Siyakhuliswa
CRECHE, MSHENGUVILLE
 The Siyakhuliswa (which means we are getting
a hand-up in Zulu) crèche was established in November
2004 by www.soweto.co.za with
the assistance of the Bridge Nursery School in Houghton Johannesburg.
The
teacher/manager is Lilian Nxumalo and the crèche accommodates
21 pre-school children at present.
With the new facilities
up to 30 children can be accommodated.
As part of the sponsorship
Lilian will receive further education which will equip her to conduct
grade R classes.
Thanks to the support of a number of other
donors and a contribution from our daily private and corporate
tourists, the entire
 property used by the crèche has been fenced and concreted.
A
donated “Wendy” house has been converted into a toilet
for the children who range in age from 2 to 6. It is now
a safe and pleasant environment.
The primary purpose of the crèche is to provide essential
early childhood development for the children who otherwise live
in a very poor environment with little appropriate stimulation.
Unfortunately
most of the mothers are unemployed so www.soweto.co.za has
initiated various small job creation projects in the area. Our
mission is to make this project somewhat more sustainable in  this
regard.
The development of the Siyakhuliswa crèche
and the other projects initiated in the area is an example of how
tourism can directly and indirectly assist in the upliftment of
a depressed area-“Development Tourism” in action.
Other
projects which have been or will be shortly initiated in Mshenguville
include sponsorship of the Mofolo Knights soccer club, assistance
to HIV/AIDs patients, assistance to Cerebral palsied child, basic
English courses and life skills for adults, physical education
and ball skills and art for the older children, craft projects
for both adults and children.
 People and companies wishing to support this work are welcome
to contact the company.
Denis Creighton
Director
KDR Sports and Adventure Travel (Pty) Ltd/ www.soweto.co.za
Tel – 011 315 1534/ 646 8918
Fax - 011 315 1534/ 646 8918
Cell- 082 9000 105
E-mail - 
Website - www.soweto.co.za
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard G.P. Carss [mailto:************]
Sent: 01 November 2005 04:45 PM
To: denis @ soweto
Cc: Nicholas Jaff
Subject: RE: Edutainer for Mshenguville: Message
for Mr. Richard Carss.
Dear Denis
Many thanks for
your email and I am delighted that we have been able to direct
an edutainer to the community of Mshenguville. It is particularly
rewarding to be able to help a community where the conditions
are bad, and with a dedicated teacher who will now receive some
formal training, I am sure it will make a big difference.
I look forwarding
to visiting at some stage in the future, although I am not sure
when I shall next be in Johannesburg. I shall certainly
make contact when this happens.
It was good to see the pictures of the
occasion on the website, thank you for sending these details.
Kind regards
Richard Carss
-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Creighton
Sent: 11 October 2005 10:27 PM
To: 'sales@brightkid.co.za'
Subject: Edutainer for Mshenguville: Message
for Mr. Richard Carss.
Dear Mr. Carss,
On behald of the Mshenguville community
of Soweto and in particular the children and parents of the
Siyakhuliswa creche, I would like to thank you most sincerely
for the most generous donation of an Edutainer to be used as
a pre-school classroom. The
affected comminity lives in extremely poor conditions and the
new facility will greatly assist in their preparation for school. It
will also enable more children to receive development. There
are always more children who would like to attend than are able
to be accommodated.
Your bursary to enable the teacher Lilian
Nxumalo to receive formal training will also enhance the quality of preparation
and in particular for the grade "R" level.
I hope most sincerely that at
some stage you will be able to visit us when it will be my
great pleasure to take you to see what is being done in the
area.
Please check out our website www.soweto.co.za where
the announcement of Edutainer is presented. After tomorrow
we will post pictures of the memorable occasion.
Kind regards,
Denis Creighton.
0027 (0)82 9000105
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