On Wednesday evening I attended a meeting of The Rotary Club of Wall Street. I passed on my greetings from South Africa, and more specifically from The Rotary Club of Algoa Bay in Port Elizabeth.
Category: Outreach
My visit to St Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children
Over the weekend I went with The Little Fighters Cancer Trust to St Joseph’s Home For Chronically Ill Children in Montana, Cape Town, to hand out shoes, hats, yoghurts, colouring books, crayons and juices to the sick babies of the home. The LFCT’s Facebook supporters donated just under 200 pairs of new shoes for children with Cancer as…
Honoured to be an ambassador for Little Fighters Cancer Trust!
This is a wonderful non-profit organization which dedicates itself to relieve some of the heartache and difficulties faced by childhood Cancer-affected families. They support children with Cancer and their families as well as promote Childhood Cancer Awareness. It was founded in 2009 and is a registered NPO with PBO status. I am so honoured to be an ambassador for…
Rotary Family Health Day 1
And so began a beautiful first day of the fantastic initiative ‘Rotary Family Health Days’ thank you Rotary, NMMU & Department of Health x
Rotary Family Health Days
Coming up this week is Rotary International’s amazing initiative, The Rotary Family Health Days (RFHD). Rotary has formed a fantastic partnership with the Department of Health, Coca-Cola, the CDC and USAID in order to host a series of Health Days (across the world) from 9-11 May 2013. On the days the Department of Health will…
Raising Awareness For The Salvation Army
Over the weekend I judged a freeze flash mob at my hometown’s beautiful seaside entertainment complex, the Boardwalk. It was a flash mob as part of the Salvation Army’s anti-trafficking campaign to stop human trafficking.
Outreach in South Africa
In 2013, the population of South Africa was 52.98 million people. Of those, there are an estimated 9 million people below the poverty line (less than $1 a day). I can’t hope to change all their lives but I can make a difference. I just look around and it’s easy to find places where I can offer assistance. Every…