Our Rotary DG Visit

Posted on 2022-10-122026-04-19 by Andrew Connold

Article by Rotarian Ron Smith Hosting the new Rotary District Governor Koekie Makunyane-Quashie, was not something, if we are truthful, we were looking forward to. Never mind taking Koekie to two projects which, in essence, are poles apart, and literally have nothing in common except under the banner of Rotary our desire to improve the lot of the less fortunate. On her arrival at GFH things took on a different slant and we knew we were dealing with a leader who understood the lot of t...

Cresset House Water Project

Posted on 2021-09-162026-04-18 by Andrew Connold

Cresset House in Midrand, Gauteng, is a registered NPO that provides residential and work facilities for some 60 adults with intellectual disabilities. Water is a significant cost in the running of Cresset House, despite some eight million litres of water per annum being recycled via wetland reed beds for use in garden irrigation, municipal water for domestic use and vegetable garden irrigation. To reduce their dependence on Municipal a plan to install a ring water main pipe connectin...

UK Spectacle frames for Lions Operation Brightsight

Posted on 2021-02-152026-04-19 by Andrew Connold

Rotarian Alton Werrett delivers spectacle frames donated by UK supporters to Kirsty-Anne Mackenzie and Angie Tshabalala of Lions Operation BrightSight. The volunteer organisation Lions International’s Operation BrightSight has been providing corrective spectacles to the less privileged throughout Southern Africa since 1978. The Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon recently embarked on a co-operative project to collect second-hand spectacle frames for re-use by Operation BrightSight in this essen...

CRESSET HOUSE SUSTAINABLE WATER PROJECT

Posted on 2020-11-152026-04-18 by Andrew Connold

Thank you to all who helped us complete this project! A Mix FM 93.8 & Rotary Project Donate Now Please make your donation to: Account Name-Cresset House; Bank-Standard Bank; Account #: 201-144-468; Branch: Boulders 00-11-55 and email the payment receipt to admin@cresset.org.za with your name so that we can thank you. Cresset House NPO in Midrand, Gauteng, is a registered NPO providing residential and workshop facilities for some 40 adults with intellectual disabiliti...

5 REASONS WHY WE MUST ERADICATE POLIO

Posted on 2020-10-172026-04-19 by Andrew Connold

Donate Now All donations are securely processed via Payfast in collaboration with Unity Values. At the end of the 1980s, more than 350,000 children were paralyzed by polio every year. Today, Rotary and its partners have reduced the incidence of polio by 99.9 percent. However, until we see the last of the poliovirus, eradication efforts need additional funding to IMMUNIZE more than 400 million children against polio every year for polio eradication (at a cost of $150 million pe...

Board Minutes – 1 July 2020

Posted on 2020-09-022026-04-19 by Andrew Connold

Treasurer’s Report – 31 August 2020

Posted on 2020-09-022026-04-18 by Andrew Connold

Treasurer’s Report – 31 July 2020

Posted on 2020-09-022026-04-18 by Andrew Connold

Treasurers Report – 30 June 2020

Posted on 2020-07-092026-04-18 by Andrew Connold

Knights and Alberton Lions Donate Wheelchair

Posted on 2020-07-062026-04-19 by Andrew Connold

Minnie in her new wheelchair with Jiri Uchytil and fellow Alberton Lions Club member. Knights Pendragon recently combined their efforts with the Alberton Lions Club, to facilitate the provision of a much needed wheelchair to, Minnie Struwig, a resident of the Annie Burger Retirement Village in Crown Gardens, Johannesburg. This wheelchair will greatly improve Minnie’s mobility and access to facilities close to her residential unit. Few South Africans are aware of the more than 3 million el...