Cycling benefits ripple through community
SAB Miller representative Malcolm Shuttleworth hands over the cheque to Development Officer Lynn Rubly of the Hospice Association. In the back are Craig Blaylock from Rotary and Nelius Scheepers, also from SAB Miller
Dalena van Jaarsveld
YET another charity has benefitted from the ABSA Rotary Connection Ride as SAB Miller handed over a cheque of R50 000 to the Empangeni Hospice, through the Rotary Club, on Wednesday.
According to Hospice representative Lynn Rubly, the money will be used to pay for the Hospice Association's taxi shuttle service which transports terminally ill patients in the area of Mzingazi, eNseleni, eSikhawini and Madaga.
This service enables patients to attend the Thembalethu anti-retroviral clinic and TB clinic at Ngwelezana Hospital, as well as other local primary health care clinics. The taxi service specifically services patients on the 'buddy system,' whereby a patient and a trusted friend or relative go for a six-week treatment training course.
'For some of our patients this means taking three taxis to reach the hospital and the same for the return journey.
'Most of our patients do not have the financial means for taxi fares. Without the support of Zululand Hospice and South African Breweries Limited, they would not be able to access anti-retroviral treatment,' says Rubly.
This donation was made possible by the tremendous support Zululand has shown Rotary in their ABSA Connection Ride over the past three years, and is a fine example of the difference the riders make by undertaking their 1 500km trip to Cape Town.
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