Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Project
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) describes a continuum of permanent birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The Rotary Club of Kimberley South in partnership with the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek (Frederick, MD, USA) has been awarded a Rotary International Global Grant to a develop universally applicable sports-based education and prevention curriculum that teaches young people about the morbid affect of drinking alcohol on their unborn child. Read more
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"Run for Cover" sleeping bag Project
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Are you interested in sponsoring an urban survival sleeping bag for a homeless person? The Rotary Club of Kimberley South is partnering with a new charity in Cape Town to manufacture waterproof and highly insulated sleeping bags from recycled plastics, specifically for the homeless.
The bags cost R150 rand each. You can make your donation straight into our Rotary Club’s projects bank account, using the reference “Run for Cover” and we will do the rest – with the Rotary guarantee that ever rand raised will go to the specified project. We've called the project "Run for Cover" because we will host a fun run with a donation of non-perishable food an as entry fee. Click here to read more. |
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Cataract Surgery ProjectA cataract operation can give an elderly person another ten or perhaps fifteen years of vision. When we operate on a child we can give them an lifetime of light and a lifetime of good vision. The club is exploring options for a Rotary Global Grant to run this project in Kimberley. You can read a bit more about cataracts here.
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End Polio ProjectEnd Polio is the major international project undertaken by Rotary International. Whilst our Club does not have its own specific polio project, we actively support the international project and regularly donate money to Rotary International for this purpose. Read more
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Lesedi Children's Day Care Centre (2011 - )The Club has developed a long-standing relationship with the Lesedi Rotary Children's Day Care Centre. Read more
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Little Free Library ProjectThe club is planning how we can work with the Department of Education and other stakeholders to implement this project in Kimberley. You can read more bout Little Free Libraries here.
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Yonder Frail Care Centre Project (2013)
Yonder is a centre for adults with an intellectual disability. Many of the people who live there are without any support system, except for Yonder. Their families either leave them there or the parents and siblings die and Yonder become their “family”. Because the inhabitants are intellectually impaired, but physically there is often nothing wrong with them, they can become quite old, and outlive their parents and siblings. The eldest person living there at the moment is 83 years old, with the mean age 46 years. Read more
St Theresa's Hospice Project
This is a legacy project of the Rotary Club of Kimberley South, which established the original Kimberley hospice in 1989. Originally located in Dr and Mrs Williamson’s house in Milner Street, it was supported by one visiting professional nurse. Today it employs over 40 staff. In 1996 the residential facility (also known as St Theresa’s Hospice) opened at its present site in Dutoitspan Road. Mission: “To promote quality in life, dignity in death and support in bereavement to all living with a life limiting disease.” Read more
