Providing innovative health and education programs in rural schools and communities
Twenty teachers from 7 different secondary schools had two days of training on 18-19 March 2012 to serve as resource educators for the PALS (Partnership in Adolescent Learner Support) programme that Mpilonhle has initiated in collaboration with local schools. The PALS programme assures that … [Read more...]
Fifty-one students from 8 secondary schools took time out from their Easter Holiday to spend four days training to be school-based peer counselors as part of Mpilonhle's PALS (Partnership for Adolescent Learner Support) Programme. This programme aims to provide an ongoing support to vulnerable … [Read more...]
Mpilonhle hosted the the 40 members of the OneSight vision charity from 7-16 of February 2012. This was the fourth visit of the OneSight team to Mpilonhle and to the Umkhanyakude District. Clinics were held at four different sites for two days each. Sites included very rural locations, where … [Read more...]
One-hundred thousand pair of TOMS shoes arrived in three shipments on the 3rd to the 5th of April 2012. The shoes were donated as part of TOMS One for One Program - in which for every pair of shoes purchased, one pair is donated to a child in a developing country. Mpilonhle Administrator … [Read more...]
Happy November! It’s always hard to believe how time flies,especially as the year draws to a close. This year has certainly been full of a lot of agricultural adventures, and it’s not over yet! Last month, from 3-5 October, I had the pleasure of working with Mpilonhle’s Home-Based Carers … [Read more...]
Twenty-four coaches received their Introductory Coaching Certificate, courtesy of Mpilonhle and the Royal Dutch Football Federation's (KNVB) World Coaches Program. Eric Whittie, a coaching instructor from the Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB), arrived in Mtubatuba with Gramwill "Shortie" … [Read more...]
On Thursday 4 August Mpilonhle and the team – Armstrong Construction and East Coast Architects – it is working with handed over facilities at two of the four football (soccer) fields that Mpilonhle is helping to build in the Umkhanyakude community. These facilities, funded by a generous grant … [Read more...]
Tracy Louis-Marie, head of the Africa Donation Program for TOMS Shoes (www.toms.com) visited Mpilonhle on 8-10 August. Mpilonhle has partnered with TOMS Shoes for the last two years, to date providing 40,000 pairs of shoes donated by TOMS to youth in the Umkhanyakude community. TOMS Shoes is … [Read more...]
Oprah’s Angel Network provided funding to initiate the Mpilonhle project, and supported construction of the first Mpilonhle mobile unit. The article in O Magazine highlights the accomplishments of Mpilonhle since it first began providing services in October 2007, and interviews some the students … [Read more...]
Mpilonhle was featured in 1 June 2011 on a report heard internationally on RFI (Radio France Internationale) by Juliette Rengeval, the RFI Southern African Bureau Chief. The report, which was broadcast internationally, emphasizes the uniqueness of the Mpilonhle program, and interviews students who … [Read more...]