Category: WLTP

Devon to Centocow – Highlights from a recent visit

28th November 201911th January 2020 Jane Habermehl

Arrival; springtime It was mid-October when I arrived in Centocow again. It was spring which in terms of the weather could mean anything but in terms of Climate Change meant drought. The last rain had been in April. The grass… Read moreDevon to Centocow – Highlights from a recent visit

Centocow, Persona Doll, Pre-schools, Training, WLTP Leave a comment

Sibongile from Centocow, visits Devon

23rd July 201911th January 2020 steve

Sibongile, the Director of Women’s Leadership and Training Programme, Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, was able to visit us here in Devon for a few days last week. She was visiting the UK as part of the ‘Atlantic Fellows’ program which is based… Read moreSibongile from Centocow, visits Devon

Training, Uncategorised, WLTP Leave a comment

Lives of young girls are transformed by this remarkable training programme

7th May 20197th May 2019 Devon Centocow Link

Thanks to funding from the Simmons Grant Fund, Devon-Centocow-Link is pleased to be able to help an exciting new project for teenage girls in Centocow.

Centocow, Training, WLTP Leave a comment

How to Support Devon Centocow link

You can support Devon Centocow Link in many different ways.

Click here to find out more

Facebook

Devon Centocow Link

Jane Habermehl an early years specialist teacher made links with a group of schools in Rurual Kwa-Zulu-Natal in September 2001. The Exmouth Centocow Linking Assoc. was formed on her return and over the years she has shared her knowledge of pre-schools in South Africa and revisited the teachers on several occasions.

Devon Centocow Link18 hours ago

Remembering Heritage Day 2018

It was my first weekend in South Africa, and as I travelled up from Durban I was seeing all the big posters about Braai Day. They were in the shops, adverts in the newspapers and on hoardings beside the main roads. What is the fuss about having a barbecue I thought to myself, Why do they even have a special day or weekend for that.
However, when I arrived to my destination for that first weekend, Sani Lodge, in NDZ municipality, away from the cities and towns, I discovered that the celebration was not about people eating grilled steak but it was about Heritage Day, where everyone celebrated their own culture and hopefully discovered something new about the culture of other people who lived near them. I was therefore able to see these women from Underberg and Centocow dressed in their traditional Zulu costumes and learn more about Zulu and Beca culture as well as making my first attempts with isiZulu.
I knew no one in South Africa at that time, the people I had email contact with prior to travelling were just names. But the welcome that I received and the laughter that happened when I made my first attempts to say ‘Sawubona’ or ‘Sala Kahle’ out of my basic Zulu phrase book have led to many deep friendships with the people of the Centocow community. Thank you everyone for that welcome on that first visit and my 2 subsequent visits to my home from home in Centocow.

1 View on Facebook

Devon Centocow Link2 days ago

Can you help us with money for Food Parcels and PPE for the Pre-schools?
The effects of Covid 19 in South Africa have really impacted on the poor in rural communities as my earlier update explained. The letter below is from Zimbili who works as our liaison project worker with the Pre-schools and is the co-ordinator of our partners in the Family Literacy Project.

“The Family Literacy Project has been challenged financially with the effects of Lock Down and the staff had to take a cut in their salaries. Those with commitments to school funding are struggling to cope. Information on getting grants for higher education is hard to find.
FLP has not been open but working on line. This seems to be working very well and reaching more children using WhatsApp messages and normal messages via cellphone. On WhatsApp I included the pre-school teachers to give them activities to do with young children during this hard time.
Schools and pre-schools have been back since the middle of August.
There are special precautions; those with many children alternate, for example only 3 classes per day to maintain social distancing. Creches, (pre-schools) are also open but not all, only those who are funded. It is not easy to buy sanitizer, masks and water. They also have not received any food parcels.
In South Africa the virus is still a big challenge; people are dying , more especially now we are in level 2 of lockdown. “

2 View on Facebook

Devon Centocow Link2 weeks ago

We have just published our first annual report and accounts as a registered charity. In it we review the activities of 2019-20 and look forward to the coming year. A highlight of 2019 was our trustee's visits to Centocow. We had hoped that there would be a further visit in to S. Africa in 2020 but the Covid-19 travel restrictions has meant that it was not possible.

Annual Report for 2019-20

We have just published our first annual report and accounts as a registered charity. In it we review the activities of 2019-20 and look forward to the coming year.

devon-centocow-link.org.uk

2 View on Facebook