Providing innovative health and education programs in rural schools and communities
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...]
That was the recipe for success at Masibonisane. Unlike Madwaleni, this borehole proved to be much more complex and tested Jhan (pronounced YU-ahn) and his team of drillers. In 20 years, he has never failed at finding water. It was truly amazing to witness the process of providing such a … [Read more...]
Mpilonhle just completed it's week long camp at Vezobala High School, which is on the way to St. Lucia. We brought out our three mobile health units with H.C.T. nurses and social workers. We also had health education, computer training, GrassrootSoccer program, netball, and soccer/games. We had … [Read more...]
The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project was the beneficiary of two fundraising events in December that will allow it to increase its assistance to Mpilonhle. One was held on 4 December 2010 at the University of California Irvine and sponsored by the Center for Living Peace. The event was … [Read more...]
Twelve Soka University Students, led by Professor of Sociology, Dr. Gail Thomas, visited Mpilonhle for two weeks in January as part of their learning cluster on HIV and AIDS, Youth, Education and Outreach. The students, who were from five different countries, visited schools that Mpilonhle was … [Read more...]
There's no doubt the latest crop of stable browsers from Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are the best the companies have ever produced. But how do they perform when tested under identical conditions? CNET compared Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer, looking at the results of a gantlet of … [Read more...]
Mpilonhle is collaborating with the Home Field Advantage Project to provide sports field and water at seven high schools that Mpilonhle works with. Construction sites at Silethukukhanya and Madwaleni High Schools were handed over to the construction team for the project on Monday 28 February. At … [Read more...]