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Dignitaries Attend Launch of Mpilonhle`s Innovative Mobile Health And Computer Units
12 Nov 2007
Charlize Theron, Academy-Award Winning Actress, Philanthropist
Dr. Michael Bennish, Executive Director, Mpilonhle
Mr. LM Mthombeni, Mayor, Umkhanyakude District
Mr. Chris Swartz, Mayor Mtubatuba Municipality
Inkosi BN Mdletshe, Acting Chairperson, House of Traditional Leaders, Umkhanyakude District
Mr. Musa Myeni, Director, Manaba Group
Dr. Fikile Ndlovu, General Manager, Chief Directorate of HIV and AIDS, Office of the Premier, KwaZulu-Natal Province
Mr. Eric Bost, Ambassador of the United States of South Africa
Mr. Eugene Young, United States Consul-General, Durban
Local dignitaries join Charlize Theron and representatives from Oprah's Angel Network and the Entertainment Industry Foundation in celebrating the opening of Mpilonhle's Mobile Health and Computer Unit designed to improve the health and social development of youth in Umkhanyakude District. The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and Oprah's Angel Network provided lead funding to create the Unit.
Approximately 3,000 students at four high schools will now have access to on-site nursing services, have regular visits with a health and HIV counselor who will also offer voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, computer education, and go through four 90-minute workshops on health education, with a special focus on preventing HIV. The unit will visit each school - Nkosana, Silethukukhanya, Madwaleni and Nhliziyo - for one week each month. This is the first of three units planned by Mpilonhle to serve the district.
Dr. Michael Bennish, Executive Director, Mpilonhle
Mr. LM Mthombeni, Mayor, Umkhanyakude District
Mr. Chris Swartz, Mayor Mtubatuba Municipality
Inkosi BN Mdletshe, Acting Chairperson, House of Traditional Leaders, Umkhanyakude District
Mr. Musa Myeni, Director, Manaba Group
Dr. Fikile Ndlovu, General Manager, Chief Directorate of HIV and AIDS, Office of the Premier, KwaZulu-Natal Province
Mr. Eric Bost, Ambassador of the United States of South Africa
Mr. Eugene Young, United States Consul-General, Durban
Local dignitaries join Charlize Theron and representatives from Oprah's Angel Network and the Entertainment Industry Foundation in celebrating the opening of Mpilonhle's Mobile Health and Computer Unit designed to improve the health and social development of youth in Umkhanyakude District. The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and Oprah's Angel Network provided lead funding to create the Unit.
Approximately 3,000 students at four high schools will now have access to on-site nursing services, have regular visits with a health and HIV counselor who will also offer voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, computer education, and go through four 90-minute workshops on health education, with a special focus on preventing HIV. The unit will visit each school - Nkosana, Silethukukhanya, Madwaleni and Nhliziyo - for one week each month. This is the first of three units planned by Mpilonhle to serve the district.
