At 10:00 am three members of the Rotary Club of Klerksdorp picked
us up and showed us some of the things their Rotary club has done and what they
hope to do in the next 2 years. Several
years ago RC of Mt Pleasant and RC of Klerksdorp co-sponsored a Grant which bought
a van for a Safe-House.
Today we looked at a “dream” project, but hopefully this
dream will come true. The Klerksdorp
Rotary Club has located a lady in one of the four townships that are around
Klerksdorp, who has a daycare for 2-6 yr. olds.
She has a garage and another building of similar size that she uses for
her daycare center. In these two spaces
she has 80 children, so needless to say they are very crowded. She charges the parents 12 Rand per month
($0.80 USD). With this money she
provides the service and two meals per day.
The other positive about this situation is that the lady is certified
for a daycare. The Rotary club would
like to purchase 4 – 5 40 ft. shipping containers that will be modified for the
daycare. The lady is in the process of
getting some land for the containers to be placed on that already has
electricity, water and sewage. The club
is looking into setting up a Rotary Global Grant that will pay for this
project. It looks like it could be a
great project.
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| Rota Park - Built and Managed by the Klerksdorp Rotary Club |
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| Klerksdorp Rotary Club Meeting Center |
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| An Example of the houses in Rota Park |
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| The Township where the Daycare is Located |
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| The Daycare Center |
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| The Older Children |
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| The Younger Children |
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| The Teacher with Rachel and Cal |
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| Kitchen where meals are Prepared |
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| Menu for the Week |
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| Club President and Daycare Teacher |
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| Proposed Site for new Daycare |
After seeing this Project, we were taken to several other
projects this club is doing which are not grant projects. We went to a government hospital to see the
renovated restrooms and bedrooms for their rape/trauma center. Everything was very well done and the Club
members have a great relationship with the hospital staff. We went to another government hospital, where
we saw special chairs purchased by the Club, needed for treatment of children
with cerebral palsy. The Rotary club has
purchased 10 of these chairs that will be given to families who have children
with CP. After that we went to a
construction site where the club is modifying what was a construction site portable
office that was given to the Club. They
are turning it into a computer cafe center that will be placed at a person’s
residence in one of the Townships and will provide computers for those in the
Township who want to learn to use them. This person will teach computer
lessons. The trailer will be placed at a
person’s residence for security reasons. Security is a major issue, especially
with electronics.
Lunch was with the Rotarians at a very nice restaurant
called Rose Mary’s. After dinner we
returned to our host’s house where we had a relaxing afternoon before going out
for dinner with them that evening. It has been a delight to reconnect with our
hosts and meet other Rotarians we have communicated with via email.
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| Famous Sculpture in Klerksdorp showing Mining and Agriculture |
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| Dinner at Pierre's Place Restaurant |
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| Pierre helping Cal with the Appetizer |
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| Cal and Rachel with our Hosts |
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