Youth Day Painting Project

YOUTH Day is celebrated every year on 16 June in South Africa and the Project Company implemented an Art Painting Competition for all the youth who is residing in the partnering community including Primary and High School learners.

This initiative aimed to showcase all the hidden talents of youth in our communities and to increase their confidence within the world of arts.

The Painting competition consisted of 20 Youth participants.

Each participant had the chance to portray a windfarm on a white canvas. They had three grouped categories aged 10-17, 1822 and 23-35.

Two very good judges from the local community got to share some of their insights to art and gave the artistic youth more guidelines when it comes to arts and culture.

“An art is not a perfect piece, there will always be flaws, but if you do it with love and passion, it will surely show in your painting. It may not be perfect for you, but for someone else it would be perfect” says Errol Fritz (One of the judges).

Valentines Picnic Basket

PEWF funded the Valentines Day competition hosted by Witzenberg Radio Station with the partnering community to show appreciation towards the month of love.

10 Lucky couples received a picnic basket filled with romantic valentines treats. Relationships matters, friendship matters and because of our daily lives we sometimes tend to drift apart and this was a way of putting back the spark in relationships/marriages

Dramaprogram help deelnemers om kreatief te wees

DIE kunste het ‘n beduidende kreatiewe en kulturele waarde binne gemeenskappe en kan as ‘n belangrike en doeltreffende instrument dien om die jeug te betrek.

Dit is om hierdie rede dat Perdekraal-Oos Windplaas ’n drama program ondersteun, wat daarop gemik is om die talente van die jeug en hoërskoolleerders in die vennootskapgemeenskap te ontsluit. Die inisiatief verskaf verder ‘n gevoel van doelgerigtheid en positiewe omgewing vir persoonlike groei.

“Daar is ’n oorvloed van verborge talent in hierdie gemeenskap, maar weens die gebrek aan nasorg- en naweekaktiwiteite vir skoolkinders en die jeug, val baie van hulle ten prooi aan negatiewe sosiale invloede. As sodanig is hierdie inisiatief ‘n goeie manier om die jeug se natuurlike belangstelling en nuuskierigheid te stimuleer, om hul artistieke uitvoeringsvaardighede te bevorder en positiwiteit te bevorder,” sê Jo-Anne Brown, ekonomiese ontwikkelingsbestuurder by Perdekraal-Oos Windplaas.

Geïmplementeer deur Jacomus Foundation, wat gestig word deur Dann-Jacques Mouton wat bekend is vir sy rolle op 7 De Laan, Arendsvlei en Noem My Skollie.

Hierdie stigting het sukses behaal met die programdeelnemers wat rolle in plaaslike sepies, soos Arendsvlei, verseker het.

'n Groep van 36 jeug, waarvan 31 hoërskoolleerders is, is gekies om deel te neem aan hierdie driefaseprogram, wat vir ‘n tydperk van 12 weke geduur het.

“Om die kans te kry om deel te wees van hierdie dramaprogram was soos ‘n droom wat waar geword het. As jong seun was my droom nog altyd om ‘n akteur te word en hierdie program het my die perfekte platform gebied vir my om my talent ten toon te stel. Deur toneelspeel het ek baie kennis opgedoen, veral hoe om gefokus te bly, hoe om emosies te beheer en hoe om binne ’n groep te werk,” het Mustapha Moseley Jansen (26), een van die programdeelnemers, uitgespreek.

Hierdie projek vorm deel van Perdekraal East Wind Farm se bategebaseerde gemeenskapsontwikkelingsprogram, wat ‘n skerp fokus het op die mobilisering van gemeenskappe en die bou van kapasiteit vir positiewe verandering.

Early Childhood Development

THIS initiative is to give financial support to qualifying ECD Centres in the local partnering communities.

Each ECD centre was chosen on a criteria base which was unemployed and seasonal working parents. The funds contributed by PEWF was used for any deficiency that the creche may have.

This enabled the kids to be at the creches right through the year and it helped on emotional and social development of the child.

Estimated number of learners positively impacted: 421

Michell’s Pass Marathon

THE Ceres Mitchell’s Pass Half Marathon usually takes place in October from Victoria Park, Ceres.

Distance options: 5km fun run, 10km and 21.1km. This is a beautiful run over the scenic Mitchell’s Pass. The route is moderately undulating with an easy, mainly downhill first half.

PEWF was one of this year’s proud funders of the event. There was a good participation number and the community is happy to be part of this communal initiative.

The event took place on a Saturday and the entire family could be part of it. Your overall health, emotional and physical wellbeing can improve when being a part of this event.