Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Halala, Ntsika!
  • What’s on – 26 January – 2 February
  • 2023 is off like a rocket at Holy Cross
  • An all-too-restrained explication of our immanent apocalypse
  • 135 pairs of shoes for Khutliso Daniels learners
  • Makhanda’s educational stars are aligning
  • Makana-Rini United (MARU) Club struggles on
  • Only three educators left at Riebeeck East Combined School
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»More reason to call Eluxolweni home
Uncategorized

More reason to call Eluxolweni home

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoSeptember 6, 2010No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Grahamstown is a caring community for over 30 once homeless children who now know the warmth and safety of the Eluxolweni shelter. This was the repeated message on Wednesday throughout the opening and blessing of Eluxolweni’s new dining hall, indoor activities room and an additional dormitory.

Grahamstown is a caring community for over 30 once homeless children who now know the warmth and safety of the Eluxolweni shelter. This was the repeated message on Wednesday throughout the opening and blessing of Eluxolweni’s new dining hall, indoor activities room and an additional dormitory.


It is this caring spirit of the local community, as well as the hard work from the staff and management, and some savvy from the trustees, that has helped Eluxolweni achieve the many goals they set themselves at the outset of this initiative.

They now own the property, have purchased vehicles, employed a full-time social worker and continue to provide a place for children to develop, said Rob Beer, the chairperson of the board of trustees.

Now Eluxolweni Shelter can boast further achievements and expansions with the recent renovations. The dining room gives a space for the children of Eluxolweni to enjoy their food together.

The chairperson of the Management Committee, Kay Marx says that previously all the staff and children were jammed into one room.

The new dormitory room is reserved for senior boys and is seen as a privilege, Marx said. It is awarded to those children who show leadership and “want to make this place their home”.

A call on Makana Mayor Vumile Lwana for an impromptu speech afforded him the opportunity to commit his office to the development of children.

He expressed his desire to have a centre for early childhood development in each municipal ward. Lwana praised the Eluxolweni staff saying that the difference they make in the lives of the marginalised is being recognised.

The Eluxolweni choir’s slow stamping feet created a rhythmic background for some powerful male voices. This performance was met with hearty applause.

Then it was time for Bishop Ebenezer Ntlali of St Michael and St George’s Cathedral to bless the building with prayers and holy water.

Ntlali mentioned the importance of blessing not only the building but the people that make the brick and mortar meaningful.

Eluxolweni manager David Claassens, who received praise from his colleagues, the mayor, the bishop and Beer, spoke of the role of Eluxolweni in a simple maxim: “If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together.”

Previous ArticlePlaying with fire brings disaster
Next Article Alpacas protect livestock from leopards
Busisiwe Hoho

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.