by Bulungula Incubator | May 7, 2020 | All projects, banner, Broader Impact, Featured
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...
by Bulungula Incubator | Mar 23, 2020 | All projects, banner, Broader Impact, Featured, Health & Nutrition
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...
by Bulungula Incubator | Jan 31, 2020 | All projects, banner, Broader Impact, Education
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%,...
by Bulungula Incubator | Jan 10, 2020 | All projects, banner, Basic Services, Broader Impact, Vibrant Villages
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...
by Bulungula Incubator | Dec 6, 2019 | All projects, banner, Education
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...
by Bulungula Incubator | Nov 15, 2019 | All projects, banner, Education, Health & Nutrition, Vibrant Villages
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,...
