Eshowe Rotary Club.
Chartered 29.11.1959.
Sponsor Club.Rotary Club of Durban.
Meet every Tuesday at 6.00 pm. Venue. The George Hotel.
President 2006 - 2007. Fergus Upfold.
1. Meeting Program for July 2006 - 30th June 2007
2. Quarterly Committe Reports
3. Our Projects.
4. Members and their details.
5. Social Scene
Vukani Cultural Museum
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Vukani Museum Building
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Containing over 3,000 items, this Museum is home to the biggest collection of Zulu artifacts in the world. A self-help project was initiated in Eshowe by Swedish missionary Lefroth in the early 1950's to preserve the traditional crafts of the Zulu people. The designs and colours, made from natural products, have evolved over many years.
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Vukani Museum display
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Recognising the historical and educational value of this national heritage collection, both for local community and overseas visitors, Rotarians and residents of Eshowe became aware that the current museum building was in a poor state of repair and in need of renovation and rejuvenation. Together they obtained R450,000 from Kwa-Zulu Natal LOTTO to fund the building of a new home for the Vukani Collection on the same site as the Zululand Historical Museum (Fort Nongqayi). This is currently in progress, with completion envisaged for August 2001.
Eshowe Christian Action Group (ECAG)Project
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Eshowe Action Group Classroom
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Started in 1977 by Rotarians, The Eshowe Community Action Group has grown to a fully managed project providing funding to over 2500 Zulu classrooms in the Kwazulu Natal area.Over 130,00 children use these classrooms daily. To date, some R130 million worth of classrooms and school facilities have been constructed.
We are now in the process of providing sanition and water to many schools through the Rotary International Matching grant project. Read more on this here or visit the Eshowe Christian Action Group Project website.
Jininindomyama Skills Centre
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Umfolozi Skills Centre
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Mission Statement
Our main purpose is the effective vocational training mainly of lower but also of mid-level manpower resources. We also have a provision for people who never participated in formal education or who have a low level of Academic proficiency. Read more and see more photos here!
Eshowe Paper Making Project
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Papermaking. Boiling sugarcane leaves.
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Eshowe set on a hill is an area renowned for it vast canefields in Kwazulu Natal. It is also home to rich tradition of weaving and pottery. The Technicon Witwatersrand Paper Making Unit, with support from the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) have developed a station for paper packaging for the crafts industry in Eshowe. packaging products are developed from recycled paper, natural fibres and plants local to the region.Your purchases supports the environment and the craft industry in Eshowe. So far twelve zulu are making a living doing this.
Spend a day making paper or paper packaging products from sugar cane.(R65). Support the environment and self employment in Zululand. Contact Graham & Richard Chennells. Zululand Eco-Adventures 035 4744919 / 082 4926918
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Wizzy Digital Courier
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Over the last three years our club has given moral support to Andy Rabagliati and his project Wizzy Digital Courier, an internet access system targeted at schools in Rural areas. Wizzy has a number of successful installations in Zululand.
Wizzy is running a pilot project in Cape Town with the Shuttleworth Foundation
The system is uniquely adapted for providing cheap internet access for all school learners - and meshes in well with Rotary's rural classroom projects. This project is to raise money for website and internet access to disadvantaged communities.
Upliftment Projects supported by Rotary Club iof Eshowe.
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Teacher and some Pupils
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Yebo Initiativen , A private German initiative for school, house and to feed handicapped children. Tembimfundo Special School. Aids orhpans are also catered for. About 20 children are catered for under very difficult conditions.Staff are very dedicated and very committed. Edeltraud Parenson and her supporters from Germany are keeping the day to day running expenses paid and are raising money for two new classrooms.
School feeding Scheme and Aids Subsidy for Learners.
KwaMondi & Ntenjane Primary School.
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School feeding Scheme
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Entenjane Primary School
Subsidize AIDS orphaned children & feeding scheme.Food is provided by the government but no faciilities, pots, cookers or utensils.We have recently through the interest of one of our visitors John & Josie Keys recieved a donation from a UK School, Paddock Wood Primary School and Rotary Club of
Tunbridge Wells recieved R12000 to upgrade the cooking facilities.I would welcome the new headmaster Mike Olley to keep in contact with us.This is a great project.I can send more pictures, How about pictures of your students and school.
Aids has left many children destitute and help is needed to keep them at school.
Mbonglowane Footbridge
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Mbongolwane Footbridge
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This bridge was built by Eshowe Rotary Club to assist hundreds of scholars to get to school without having to swim across the Mbongolwane Wetlands every day.Over 400 people per day use this bridge to get to school and the tribal authority.We need to to some repairwork on this bridge.Any takers - we need R5000 to elongate it and do minor repairs.
Contact person: Graham Chennells. Rotary Club of Eshowe.
Eshowe Rotary Exchange Program
Author: Raphael Moyses
Rotarian Graham Chennells
Eshowe. Zululand. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa.
info@eshowe.com
035 4744919.
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