OUR FIGHT

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive and devastating human rights violation that affects both individuals and communities, deeply ingrained in South African society. It is a form of discrimination rooted in power imbalances between genders, often fueled by harmful stereotypes and cultural norms. GBV manifests in various forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse, with lasting impacts on survivors, families, and communities. Addressing GBV requires concerted efforts to challenge harmful norms and promote respect, equality, and dignity for all.

This year, the Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon and associated sponsors unite to stand against GBV. We are committed to addressing the multiple forms of violence that occur, recognizing that GBV affects people of all genders, predominantly perpetrated against women by men. Perpetrators can be intimate partners, acquaintances, strangers, or even institutions. It is often the case that the abuser is known to the victim, such as a family member or partner.

In support of this cause, we are raising funds for the non-profit organization, Bethany Home.

BETHANY HOME

Bethany Home provides refuge for women who have endured abuse, often accompanied by their children, who bear both mental and physical scars. Here, they find not only counseling and healing but also comprehensive support and training to rebuild their lives. Recognizing the profound impact of abuse on children, often considered collateral damage, the facility ensures they receive specialized counseling, education, nurturing, and abundant love to help them heal and thrive. Your donation will help Bethany continue to provide these essential services and support to those in need.

 

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An architectural model of the Cape Town Stadium has been donated to the Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon, which the club is hoping to offer to an interested corporate sponsor to raise funds for one of the club’s supported charities, Bethany Home.

Bethany Home for Abused Women and Children in Bertrams, Johannesburg has been supported by our Club for some 20 years. During this period, this well-run organisation has given numerous ladies and their children the protection, upliftment and a new start in life that they so desperately needed. This being achieved through an extended period of counselling, education, skills training and work experience which Bethany Home has provided or secured for them.

The architectural model is a replica of the Cape Town Stadium, accurate to the smallest detail. We believe that this model deserves pride of place in a prominent location, serving as a reminder of the importance of sport in bringing and keeping our great nation together.

The Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon, a registered Public Benefit Organisation, is seeking a corporate sponsor for Bethany Home who recognises the value of this unique model as a symbol of the company’s support of South African sport, social responsibility efforts and/or association with the Cape Town Stadium.

Please address enquiries to Past-President Ron Smith at ron@joshua-trust.co.za

A Mix FM 93.8 & Rotary Project

Cresset House NPO in Midrand, Gauteng, is a registered NPO providing residential and workshop facilities for some 40 adults with intellectual disabilities. Ranging in age from 18 to 72, the residents live as extended families in six large houses on the property with the support of House Leaders and Co-workers. They are stimulated through engagement in various workshops including baking, vegetable gardening, card making, sewing and woodwork.

Water is a significant operational cost to Cresset House, despite some eight million litres of water per annum being recycled via wetland reed beds for use in garden irrigation. Municipal water necessary for domestic use and food garden irrigation costs some R25, 000.00/month. The installation of a ring water main pipe connecting the properties 3 boreholes to a small water treatment plant will allow Cresset House to be self-sufficient and save some R20, 000/month (R240, 000.00/annum) in municipal water bills into the foreseeable future. This saving will improve the sustainability of the facility and minimise fee increases to residents families, some of whom struggle to finance the welfare of their intellectually disabled loved one.

The Rotary Clubs of Kyalami and Knights Pendragon have joined forces with Mix FM to assist this essential community facility in the raising of R292,000.00 required to finance this water project infrastructure.

Individuals and companies are requested to assist Cresset House with their donations, big or small. A section 18A tax certificate and copy of Cresset House’s Level 4 BBBEE certificate will be provided to donors, on request.

For further information on Cresset House please visit www.cresset.org.za

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 per year), IMPROVE disease surveillance systems to detect any poliovirus in a person or the environment and HIRE
more than 150,000 health workers to go door to door to find every child

We appeal for your donation towards the Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon’s annual collection for this international project. For each $1 that the club contributes, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute a further $2 towards taking this important project to its conclusion. As such, your donation will be multiplied and have a greater impact in supporting this project than you may have contemplated.

YOUR DONATION:

1. WILL IMPROVE LIVES

Today, 19 million people who would otherwise be paralyzed by polio are walking, and 1.5 million people who would otherwise have died are alive.

2. IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE.

If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. A polio-free world will be a healthier world for children everywhere.

3. WILL IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH.

Polio surveillance networks and vaccination campaigns also monitor children for other health problems, like vitamin deficiency and measles, so we can address them sooner.

4. WILL LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS.

The global effort to eradicate polio has already saved more than $27 billion in health care costs since 1988, and expects to save $14 billion more by 2050.

5. WILL MAKE HISTORY.

Polio eradication will be one of history’s greatest public health achievements, with polio following smallpox to become only the second human disease eradicated from the world.

For some 25 years, the Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon has supported Retina SA’s annual “Ride for Sight” cycle race to raise funds for furthering their mission of finding the causes, and hopefully cures, for retina degeneration that cause blindness in many patients. RC Knights Pendragon’s small contribution to this fundraising effort is the provision of marshalls at a number of intersections to guide the cyclists on the race route and to communicate the details of any emergency to the race organisers.

Retina South Africa is a registered NGO and patient-driven action group for those suffering from retinal degeneration which causes a loss of sight and blindness. Primarily areas of focus are:

• Support of the Retinal Degeneration Research project at the University of Cape Town to find the genetic mutations in South African families
• Facilitation of genetic testing to identify those patients who will benefit from clinical trials and imminent therapy
• Public Awareness of retinal degeneration
• Patient support including education, referral and intervention
• Collaboration with local and international agencies and researchers
• Fund raising to support this work

Retinal SA are founding members of Retina International which is headquartered in Ireland.

Membership of Retina SA is open to all patients, family members and persons who wish to support our quest to find treatments for Retinal blinding conditions.

To learn more about Retina SA, please visit www.retinasa.org.za