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Shared learning approach between Masilime Sonke farmers and Job Skills Entrepreneurship Programme learners
The Bulungula Incubator is located in one of the poorest and most remote regions of the country with a surfeit of young unemployed people, who (through no fault of their own) have no access to education, capital or other necessary inputs for creating a productive...
Bulungula Health Point is Now an Accredited COVID-19 Vaccination Site
BI Administrators and Nomakhaya registering for COVID-19 vaccinations at Bulungula Health Point. Due to our success and excellent record working with Department of Health (DoH) to vaccinate our community, the Mbhashe sub-district supported the Bulungula Health Point...
Integrated Approach for Rural Early Childhood Development
We know that the first 1,000 days of life are essential for optimum health and development across a person’s lifetime. Given the challenges of inaccessible health care in our area, we realised we must take a holistic approach when addressing the needs of early...
Increasing Foundational Learning Through E-Learning
This week we celebrated International Literacy Day around the world to raise awareness and recognise the importance of literacy. Our world has made positive strides in providing access to education, however, quality learning and literacy challenges continue to persist...
Providing Internship Opportunities to Youth in Our Community
This year, our Job Skills and Entrepreneurship Programme (JSEP) has expanded to include the exciting provision of paid internship opportunities. In partnership with Nedbank Wildtrust, the JSEP learners have been placed in various internship roles at the BI programmes,...
Vaccine Rollout Continued
Another successful vaccine outreach campaign here in Bulungula! 94% of our over 60 community members, who were the first to take the Pfizer vaccine, have returned for their second dose, and are now fully vaccinated. Even though the local vaccination outreach sites are...
HIV Treatment Pick-up Point in Bulungula
In May of this year, one of our community members was traveling to Nkanya Clinic to collect her ARV medication when she was attacked and assaulted. She was able to safely get away, however, this was unfortunately not an isolated incident. Woman who was victim of an...
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...