From South Africa with Love!
Sandra Sansoni introduced Clyde Boyer, District 5012 Past District Governor, and his wife Vivian Finlay, and they presented a slide show about their travel to India and South Africa. It was a 30-hour travel time. They did stay in
Building Communities, Bridging Continents… South Africa has 11 official languages. There are 48 million people; 11 languages including Dutch and French and native languages. Zulu is widely spoken. The literacy rate is 86 %. It is wonderful to see that the people are getting education. The government is spread out in different buildings and areas. Clyde and Vivian started in Johannesburg and it was a beautiful area with beautiful landscape; there for 3 weeks and two days. South Africa is considered the richest part of Africa.
Stopped in Ladysmith, South Africa, and saw a jeweler, who invited the tour to a local Rotary meeting tonight. So all 33 Rotarians attended the Rotary meeting of 10-12 members! The president of the club found a room for them for the night. Clyde and Vivian made their way through all the national parks. Last day in South Africa they had a farewell dinner. Traveling to the far reaches requires a great deal of patience.
There are Rotary projects in South Africa. They use rolling vans and make clinics out of their shells, and use them also for libraries and computer stations. The school gym doesn't have a bathrooms or water, and Rotary is busy providing them there.
At Kruger National Park, in a bus with the flag of each country represented stuck on the fender. They saw the rare white lions, as well as zebra, leopards and giraffes. The rhino and elephants are all around; considered are dangerous game in Africa. Impalas have a white mark on their behinds. At Blyde River Canyon, the ostrich are there.