News

• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s November 2020 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Extra Help for Siyanakekela Supporting ECD Amidst COVID Scholarship Beneficiary to Graduate Upgrading Primary Health Care Facilities Click here to view the full newsletter in English and here for Xhosa. Read more
• SIYANAKEKELA GETS EXTRA HELP TO KEEP DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN SAFE DURING COVID

  Siyanakakela Disability Centre, in Adelaide, whose relationship with Cookhouse Wind Farm stretches back many years, has received additional support to help the facility stay COVID-19 free. Funding has been provided to help the Centre comply with the conditions laid out by government during the pandemic, which included fumigation of... Read more
• SAFETY MEASURES FOR ECD CENTRES THAT ARE TO REOPEN AMIDST COVID

  It is reported that Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres have been severely impacted by COVID-19, from a social, developmental and financial perspective. Many young children have been removed from these centres by their parents, and will not be returning until 2021, despite the Department of Basic Education’s gazette regulation... Read more
• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2020

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s August 2020 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Covid-19 Food Relief for Local Communities Mentor Moms Find New Ways to Support Families ECD Practitioners Move Ahead with Qualifications Primary Health Care Project on the Frontline Spend for Q2 2020 Click here to view the full... Read more
• ECD PRACTITIONERS FORGING AHEAD WITH QUALIFICATIONS DESPITE COVID

  Fifteen Early Childhood Development (ECD) Practitioners from rural Eastern Cape, are forging ahead with their ECD Level 4 Training Programme, with the help of innovation, so that they can successfully graduate. This is despite reports that many childhood development centres are struggling during this time and are threatened with... Read more
• FOOD RELIEF FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

  COVID-19 relief has been provided to vulnerable communities in the rural Eastern Cape towns of Adelaide and Somerset East, delivering house-to-house. Working in collaboration with the Department of Social Development, the Raymond Mhlaba and Blue Crane Route Municipalities, as well as the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and... Read more
• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER APRIL 2020

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s April 2020 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Collie Koeberg Day Care Relaunch Local Student Soon To Be Scientist Mentor Moms Register As Non-Profit Organisation ECD Practitioners Receive Further Training Spend for Q1 2020 Click here to view the full newsletter in English and here... Read more
• ECD FACILITY RELAUNCHES IN BEDFORD

  Collie Koeberg Day Care Centre in Bedford, was the place of celebrations, following the launch of the newly built Day Care Centre undertaken as part of Cookhouse Wind Farm’s ECD Infrastructure Support Programme. 6 March 2020: Bedford, Eastern Cape Members of this small Eastern Cape community, parents and local... Read more
• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2020

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s February 2020 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Scholarship Recipient to Graduate Mentor Moms Continue to Grow ECD Centres Benefitting from Infrastructure Support Positive Impact on Children and Education Quarterly Breakdown Click here to view the full newsletter in English and here for Xhosa. Read more
• MARITIME STUDENT AIMS TO BREAK GENDER BIAS

  The specialist field of Maritime Studies doesn’t reflect our current world where we are striving for gender equality. With fewer than ten percent of students being women in this field of studies, it is even more surprising to find a young girl from landlocked Somerset East at the helm.... Read more
• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2019

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s October 2019 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Mentor Moms Programme Continues To Grow Primary Healthcare Gets New Support ECD Centres Receive Infrastructure Support Quarterly Breakdown Click here to view the full newsletter in English and here for Xhosa. Read more
• Scholarships Offer Youth the Opportunity to Follow Childhood Dreams

  Inspired by her two educator parents, Chuma Gxoyiya knew that she would choose Social Development as her life work, from the age of eight. From the small town of Cookhouse, in the Eastern Cape, Chuma is in her first year, studying towards a Bachelor of Arts degree, at the... Read more
• COOKHOUSE WIND FARM NEWSLETTER JULY 2019

  Cookhouse Wind Farm’s July 2019 newsletter has interesting news to share, including: Improving ECD infrastructure Supporting Schools in need of support Equipping scholarship students Improving healthcare services Quarterly Breakdown Funding Spent On Economic Development Click here to view the full newsletter in English and here for Xhosa. Read more