In addition to funding the Club’s own projects with their share of the Cycle Tour proceeds, the Rotary Club of Claremont also distribute a portion of the funds to other Rotary Clubs in the district. These are just some of the projects that benefited. Please click here for more information.
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TEARS Amber (a cross between a Boer Bull and Labrador) recently received a R5,000 cheque from the Rotary Club of Claremont, on behalf of TEARS. TEARS is a pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs and cats. |
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Christine Revell Children’s Home
The Christine Revell Children’s Home is located in the heart of Athlone, it is a registered NPO which cares for 49 abandoned, abused, neglected or orphaned babies between birth up to six years of age. The CRCH strives to nurture and develop children in need and work towards their successful re-integration into a family and the community. The CRCH provides full time care for the children. There are 29 staff members who work in shifts caring for the children. They are also volunteers who come from universities and organizations locally and overseas to help with the children. They come to simply help us or to gain experience for their studies.The CRCH runs several programmes in an attempt to develop all the children in a holistic way and to their maximum capacity. Due to limited government subsidies there was insufficient funds to do urgent repairs and supply certain basic needs. The Rotary Club of Claremont contributed R66,000 which enabled the CRCH to repaint the Babies bedrooms and bathrooms, replace worn flooring with tiles, supply built in-cupboarding and new bed linen and towelling for the children. |
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MAD
The Rotary Club of Claremont first became involved with MAD (Make A Difference Foundation) in 2009, when the Club embraced MAD’s Smart Brain Project – a literacy programme directed at benefitting children from disadvantaged communities. MAD currently supports some 74 full scholarship academically talented learners and some 330 learners who benefit from various broad-based educational programmes like “Smart Brain.” To date more than 1 700 learners have benefitted from MAD programmes, the highest achiever being Spencer Horne, a disadvantaged youngster from a single parent home in Kuilsrivier, who is currently studying Engineering at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA. The MAD Foundation evolved from the tremendous inspiration which Francois Pienaar, the victorious 1995 RWC Springbok Captain, drew from his terminally ill Coach and Mentor, the late Kitch Christie. |
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Sarah Fox Convalescent Hospital
The newly established SACS Interact Club, associated to the Rotary Club of Claremont, organised and assisted at the Sarah Fox Convalescent Hospital in Silvertown/Athlone Cape Town. About 25 of the learners from SACS High School donned their work clothes for a day and proceeded to get their hands dirty by completing a number of maintenance and repair type jobs in and around the Hospital . The Sarah Fox Hospital is a 60 bed facility, the only convalescent hospital for children in the Western Cape, aims to provide proffessional care to allow patients a full recovery after critical treatment for such conditions as Burns, HIV/Aids , TB , motor vehicle accidents , effects of malnutrition , surgery etc . The learners weeded, composted and replanted a variety of vegetable seedlings for the hospitals’ veggie tunnel so that they can harvest fresh veggies in the summer months to come . An assortment of cabbage , broccoli, spinach and beetroot was planted . In addition, the painting team washed down classroom walls and windows, did some sanding and painting of doors and door frames as well as some scrubbing of floors and bathrooms! |
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Fraai Viooltjies Play Group
The Fraai Viooltjies Play Group provide daycare facilities to some 90 children from the community of Suurbraak. The Swellendam Rotary Club donated a brand new jungle gym to the school. |
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Learn to Earn
Learn to Earn, an organisation that helps individuals develop sustainable vocational and business skills. A R20 000 donation from the Newlands Rotary Club was invested in training programmes, including computer design, sewing and Baking for Profit courses. These programmes empower those who successfully graduate from their training to start their own small businesses or enhance their chances of being employed. |
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Lawrence House
Lawrence House, home to about 30 refugee children – most of them orphaned. A R15 000 donation enabled the Kirstenbosch Rotary Club to provide children with recreational facilities including a jungle gym and trampoline – giving them the opportunity to be outdoors, get some fresh air and exercise! |
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Ocean View Secondary School
The Ocean View Secondary School cycling team is one of the success stories of the school and has done a tremendous amount to increase school and community spirit. The school has a limited number of bicycles and helmets, donated by the Rotary Club of Claremont with the help of the Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN). Learners earn a seat on one of these bicycles and a place on the school cycling team by doing a variety of tasks and displaying good behaviour. Over 45 learners represented Ocean View Secondary School at the 2007 and 2008 Cycle Tours, and residents lined the street to support their children, friends and neighbours as they cycled past. Ocean View Secondary has received over R140 000 in assistance since 2006 – which also includes the establishment of two computer labs at the school – and an additional R200 000 is currently being utilised to launch a mental health and wellness programme called MindMatters, aimed at dealing with interpersonal issues, depression and other problems that impact on schools. |
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