Opening Party Planning
Posted by Claire Bristow and Sarah Whitney, Global Development Fellows Uta has a serious case of World Cup fever and we are suffering along with the community. The planning committee has big plans to get the entire building 100% complete by the time the World Cup is over so that we have something to celebrate … Read more
Death in the committee
Posted by Claire Bristow and Sarah Whitney, Global Development Fellows Today a loved committee member passed away. Lizzie had a smile that could brighten anyone’s day. Her laugh was infectious. Lizzie died of TB while staying in a hospital 45 minutes away in Acornhoek. She had been in the hospital for over a month when … Read more
Walls and Leadership Path to Success
Posted by Sarah Whitney and Claire Bristow, Fellows There are walls! Construction is moving along. The community hall has walls, and we are thrilled. We even spent the afternoon sitting inside the new building just getting used to it! Azaph Sithole is the senior member of our committee. He is an Elder and therefore is … Read more
A month in…
Posted by Sarah Whitney and Claire Bristow (Global Development Fellows) We have been working on the community center in Uta. We have been here in South Africa for a month now and have been spending our time, so far, reintegrating into the community and talking about community ideas for the center. We have been working … Read more
GDA meets Office Intern
Postedy by Jessica Schwartz, Intern The GDA to South Africa was an amazing way to spend my last spring break in college. SMRC provided the GDA participants with the ability to fully immerse in the culture and life style of rural South Africa. While on the GDA we experienced more in a week then most … Read more
EVENT: Tomorrow at Madams Organ
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Join SMRC and your friends at a happy hour event TOMORROW night (Thursday, 5:00pm onward!) to celebrate the incredible development of a Community Center in Uta, South Africa. Sarah Whitney and Claire Bristow, SMRC Global Development Fellows are on their way to implementing a remarkable space for youth and … Read more
Global Development Ambassadors Photos
What a trip! We led 8 individuals to South Africa for a week, and we learned more, saw more, and met with more people that offered us insights into our development work in the community. Libraries, sports fields, classrooms, and more have been built there…
Send Sarah to South Africa!
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Sarah Whitney, Global Development Fellow discusses her project to build a community center in Uta, South Africa. Help send her to South Africa this summer by support our fellowship program on Razoo’s March Goodness contest.
New Clinic for Manyeleti
Congratulations to The Buffelshoek Trust our partners in Manyeleti, South Africa on their incredible progress building a health clinic in Uta village. SMRC has been involved in developing relationships with the community and has worked on some fundraising initiatives to construct the clinic.
Early Lessons as a Fellow Starting a Project
The past two months have been full of challenges and rewards for the Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship Project. I have focused primarily on fundraising during the fall and winter, and I am very excited about the research and design part of the program to which I will dedicate the majority of my time in the spring.
