Make a Difference, Do Something Real!
The Simunye Project is a non-profit organisation with a focus on improving and expanding educational facilities for disadvantaged communities in South Africa.
‘Simunye’ is Zulu for ‘we are one.’ The Simunye Project’s mission is to empower young Australians with the skills and attitude to make a global difference.
Posted on February 20, 2012 - by Paul Williamson
Make A Splash for Cash
An Australian world swimming champion and a Beijing Olympian will be making waves in Mt Waverley to help orphans and under privileged children in South Africa. Matt Targett was part of the gold medal winning relay team at the World Championships last year and is gunning for gold in London. Backstroker, Sophie Edington, is a veteran of international swimming, performing strongly in the Beijing Games. The pair will join forces in a 24-hour swim marathon at the Huntingtower pool, Mt Waverley, from midday on Saturday February 25 to Sunday February 26th.
The Olympians will help locals swim the distance from Johannesburg to the Kruger National Park. Money raised will go toward the Simunye Project – which strives to improve and expand educational facilities for disadvantaged communities in South Africa. Recent projects have included the provision of hundreds of pairs of children’s shoes, installing a septic tank system and building a children’s playground.
Since its founding in 2006 in Melbourne, the Simunye Project has raised in excess of $100,000 dollars. Over the past five years, Year 11 Huntingtower students have been offered the opportunity to raise money for Simunye and then deliver the aid first hand, thus providing a unique experience for young people to become a catalyst for change. The children and often their families and teachers have helped build facilities in preschool and primary schools at the gate to the Kruger National Park.
A DJ will keep the Splash for Cash swimmers going through the night with the 2012 Simunye students taking the graveyard shift. Telstra has generously donated mobile phones for prizes and $2500 for uniforms for the Simunye students to wear during their volunteer work.
Posted on April 25, 2011 - by Paul Williamson
April 2011 Summary
The 2011 Simunye Group, led by Jody Goddard and Phil Amos, saw 28 staff, parents and students embark on a journey of community awareness, which challenged each and every one of them on a journey of emotional and personal growth.
Over a period of 28 days many project were undertaken to add to the precious groups’ hard work.
Posted on March 5, 2011 - by Paul Williamson
Vegetable Garden Fence for New Life Daycare
When we had previously visited Silence at New Life Daycare, she had told us that she had trouble with goats eating her vegetables. Her fence was not high enough and the freely roaming goats would happily jump over and devour the food that was meant for the children. We set out to weed, remove all grass and build a goat-proof-fence for a 200 square metre area in a little over 1 day.
Posted on February 15, 2011 - by Paul Williamson
Tshepang Christmas Activities
The kids at Tshepang got creative and made their very own christmas decorations which we hung up inside and on the christmas-tree we provided. There was so much going on at once! Everyone had a fantastic day! Every family also received a food hamper containing rice, sugar, cooking oil, canned beef, matches, tinned fruit, canned fish and various other necessities to help make Christmas a little easier.
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