Sedgefield welcomes The Expedition Project
As part of an annual ‘stock take’ of South Africa The EXPEDITION Project embraked on thier first circumference tour of the country spanning some 200 towns and 365 days on the road. Day 221 saw Sedgefield become the 157th town en-route to their final destination: Cape Town.
TEP sponsors ShowMe Knysna were joined by Sedgefield Tourism and Masithandane.
As the goal of The Expedition Project is to take a census-like look at the country’s smaller towns and to engage successful local community projects, Roger took great interest in the multiple roles of the Masithandane group. Projet co-ordinator Tertia Rothman eplains that thier prime goals is to “build partnerships and work collaboratively with the public and private sector and local organisations in order to serve the communities living in poorer areas around Sedgefield: Smutsville, Sizamile, Fairview, Karatara, Elandskraal, Barrington and Farleigh”.
“Our varied projects help who are infected/affected by HIV/AIDS and TB, vulnerable children and cover a wide variety of home-based care services, counselling, training and education programmes”, added Rothman.
Roger will take with him the success stories of Masithandane for compilation with others from the towns already visited by the project.
Special thanks to Neil Swannepoel from Pili Pili Extreme Sport Centre and Beach Bar for Sponsoring dinner for the project team and Lyle Katzen from AfroVibe Lodge for offering accommodation.
More about The Expedition Project…
The EXPEDITION Project is currently underway with the first of a series of an annual journey around South Africa, in search of a nation’s stories, dream and heartbeat. Their primary aim is to take stock of our social and environmental challenges, assist with practical solutions and inspire sustainable change. Among others, Plettenberg Bay, will benefit tremendously from this fantastic initiative. We look forward to seeing Roger and his team next year.
If you would like to contribute to the EXPEDITION Project you can participate via any of our active platforms provided on their website, your contribution matters.
Take part in the “ShowMe More” of South Africa campaign, donate R5 to The EXPEDITION Project and they will get 1km worth of petrol in exchange you, along with your partner could win an escape to a corner of the country you’ve never seen before!
To find out more about the EXPEDITION project please visit their website and see how you can help.
ShowMe South Africa helping the EXPEDITION project to go that extra mile!