Since Cindy van Zyl, our Vodacom Change the World volunteer at Beudene, has established a structure where the skills of the Autistic learners can be measured and monitored on a regular basis, there has been tremendous growth in the learners with Autism. A buddy system has been initiated at the start of the programme where the learners with higher functional skills assist in the development of the functional skills of the ones with Autism. The ... Continue Reading »
The team of Spoudazo and members of the community in the township-areas were hard at work, setting-up vegetable tunnel structures, making beds and planting seedlings during of month of March 2016. Nine of our vegetable tunnels from previous projects needed to be re-established due to beneficiaries who could not adhere to the sustainability criteria of the project. The new identified beneficiaries showed much eagerness and excitement as they pa ... Continue Reading »
The summer season has come to an end. Even though it was a tough season with the drought, especially for the spinach crops, the harvests of beetroot, tomatoes and peppers were still bountiful! The last crops of peppers and chillies were sold to local restaurants as the beneficiaries started to prepare the soil for the new season. 8 000 spinach seedlings and 5000 beetroot seedlings were ordered by these beneficiaries for the winter season. The ... Continue Reading »
During the Annual General Meeting that was held on the 16th of March 2016, a decision was reached that Spoudazo’s Newsletter will in the future be distributed once per term. The reason for this decision is that we live in a day and age where an overload of information takes place. All of us have fallen victim to this phenomenon. We would love our readers to stay involved with what is happening at Spoudazo on a regular basis. Therefore Spoudazo ... Continue Reading »