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MANDELA DAY SUPPORT BENEFITS COMMUNITY ECD SCHOOL

MANDELA DAY SUPPORT BENEFITS COMMUNITY ECD SCHOOL

July 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Mummy’s Day Care Centre, in the heart of the Ocean View community, has felt the love and support from this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, which is themed ‘One Hand Can Feed Another’. This Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre, which cares for over 60 young children from this community,
BROTHERS BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED BY WIND FARM

BROTHERS BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED BY WIND FARM

July 2021, Klipheuwel Wind Farm. Kethian Douwire (20) from Caledon, in the Western Cape, is one of 13 students currently studying with the help of the Globeleq Communities Scholarship Fund, awarded by the local Kliphuewel Wind Farm. In fact, he is following in his older brother’s footsteps, as the second member of his family to
WIND FARM DONATES ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT

WIND FARM DONATES ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT

July 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Much-needed medical equipment has been funded and is due to be handed over to the Dora Nginza Regional Hospital in Port Elizabeth, in response to a request by the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health, to help the hospital manage amidst the current pandemic and beyond. Funded by Jeffreys
LITERACY SUPPORT TO IMPROVE SKILLS AND INSPIRE LEARNERS

LITERACY SUPPORT TO IMPROVE SKILLS AND INSPIRE LEARNERS

July 2021, De Aar Solar Power. St Johns Primary, in the small town of De Aar, is one of ten schools in the Pixley ka Seme Municipal District that has an active literacy and numeracy support programme. This ongoing intervention, puts trained coaches in Grade 4 classrooms to assist learners and support teachers, which has
SCHOLARSHIP FUND EXPANDS TO INCLUDE BOSHOF, FREE STATE

SCHOLARSHIP FUND EXPANDS TO INCLUDE BOSHOF, FREE STATE

July 2021, Boshof Solar Power. For the first time, since the launch of the Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF) six years ago, youth located within the communities surrounding Boshof Solar Power have received bursaries. With the growing footprint of the GSF, fourteen students living within the 50km radius of Boshof Solar Power, put forward their applications
OPTIMISING SOLAR RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THOUSANDS

OPTIMISING SOLAR RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THOUSANDS

July 2021, Aries Solar Power. In its seventh year of operations, Aries Solar Power, close to Kenhardt, is one of almost 30 solar plants in the Northern Cape, the country’s most prolific renewable energy province. Site manager, Darwyn Samuels, ensures that this solar plant optimises its solar generating capacity using 45 000 solar (PV) panels.
CHILDHOOD CENTRES RECEIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

CHILDHOOD CENTRES RECEIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

July 2021, Soutpan Solar. Water infrastructure has been implemented at Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres, in rural villages in the Blouberg Municipal District of the Limpopo Province, to ensure that young children and staff have access to clean and tested water as part of a socio-economic development programme. Borehole installation and water sample testing has
HARNESSING THE KALAHARI SUN

HARNESSING THE KALAHARI SUN

July 2021, Konkoonsies Solar Power. Under the watchful eye of John Kordom, Site Manager at Konkoonsies Solar Power, this renewable energy solar plant, close to Pofadder, harnesses the abundant Kalahari sun to supply enough clean electrical energy, to meet the needs of almost 5 000 households each year. Kordom has been working at this solar
LOCAL SCHOOLS CREATIVELY CELEBRATE GLOBAL WIND DAY 2021

LOCAL SCHOOLS CREATIVELY CELEBRATE GLOBAL WIND DAY 2021

June 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Since 2014, local schools in the Kouga area have been celebrating Global Wind Day, which takes place each year on 15th June, and coincided with Youth Day this year. This area of South Africa is home to some of the largest and most prominent wind farms, playing a big
PROGRAMME TO HELP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BOOST LITERACY SKILLS

PROGRAMME TO HELP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BOOST LITERACY SKILLS

June 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. A parent literacy programme to support children’s learning in their homes has been launched in partnership with fourteen schools, across Humansdorp, Hankey, Patensie and Jeffreys Bay, in response to unprecedented learning loss directly caused by ongoing rotational attendance and school closures, over the last eighteen months. Studies showed that