a wide and diverse range of clubs and countries.
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