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HAPPENINGS AROUND DISTRICT 6170
St Bernard's Primary School Project Handover, a Report from Sandy Whitehead of the  Rotary Club of Bulawayo South!
On Friday 25 June 2010 we handed over the completed project funded by MG 66887 & 70528 to St Bernard's Primary School in Pumula, Bulawayo. The project consisted of a 60,000 litre concrete cistern, pvc piping catchment system to harvest rain water from the roofs of 2 school classroom blocks, electrical connections to a booster pump which pumps the water to the 5,000 litre elevated tank which supplies the school ablution block. There are currently 960 pupils at this school. We have had a good rainy season and so the cistern is full. We expect it to fill about 5 times per season of average rainfall. They will still continue to carefully conserve water knowing what a precious resource it is.
 This translates to an enormous benefit to the school which can continue to operate without relying on erratic municipal water supplies. In the past having no water meant the school had to be closed for up to 5 days at a time.
Present at the handover were the headmistress, Mrs Nyathi, school SDA chairman, Bulawayo District Education Officer Mr Swende, staff, parents and children of the school plus President Leila Hunt, PP John Sullivan, Rtn Alvord Mabena, Rtn Rose Moyo, Rtn Sandy Whitehead and contractor Joseph Dube. They had prepared a lovely programme for us during which they thanked Rotary for giving them water - the gift of life - and entertained with poems by the visually impaired students and the Grade 7 students, and a song from the Grade 3 pupils and a song and dance by the school dance group. The project was inspected and officially opened by President Leila with much celebration, after PP John Sullivan had given the history of the project.
Thank you to you all for your continued input, encouragement and commitment to us in Bulawayo South, Zimbabwe. It is such a pleasure to see this project come to fruition.
You will be pleased to know that on phase 2 MG 70528, Simanyane is complete and we will be  arranging a handover soon, SOS project is still waiting for the drip irrigation equipment to come from SA because of their dock strike, Inyathi borehole is drilled and now just waiting for the pump, tank and piping.
Yours in Rotary
Sandy Whitehead
RC Bulawayo South
Matching Grant Application Approved:
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The matching grant application for the partnership with the Bulaway South Rotary Club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was just submitted and approved for payment on October 9th. Projects should start within two to four weeks. It includes:
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At the SOS Children's Village in Kensington - Drill a well and install a hand pump to enable approximately 20 older orphans who have left school and who already have vocational skills to start a sustainable market garden project and to provide safe drinking water.
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At Simanyane Centre for Mentally Disabled Adults in Newton West – Equip the existing well and provide piping to extend the vegetable garden so residents can become self-sufficient and generate income.
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At St. Bernard's School in Pumula - Construction an underground water tank to collect and store rain water harvested from the school roof, provide a pump to distribute the water and provide safe drinking water for the 975 students and teachers, as well as for the school's vegetable gardens.
- At the Tohwe School in the Matobo District - Equip the existing well and install a piping distribution system to supply the school (330 students), clinic and the vegetable garden with clean water.
- Total project cost is $19,000. If the project is approved, Rotary International will provide $9,500; our District $7,400; District 9210 in Zimbabwe $2,000; and the Bulawayo-South Rotary Club $100.
Goal for 2007-2008 Rotary year for Phase I was $7,400.
Goal for 2008-2009 Rotary year for Phase 2 is $12,500.
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Rotary Club of HSNP $3,000
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Rotary Club of Oaklawn $2,000
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Rotary Club of Hot Springs Sunrise $250
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Rotary Club of Conway-Morning $100
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Rotary Club of Warren$ 1920
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David Benson, President's Rep at District Conference $100
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Rotary Club of Arkadelphia-Sunrise $1800
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Rotary Club of Malvern$1000
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Rotary Club of Camden$500
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Rotary Club of Russellville $500
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Rotary Club of Hot Springs Village $1000
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District Governor Jim Davis $2500 (Challenge to the Magnolia Club to Match)
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Rotary Club of Magnolia $5000
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Rotary Club of Crossett $250
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Rotary Club of Dardanelle $300
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Rotary Club of Bryant$510
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Ichiro Fudai from Japan $130
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Rotary Club of Camden $500
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Rotary Club of West Pine Bluff $500
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Rotary Club of Fordyce$283
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Rotary Club of Monticello $250
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Rotary Club of Morrilton$250
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Rotary Club of Conway$100
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Rotary Club of Pine Bluff$500
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Rotary Club of Arkadelphia $1000
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Rotary Club of Polk County/Mena $300
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Rotary Club of Warren $1000
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Rotary Club of Russellville $500
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Rotary Club of Conway-Morning $332.80
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Rotarian Christi Hughes $25
Total is $26,400.80
(Funds dedicated to the Zimbabwe project over and above this year's goal of $12,500 will be dedicated to matching grant projects in 2009-2010)
Goal for 2008-2009 Rotary year for Phase 2 was $12,500 and has been attained. At present contributions toward Phase III are $6,500.80
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