OUR PROJECTS

We are not called “People of Action” for nothing! Over the past three financial years the Rotary Club of Newlands spent over R19 million on projects. Browse through this list of some of the bigger projects we have or are currently working on.

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SPENT ON PROJECTS FROM JULY 2022 TO JUNE 2023

LANGA ECD PROJECT

Using the WOSA (Whole of Society Approach), Newlands RC has partnered with the Langa ECD Forum , Dept of Social Development , ELRU and Breadline Africa who together work on a Global Grant with Rotary partners from Rotary Clubs in Germany, Holland, USA and Taipei.

The goal as set by the Langa ECD Community is to develop Langa into a Community of ECD Excellence. This is done by working with all the 34 Langa ECD centers and:

  • Providing training in ECD, leadership and management training,
  • Provision of relevant ECD equipment
  • Limited Infrastructure to ensure improved health and safety condition in selected ECD centers

Targets include

  • Ongoing empowerment of the dedicated women who lead, manage, teach and work in these ECD centers , thus contributing to stabilizing and growing employment in the ECD field in Langa.
  • Improving the quality of ECD services for the Langa children and their families to ensure stronger educational and emotional foundations.

OPPIEKOPPIE CRECHE

Oppiekoppie is a creche/ECD is Prince Albert Hamlet, approximately 150 km outside of Cape Town. The creche was becoming too small to serve the needs of the children in the community and together with Pinelands Rotary and corporate partner, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, we both fund-raised and project managed the construction of an additional 3 classrooms and ablutions which doubled the capacity of the school. The school has already filled the classes and there is a further waiting list – success builds success!

Download the project progress pictures from drawing to opening day.

ONE TO ONE

One to One is a fair arranged by community clubs and schools that offers the intellectually disabled a fun and engaging day out with loads of activities and entertainment. Newlands Rotary runs the photo booth where visitors can have their photos taken and printed out as a keepsake of the day! It is an especially rewarding one-to-one experience.

Find out more: www.toone.co.za

THE ZOE PROJECT

NGO servicing Retreat Maternity & Obstretrics Unit offering assistance with birth, wide ranging pregnancy and birth related counselling, education and information, feeding schemes, adoption services, antenatal classes and newborn clothing support. Newlands Rotary donated two container units to help expand their services and support. Thanks to a District Grand of R30 000.00, we were also able to build a roof over the outdoor waiting area to ensure that moms and babies are kept warm and dry in winter weather.

Find out more: www.thezoeproject.co.za

PHILISA ABAFAZI BETHU

Operating in the community of Lavender Hill, PAB offers the community an after-school programme, a women’s support programme, the Renee Roman Search and Rescue Team as well as an Emergency Safe House. Founder, Lucinda Evan’s dream of protecting and empowering abused women and children was realized when she witnessed a crowd gathering around a man beating his wife in the street. People were watching, yet no one was doing anything to stop the violence. Today PAB offers hope and a place of safety for women and children from across the Cape Flats.

Find out more: www.philisaabafazi.org

NOLUTHANDO

The Noluthando Special Needs School in Khayelitsha opened their newly built Treatment & Assessment Centre on Friday, 7 December 2018. At a cost of R2.6m the Centre provides capacity for specialist therapy treatments to learners. Approximately 300 children currently benefit from the special needs facilities that are aimed at educating hearing impaired and autistic learners (ASD). The school asked The Rotary Club of Newlands, which has supported the school with several additional facilities over the past years, to design, obtain funding and construct the dedicated building from which services could be accessed.

Download the project progress photos from foundation laying to opening day.