Rotary Club of  Bellville has a long-lasting partnership with Won Life who offers PrePrimary School for 180 young minds, a Learning Centre for Grade 2 and 3 learnings, a Teacher Mentorship Programme and a High School Programme for more than 80 learners.

Dignity Project

Rotary Club of  Bellville raises funds every year to provide a minimum of 60 packs to high school learners that are identified by Won Life’s Office manager and project coordinator, Jenilee Blignaudt. Since receiving these packs, these young girls have not had to miss a day of school. Esona, a resident in Fisantekraal, wife and mother of two young boys was able to start her own business with the first 15-pack order.  She has since expanded her client base and with her profits, built a sewing room adjacent to their home and is able to contribute to the household expenses.

Streetlaw Workshops

The Sexual Assault Prevention Workshop is hosted annually with Street Law, Bellville Rotaract Club and Bellville Rotary Club at the Won Life Centre in Fisantekraal. The workshop empowers children with knowledge of bodily integrity and consent. It is a two-part workshop for children aged 4 – 6 in session 1 and high school learners in session 2. Through education, the learners are encouraged to speak out against GBV and sexual assault. Educating = Empowering!

In 2015 the Rotary Club of Bellville teamed up with The Rotary Club of Bristol in the UK to provide a tennis court/netball court to the Carel du Toit Centre situated at Tygerberg hospital. The provision of a tennis and netball court is to improve hand/eye coordination of the learners. Benches, soccer/hockey goal posts and kitchen cupboards were also provided in this project for a total of R250 000.00.

In 2019 Rotary Bellville teamed up with the Rotary Club of Bristol in providing seven overhead mounted video projectors with a sound around system to facilitate teaching of the children at Carel du Toit by having the facility of working from the internet and providing visual content to improve the understanding of projects. The cost of the project was R65 000.00.

In 2020 we were able to provide books and stationary for the amount of R6 700.00 after receiving a donation from the Pleasant Valley New York Rotary Club.

We have since helped extend the after care centre to meet the influx of children to stay after school time until they are able to be picked up by parents after their normal work day. Together with the Rotary Club of Bristol, we are currently in the process of setting up security gates around their perimeter.

The Rotary Club of Bellville has been associated with the Hansel and Gretel Pre-school for more than twenty years first providing and extension in 1996 to the school building and in 2005 providing facilities and a borehole for a sustainable garden to provide vegetables at the school for the school feeding scheme and excess vegetables to be sold in the community.

In 2005 sand pit facilities with a shade covering and in 2018 at a cost R30 000.00 an enhanced infrastructure and shade cloth covering was provided. In 2019 security walls were raised and a sliding gate was provided for the sum of R25 000.00.

Tygerberg Hospice has been a long time project of The Rotary Club of Bellville going back to the late ninety’s. In 2003 the new training centre building was purchased and the Rotary Club of Bellville made a donation of R250 000.00 towards the purchase.

The Rotary Club of Bellville has continued its support of the facility such as donating paint and our members painting the administration building. We have also regularly supplied wheelchairs to the centre over the years.

Rotary Family Health Days is the signature program of Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS prevention. It is an immense and impactful, Rotary led Nationwide health campaign held over three days in multiple African countries. Providing comprehensive free health care and screening services at selected sites to communities around the country.

2019 marked the seventh year that the Rotary Family Health Day programme has been in South Africa which took place at over 120 sites across the country. Members of the Rotary Club of Bellville worked closely in partnership with the National Department of Health and Medical volunteers; bringing free healthcare services to the community of Wallacedene.

Some of these services included testing and referrals for HIV, diabetes, hypertension and blood pressure, cervical pap smears, immunisation against childhood diseases and hand washing. Many people within the community were able to receive much needed care, which they may otherwise not have received.

With the help of Rotary Clubs from around the globe, the Wheelchair Foundation has been able to deliver more than 895,000 wheelchairs worldwide to Clubs at a much reduced cost.

The Rotary Club of Bellville receives wheelchairs via the Wheelchair Foundation, which we distribute to people in need, changing many lives with the gift of mobility.