by AdminWRBI | Oct 26, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
September’s Health Day in Mgwojeni proved to be our best Health event to date! For starters, we were fortunate enough to have two journalists visiting us from the Mail & Guardian newspaper and the Voice of America radiobroadcast. But that also meant the pressure...
by AdminWRBI | Oct 23, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
The Bulungula Incubator had a terrific week-long visit from journalists Mia and Darren of the Mail & Guardian and Voice of America radio broadcast. Throughout the week Mia and Darren talked with a variety of people in Xhora Mouth including sub headman, shebeen...
by AdminWRBI | Sep 14, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
The first vegetable plot for the community garden in Tshezi village has been planted! The BI sent their Peace Corps Volunteer Sam (their unofficial permagarden expert) with a bag of seedlings to teach a group of TEBA workers from the Community Workers Program how to...
by AdminWRBI | Sep 11, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
Nomzingisi and Sam are reaching out to the local sangomas (traditional healers) for their help in getting HIV/AIDS awareness out into the community. According to Wikipedia, about 60% of South Africans consult traditional healers. For many remote villages sangomas...
by AdminWRBI | Sep 3, 2012 | All projects, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
We are happy to announce the successful graduation of our 9 Community Care Workers from the Zingisa Rehabilitation training program. Along with learning general home based care and first aid, the program provided lessons on counseling, basic nursing and checking vital...
by AdminWRBI | Aug 8, 2012 | All projects, Education, Health & Nutrition, Uncategorised
Sam is bringing his HIV awareness presentation into the local classrooms targeting all learners 12 years and older at both the No-Ofisi primary school and the Xhora Mouth secondary school. The learners are still shy and require lots of encouragement to actively...
