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The Bulungula Tech Centre is Now Open!!
Effective use of technology at school is advancing education across the globe. However, lack of electricity and non-availability to electronic devices in our areas creates considerable obstacles for our learners to achieve their full potential. In partnership with The...
Partnering with the Department of Health to Become the First Community Outreach Site
As a result of successful mobilisation and transporting of 186 over 60s to Madwaleni Hospital two weeks ago during our first COVID vaccine campaign, the Department of Health (Madweleni hospital and Mbashe sub-district) partnered with the Bulungula Incubator to become...
Supporting Our 60+ Community Members to Be Vaccinated
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulungula Incubator has worked urgently to protect our most vulnerable community members from the virus. We set up a safe home venue for at-risk community members at the Bulungula Lodge, provided food parcels and...
Reprioritising HIV Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic with HIV Self-Tests
According to the International AIDS Society, the shift of health system resources to COVID-19 and national lockdowns have severely affected HIV testing, treatment, and prevention services. South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with 7.7 million people...
Supporting Education Catch-up in Government Schools with iiTablet Tshomiz
Education catch-up for our learners in 2021 is an urgent priority. In our areas, limited access to technology or adequate learning material at home resulted in insufficient alternative-learning opportunities during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Unfortunately, these barriers...
Paediatric Services for Child Health Week
This week we welcomed Dr Judy Rothberg, a Paediatrician from Wits University and Raheema Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg, to our Bulungula Health Point! Dr Judy provided care for our children, as well as mentored our nurse, Sister Chuma, on child...
Visit From Grace Vision to Conduct Eye Exams for Our Learners
In our communities, lack of healthcare access includes limited availability to routine eye exams, causing a growing number of children in rural areas, who have vision impairments, to be left untreated. In order to provide primary eye care to our children, we...
Our Nomakhayas Are Vaccinated 🎉
BI Nomakhaya registering for a vaccination at Zithulele Hospital, May 2021 As participants of the Sisonke Programme, our Nomakhayas (Community Health Workers) have been vaccinated! Since the beginning of the pandemic, our dedicated Nomakhayas visit community...
Enkosi Kakhulu: The Impact of Your Support
This pandemic year has been exhausting for all of us. So exhausting, that seeing another “COVID-19” headline might make you roll your eyes a little and wish to read something more refreshing (that's why we disguised this one 😉). We get you. And we are here today to...
Boosting Agriculture Entrepreneurship to Create Sustainable Livelihoods
Halala to our first graduating class of Job Skills Programme Farmers! In our communities, families typically own large plots of arable land. However, this land is mostly used for sustenance farming since most people do not have access to the support and skills...
Supporting Youth Mental and Emotional Health Through Surf Therapy
The Bulungula Incubator is located in one of the most rural parts of the Mbhashe municipality, which is one of the poorest in South Africa (according to latest census results.) With poor road infrastructure, limited access to health care, no electricity or running...
Creating a More Just and Caring Society
Today in South Africa we commemorate Human Rights Day to remember the struggles and sacrifices made to attain our democracy. The South African Constitution is recognised as one of the most progressive in the world, and is the ultimate protector of Human Rights for our...
Bulungula College Tying the Knot Ceremony
This year the Bulungula College will graduate its first ever Grade 12 class. In 2019, the Bulungula College opened its doors to grade 10 learners in the Xhora Mouth Administrative Area. Prior to opening, there was no high school in the area, and no functioning scholar...
Creating Sustainable Livelihoods Through Agriculture Inputs
In our communities, families typically own large plots of arable land. Through our Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, we aim to demonstrate and assist community members to use their agricultural land to improve their standards of living, increase food security, and...
Vaccine Literacy Campaign
Alongside the challenges of vaccine availability and efficacy in South Africa, there is widespread concern about people’s willingness to be vaccinated. In a recent survey conducted by researchers at the University of Johannesburg and Human Sciences Research Council,...
Back to School: ECD Playgroups at Home
Our Nomakhayas (Home Based Carers) are the backbone of our COVID-19 response. Our dedicated Nomakhayas continue to visit homesteads across all four Xhora Mouth villages to conduct COVID-19 screenings, refer sick patients to the local Health Point for testing,...
Back to School: Bulungula College Job Skills Programme
We are excited to welcome new and returning learners this school year at the Job Skills Programme! The Bulungula College provides access to quality education for all learners without exclusion. In 2020, in addition to mainstream academia, we piloted our Job Skills...
Removing Transport Barriers to COVID Health Care
For our communities, access to medical services is an ongoing challenge. The nearest hospitals are 40-50km away, requiring community members to pay for taxi rides, wait uncertain hours for an ambulance, or navigate the long and dangerous distance by foot (across the...
Bulungula Coronavirus Response: Second Wave Emergency Plan
On December 9th 2020, South African Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize, announced that South Africa officially entered a second wave of COVID-19 infections, with a concerning increase in the Eastern Cape. In early December, COVID-19 inflections were identified in...
For Our US-Based Donors: Special $300 Tax Deduction When You Donate to a Charitable Organisation
Following special tax law changes made earlier this year, cash donations of up to $300 made before December 31, 2020, are now deductible when people file their taxes in 2021. Under this new tax law change, charitable donations of up to $300 are an “above the line”...