The death and damage caused by Cyclone Idai and the local flooding especially, have created a massive upheaval in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people for whom life has not been easy at the best of times.
Flood damage and mudslides, as at this house on the KZN coast, wreaked havoc |
In comparison Cyclone Kenneth has left a slightly smaller path of destruction and loss of life, but again left hundreds of thousands of people literally without a roof over their heads.
One hopes that Rotary clubs in the affected areas in South Africa after the floods last week have also been trying to find ways of helping locals to slowly start getting their lives back to normal again.
A township in the Eastern Cape after heavy rains |
PDG Jankees Sligcher reports on disaster relief efforts with Julian Nagy |
Johannesburg New Dawn donated R10000, as previously reported.
Cape Vultures circling over the Magaliesberg |
Judy has now revealed an important date on the club calendar, Saturday, 20 July, for her induction as president of the club.
The Sligchers are doing things differently and the induction will take the form of a visit to the Nyoka Vulture Project of the Brits-Hartbeespoort Rotary club.
Cape Vultures at a feeding site |
This promises to be a wonderful occasion and everyone is urged to invite friends and family along. The drive doesn't take much more than an hour and we'll be able to arrange lifts for Rotaract members and anyone who doesn't feel up to driving alone.
Dave Bradshaw with Carol Stier and Helene Bramwell |
Dave recently spent ten days in Ethiopia and said it is a fascinating destination, despite being in one of the most volatile areas in the world on the Horn of Africa, with neighbours such as Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan
The Rock-hewn Church of Saint George, Lalibela, is a World Heritage Site |
He moved to South Africa in 1981 and joined the Rotary Club of Rosebank in 1982, where he's been ever since.
He's retired from the tour operator Travelvision, for whom he still arranges tours to Israel.
The Castle of Fasilides. Ethiopia is the only African country with ancient castles |
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with more than 90 million people, who speak 84 different dialects. It is the most mountainous country in Africa.
A colourful Ethiopian market |
Despite the recent fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 last month, Dave says it is one of the most modern airlines on the continent.
Setting up for a traditional coffee ceremony. Coffee is one of the main exports |
It has nine Unesco World Heritage sights and a number of game parks to rival the best anywhere in the world.
Because of the public holidays on Wednesday (Workers' Day) and next Wednesday (8 May, election day) there will be no meetings for the next two weeks. The next meeting is on Wednesday, 15 May where the speaker will be Peter Sadie, speaking about the work that Meriting does.
Because of the public holidays, the board meeting has been moved to Friday 10th May. The club assembly is the following day, Saturday 11th May at 9am at Twickenham Guest House.
Please remember to submit project proposals before the assembly so that they are ready for discussion.
Ian Widdop has already spoken about a proposal with Meriting for entrepreneurship training and mentoring; Carl Chemaly has promised an interesting proposal and Helene Bradwell, along with Bronwyn Tucker and David Marshall are going to propose a project based on the Enviro Loo toilets for schools.
President Linda Vink trading banners with visitor Dominiek Callewier of the Netherlands |
Three Dutchmen ... Dominiek with PDG Jankees and Kees van Lindentol |
Megan Maynard has also reported that The Link are hard at work vetting new schools where they can open learning centres funded by the RI/New Dawn Global Grant, to date our biggest project ever.
This will be the last blog for the next two weeks, but the work of the club goes on, even if we cannot meet.
A Thought for the Weeks Ahead: The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. - Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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