Sweetwaters Project South Africa

ROAD MAP # 3

KWA ZULU NATAL SOUTH AFRICA

Sweetwaters Quilt Project

Some of the Sweetwaters Quilters.

Edna's Quilt that we bought and sleep under.

IN 2005 we visited Sweetwaters quilt project at the home of a Rotarian couple from the Rotary Club of Hilton Howick, Rick and Elisabeth Baratta near Durban.

http://www.rotaryhiltonhowick.co.za/

We bought one of the quilts made by a lady called Edna Mthalene who has no husband and 7 children, her husband died, proably AIDS. We sleep under the quilt every night and it is of African themes, Edna says "Thank you for buying my quilt it will buy a lot of food."

If you would like to suport this Rotary project please contact me and I will send you a Road MAP on how to get there.

Email to: john@glassford.com.au

Thanks.

The Road to Hout Bay

ROAD MAP # 2

OPERATION MEDICAL HOPE HOUT BAY, SOUTH AFRICA

The N2 Freeway from Cape Town International Airport


Phillipi Township on the N2 Freeway

Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Township Life


Hout Bay Fishing Village.

Operation Medical Hope in Hout Bay Cape Town

Please join us on our first Road MAP to Africa and it will take you to Hout Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. It is an interesting journey from Cape Town International Airport through the shanty townships on the edge of the N2 freeway. You drive through the centre of the Cape Town CBD and onwards East for a few miles until you come to the lovely suburb of Hout Bay. Here is a description of my last trip to South Africa and if you need a MAP to Hout Bay just call us.

South Africa 2005

Slums of Nairobi in Kenya

To Oder These Photos

Here is an intersting article by Oluoch Japeth Ogollah

If Jesus was born in the 200 slums of Nairobi ...

If Jesus Christ were born in one of Nairobi's 200 slums, say
Korogocho, he would have been greeted by the harsh environment from
the adjacent Dandora dumpsite.

The huge mountains of industrial, medical and domestic waste, which
have not been controlled for about 10 years, would perhaps choke his
innocent throat, denying him the chance to make his inaugural cry, the
cry that announces a child's entry into the world.

The perpetual cloud of obnoxious fumes hovering over him would blind
his small eyes from seeing the new world, a world full of challenges
and tribulations. The foul smell from Nairobi's largest dumpsite might
have interfered with his breathing. Criminals who control the site
might have attempted to steal him.

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Sweetwaters Dilemma

The Mpomusa area of KwaZulu-Natal, which is locally known as Sweetwaters, is a vast hilly area of over a hundred thousand inhabitants next to Pietermaritzburg. A fourth or more are HIV-positive and over 40% are unemployed. AIDS has left many children without parents, and the responsibility for their well-being has fallen on grandparents who subsist on a modest pension. It is possible we may support this issue to some degree with our Kili 28/8 Project....more info available here

Grandmothers to Grandmothers

ROAD MAP # 1

The Stephen Lewis Foundation

The ‘Grandmothers to Grandmothers’ campaign seeks to raise awareness and mobilize support in Canada for Africa’s grandmothers. The 'Grandmothers to Grandmothers' campaign was launched on March 7 2006, on the eve of International Women's Day.

Since the launch, more than 150 groups of Canadian grandmothers have taken up the call to action and together have raised over $1 million for the campaign. SLF directs these funds to community-level organizations in 14 sub-Saharan African countries that provide grandmothers with much needed support, such as food, housing grants, school fees for their grandchildren and grief counselling.

We urge the Grandmothers of Australia to join the Grandmothers of Canada.

Support Stephen Lewis and we will send you details on how to navigate this Road MAP to Africa:

Stephen Lewis.

Assistance From other Clubs

We at Coolamon would welcome any help from any Rotary clubs around the world and join us in supporting Operation Medical Hope. The Rotarians at Hout Bay hope to make this project a model for other clubs to follow. The two main Rotarians at Hout Bay involved in OMO are both eminent medicos and one of them teaches at Groote Schur Hospital in Cape Town.

Imizamo Yethu

ImizamoYethu Shanty Township now has its own road sign, but that’s about all. It’s difficult to bring health services to this area from over the mountain pass. Some stand pipe taps and basic roads have recently been incorporated but the authorities are cash strapped, with many of these camps developing all over the Cape Town area. The social conditions in these areas are ripe for the spreading of disease. Medical authorities are slowing getting control but more help is needed.

12.5 million Orphans in Africa

We at Coolamon would welcome any help from any Rotary clubs around the world and join us in supporting Operation Medical Hope. The Rotarians at Hout Bay hope to make this project a model for other clubs to follow. The two main Rotarians at Hout Bay involved in OMO are both eminent medicos and one of them teaches at Groote Schur Hospital in Cape Town.