President: Liz Huckle | Secretary: Harriet Purser | Treasurer: Jerome Boonzaier
Food Project
In every community there are those who, through illness, poverty, natural disasters, or other problems, find difficulty in feeding their families. While it would be impossible for a small entity, such as the Lions Club of Hout Bay, to solve such a monumental problem on its own, we do as much as we can with our limited resources.
The Lions deliver Rotary funded epap to the Main Road Clinic for HIV/AIDS/TB patients and, also to local creches
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Health and Welfare
- Distribution of adult nappies for indigent, bedridden patients
- Purchase and delivery of food for TB patients and transport to hospital
- Arranging the allocation and repair of wheelchairs, walking aids etc.
- Obtaining and delivering clothes, furniture, and mattresses to the needy
- Childrens knitwear, blankets and beanies distributed via Community based health care workers to vulnerable families in Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu.
- Received a donation of a stove and a toddler’s swing from ex Lion Joy, organised delivery of stove to indigent Imizamo Yethu.
- Attends Ward committee meetings representing vulnerable groups.
- Attends meetings with Department of Health and Peace and Mediation Forum re improving the Health and Wellness in Hangberg.
- The Lions plays an active part in Child Protection in Hout Bay.
- Participates in the Community Health Forum.
- Provide bingo prizes for the monthly Senior Citizens group.
- Fund the transport costs so that a group of seniors can attend the annual Jazz concert for seniors.
- Has an annual Christmas Party for the elderly from Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu.
- Participate in the Global Cause of Childhood Cancer by attending Awareness Projects.
- helped 2 patients with commodes and also 1 patient with a wheelchair.
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Bursary Fund
Some years ago the Lions Club of Hout Bay was approached by a single mother who wanted to know if there was any way the Lions could help her to raise enough money for her son to study electrical engineering. That request brought into focus the need to establish a Bursary Fund to help deserving students to fulfil their dreams.
Since those far off days the Club has helped many post-matriculants gain places at various colleges. Sometimes the help is with fees, sometimes with stationery and books, occasionally with transport. In return we expect regular progress reports from both the student and the college, to show that the student is attending classes and studying diligently to achieve good results. In addition, we like to see that the students and their parents are making some efforts of their own to meet their financial commitments.
The wide range of subjects studied include engineering and accountancy, the hospitality industry, nursing, secretarial studies, and paramedic qualifications.
Through the generous donation of funding from the Horwoods Foundation, Australia, the Lions have managed to fund the studies of young people including staff of Early Childhood Development Centres (Creches) at TVET College of Cape Town.
On the whole, apart from one or two bad choices over the years, we are very pleased with the achievements of our bursary students and feel proud of the way they are making their way in the world, helped by the initial support of the Lions.
Environment
The Clinic Food Garden
- Lions supporting the food garden at the Main Road Clinic
- Started making compost in a container from the council.
- Keeping the food garden in good shape
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Youth Services
- Doing Kick boxing and self- defence with girls.
- Support an after-school programme.
- Books donated to Early Childhood Development Centres.
- Assist with Youth Development Services.
- Replace sign board at Hout Bay Educare
- Provide sanitary towels to local primary schools to keep girls in school.
- Send 2 youths to a BOYS2MEN camp
- Sponsor a Youth Sport Holiday Program for disadvantage youth
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