Christmas Lunch

December 20, 2022

The yearly Christmas lunch, always a happy gathering!

Training for the caregivers

October 13, 2022

Getting knowledge about the various types of blindness and learning what is important for elderly who are visually impaired.  

Map of Maun

September 13, 2022

With green and red stickers on the map of Maun we keep track of the wards that are known to us and the wards we still have to vist.  

Blankets

June 18, 2022

A very welcome gift of nice, warm blankets for the cold winter months from June to September.

Bracelet

May 18, 2022

An elderly is busy making a bracelet, one of the many activities that can be done at the centre.

New building

February 18, 2022

We are excited about the development of the new building for elderly who don't have a house of who are not safe at the place where they live.

Christmas 2021

December 18, 2021

Thanks to lots of contributions in food and money the year ended happily with a festive Christmas lunch and a Christmas parcel for all 136 elderly.

Thanks

August 11, 2021

A great thank you to Belmond Safaris, Dumela Botswana, People's Tree, Safari Destinations and Shariff, who donated blankets and clothes to help the elderly through these very cold winter months.

Gabamocha

May 26, 2021

Thank you so much Robyn and Gareth form Walk Botswana Safaris for sponsoring nutri porridge for the elderly in Gabamocha. Due to the high water levels, it was quite an adventure for the Polokong volunteers to deliver the porridge!

Re-opening of the centre

May 12, 2021

The day care centre is open again. We are all so delighted!!!

The first tree

April 12, 2021

Petra Strydom form Blue Butterfly has donated trees and also plants them for free!  It will take some time, but one day the elderly will sit in the shade of this morula tree.

First Aid training

March 6, 2021

Thank you so much, management team, training and HR department of Okavango Air Rescue for the free first aid training you gave the Polokong volunteers. What a wonderful gift. And thank you Hilary from Hilary's Coffeeshop for the free cakes to keep everybody going.

Water system

February 28, 2021

We are very happy with the new water system. Although the centre is closed again, (to protect the elderly who are particularly vulnerable for corona), having our own water makes a huge difference. Therefore a VERY BIG THANK YOU to our beneficiaries: - Clive Torre for assistance in drilling a borehole - Northern Electrical for assistance in borehole casings - Gert Myburg at Northern Building for Supplies for steel for gutters - Mike Olivier at Buy and Build for can crusher - Jabu at Wall and All for installing gutters - Our Kalahari Madala (James Alexander) for a jojo tank - Water Africa for installation of jojo tanks - All who donated money and 3 extra jojo tanks

Happy new year

January 3, 2021

The Christmas lunch for the elderly was a happy ending of a difficult year. The new year started with a lovely shower, a real blessing for 2021.

The centre is open again!

November 29, 2020

The elderly are very happy to be at their "home" again and do activities. It takes a little time to get used to wearing a face mask, though.

Borehole at day care centre

November 2, 2020

If all goes well, we will soon have a borehole at the day care centre. Glen James is donating a solar pump with complete setup and installation, Clive Torre is kindly drilling the borehole that will supply the water. Ron Crous, the initiator of this waterproject makes these amazing benches. The frame is aluminium from waste materials. The proceeds he donates to Polokong. You are the best, guys!

Winter

July 31, 2020

June and July were exceptionally cold this year. Luckily we received lots of blankets, so all the elderly could keep warm. A big thanks to all who contributed.

Food drive during lock down

May 27, 2020

During the lock down period from 2 April till 20 May, the food drive continued, despite permit challenges. A big thank you to the Safari's Destination bus, with driver OB from Travel for Impact and of course the Polokong team: Tsotlhe Dijoh, Peggy Keiphetlhetswe, Thapelo Mooketsi and Naledi Seitsang.

Closure of the centre

March 22, 2020

Regretfully Polokong Centre for the Elderly has been closed with immediate effect. The reason is that the elderly can't come to the centre anymore, as they can't maintain a distance of 1-2 meter during traveling to and from the centre. We will maintain the daily food drive though, to ensure that the most needy elderly will not go hungry.

Delta Physio & Pilates helps the elderly

March 21, 2020

Thank you so much, Lindsay Drager from Delta Physio & Pilates for helping the Polokong elderly to keep fit, without charging anything.

Activities

March 2, 2020

One of the favourite activities at the centre is a ball game. The ball has a bell inside, so also visually disabled elderly can participate.

Gift from Protestant Church Neede

February 21, 2020

Thank you so much, community of the Protestant Church Neede, for your gift. We used the money to buy materials and games especially designed for visual handicapped elderly.

Preparing meals

January 21, 2020

Busy preparing meals for the elderly.

First day at the Centre

November 26, 2019

Yes, it truly happened!!! Today we welcomed the first elderly at the day care centre. It was wonderful to see them getting familiar with the place and enjoy each others company.

Food drive by Safari Destinations

November 23, 2019

Two members of the amazing team of Safari Destinations collecting food for the Christmas hampers for the destitute elderly. And the result... a table full of food given by you, wonderful people of Maun. Thank you all so much.

Visitors

September 23, 2019

It is always great to have visitors who are interested in meeting the elderly. 

Laundry by Bubble Laundry

July 13, 2019

Thank you so much, Dorah Patrick from Bubble Laundry, for doing the washing for some of our elderly. What an amazing service!

Travel for Impact

September 1, 2014

Polokong has partnered with a local organisation, Travel for Impact. This is great news, as Travel for Impact will provide the necessary resources fior us to work towards becoming sustainable. Tourists from France also generously donated P300 for food and mosquito nets.

Journey of Discovery 

August 1, 2014

Journey of Discovery from Canada helped to build a fence around the plot given by the local land authority. The local Boy Scouts also stepped in to help build the fence and clear the bushes. The team did an amazing job.

Travel Adventures

February 1, 2014

Many thanks to the group of tourists travelling with Abendsonne Afrika who donated P7000 to the project.

Nutri drink

January 1, 2014

There are four elderly in the project who regularly receive Nutri drink, and one also receives a warm meal every day. Our field workers Caleb and Josh have found other opportunities, so they said goodbye to the project at the end of December. We are happy for them, and hope that we will find new, dedicated members for the program. In the meantime, Caleb will continue to take the Nutri drink to two elderly and our last field worker, Nomsa, will continue with preparing warm meals.