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Bulungula Coronavirus Response: Food Relief
According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the COVID-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering from acute hunger around the world, pushing it to more than a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020. Food insecurity already...
Bulungula Coronavirus Response: A Comprehensive Catch Up and Updates
On Sunday, March 15th, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the National State of Disaster. With the news, we began to work on a strategy to protect our communities. Immediately, through meetings and pamphlets, we implemented an information dissemination campaign for...
Bulungula Coronavirus Response
The Bulungula Incubator is located in one of the poorest and most remote regions in South Africa with no access to running water, electricity, healthcare, or adequate road infrastructure. Furthermore, we have a high concentration of persons with chronic illnesses and...
Bulungula College Job Skills Programme
Prior to the opening of Bulungula College, the nearest high school was 30km away, with no affordable transport avaible. Because of the limited access to secondary education, there was a 95% learner drop-out rate after grade 9. With a local unemployment rate of 93%,...
Back to School at Bulungula College!!
After a successful first year we are back for year two at the Bulungula College!! We are proud to announce that we had a 90% pass rate in 2019, and a 99% retention rate of learners. Additionally, we have welcomed three new teachers at the College (and in our...
Waste Management Projects
From December until March, the government has extra money for job creation, and reached out to the Bulungula Incubator to create local employment opportunities. Starting in December, our pick-up project has employed 52 local community members to collect garbage from...
Siybanonga National Book Week in Bulungula!
We had the pleasure of hosting Siyabonga National Book Week at our four schools (No Ofisi, Melibuwa, Nguberhamba, Xhora Mouth). National Book Week (NBW) is South Africa’s official reading awareness week to celebrate literature. In a study, NBW found that only 14% of...
McNutly Foundation Gift of Giving
An exciting announcement... Until the end of the year, one of our sponsors, the McNulty Foundation, will double every donation* made to the Bulungula Incubator! Join us this holiday in the season of giving to support the Xhora Mouth community! The McNulty Foundation...
Mindfulness in Bulungula
Mindfulness.. the psychological practice of self-awareness to ground in the present moment in order to create ease of mind. Mindfulness promotes a positive mindset, enhances focus, facilitates clarity of the mind, increases empathy and kindness, improves confidence,...
Zero Stunting Campaign
Our Zero Stunting Campaign began in 2015 when we first launched our Health Programme. The campaign was started to fight the prevalent issue of child stunting in our community. According to the WHO, child stunting is impaired growth and development of a child due to...
Partnerships for Accessible Dental Care
This week Dr. Kgomotso Lekalakala, from Zithulele Hospital, came to the Nqileni Health Point to administer general dentistry care to community members. Currently, we partner with dentist Dr. Themba Tsotso in Madwaleni who comes every two months, however, we have a...
We’re Hiring!
We currently have two job vacancies at the Bulungula Incubator! Please see the listings below for more details. JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Maths Educator Opportunity closing date: Wednesday, 13 November 2019 Opportunity Type: Employment POSITION OBJECTIVE The Bulungula...
iiTablet Tshomiz creates local job opportunities while developing our youth
“iiTablet Tshomiz creates local job opportunities while developing our youth” - Lihle Mbikwana (Melibuwa iiTablet Tshomiz Site Manager) After 3 years of successful implementation of our online learning project, iiTablet Tshomiz, we reflect on the impact it has for our...
Bulungula College Year One Award Ceremony
We are approaching the final stretch of our first full school year at Bulunugula College! After a year of hard work, we came together to celebrate our learners, staff, and supporters. A day full of dancing, singing, and awards with family and community members!...
The Give a Wave Project
Give a Wave Project “Up to 80% of all litter in our oceans is made of plastic. At the rate at which we are dumping items such as plastic bottles, bags, cups and straws after a single use, by 2050 we will have more plastics in the oceans than fish,.”– Erik Solheim,...
Now We Enjoy the Harvest
We live in one of the most beautiful and fertile parts of the country where we have an opportunity to farm for food security and income generation. Therefore, one of the subjects offered at the Bulungula College is Agricultural Sciences. In addition to the theoretical curriculum, we have a strong emphasis on the development of practical farming skills.
Imana Wild Ride 2019
Once again we had tons of fun welcoming the intrepid Imana Wild Riders to our shores: ‘out there alone, racing the tide’!
Wild Coast Forum
The Bulungula Incubator team were the proud hosts of the Wild Coast Forum this year
We won!!
For the work of the Bulungula Incubator we have been warded the British Council Study UK Global Award for Social Impact. We are thrilled to be recognised on this global platform. See: https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/alumni-awards/winners
British Council UK Award Finalist!
We have been chosen as one of 21 Study UK Alumni Award global finalists for 2019 for our work at the Bulungula Incubator. We are thrilled to be chosen for this prestigious award and await the announcement of the winners on 4 April 🙂