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Dale College is excited to bring to the Qonce Community the GBV (Gender-Based Violence) Derby vs St Andrews on the weekend of 20th June 2025 to raise awareness and funds to fight GBVF (Gender-Based Violence and Femicide).
Our soccer, rugby and hockey first teams will play in black kit on the day. Dale College has partnered with:
- The Makazole Mapimpi Foundation,
- St Andrews College,
- Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation,
- Nokwanda Foundation
We are looking to raise R50 000.00 and the funds raised will be used for two main purposes:
- To support the on-going work of Nokwanda Foundation, a local Foundation that deals with GBV work in Qonce.
- In collaboration with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, we are looking to roll out a Boys Re-education programme for boys in Qonce and Centane (an existing project of the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, where they have a football team).
As a School we are of the strong opinion that when it comes to GBVF, we must not only be reactionary in dealing with it, we must be proactive. We have a duty to equip our boys and build young men that will put a stop to GBV. Boys that will challenge their peers and ensure we have upright citizens. Enough is enough. The programme will speak on the following topics:
-Positive Masculinity
-Building happy and healthy relationships (family, partners, teachers and friends)
-Developing Self-confidence (touch on hygiene etc.)
-Understanding consent
-Mental Health Toolkit. Breaking the stigma around mental health.
-Leadership
Please get behind the boys as they play for this incredible cause by making a once off donation.
Dale College Sport Unites Against GBV (Gender Based Violence)
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The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation© was founded in celebration of the life of Uyinene Mrwetyana. Uyinene was a student at UCT at the time of her untimely passing in August 2019 at the age of 19. Her passing – through a gruesome and despicable deed – brought to the fore the GBV debate across the country and internationally. The UCT student body and community members at large marched to Parliament to present a memorandum to President Cyril Ramaphosa to urge the government to put an end to GBV.
We, as a family, are committed to continue the fight against GBV. Hence the formation of Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation© which will become the vehicle we will use to continue her legacy. Our mandate is to promote her lifelong vision of fighting all forms of injustice against women.
The Nokwanda Patocka GBVF Foundation was founded in King Williams Town, in November 2021 after the brutal murder of my sister Nokwanda Patocka. The foundation aims to conscientize society at large, and Women, Children, the Elderly and People living with Disabilities in particular on matters related to gender-based violence and femicide. We use innovative programs and solutions to create awareness targeting Schools and Communities in and around the rural Eastern Cape and in areas that are in need in the Country.
The number of cases related to gender-based violence is increasing on an alarming rate across the Province and Nationally and it is imperative that organizations like ours take a firm position in raising awareness and assisting those who are vulnerable, including learners at schools and Minor Children.
Our Founder and Chairperson is not only focused on fighting GBVF in the NPO alone she took a holistic approach in running the Not Again holistic programs against the Scourge of GBVF. We offer Self- defense Classes, Youth Networking Opportunities, Women Job Placement Programs, Elderly Food Parcels Support, Reproductive Health Awareness, Referral Centre to Professional Health Care, Gang Resistance Programs, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Awareness and Little Survivors Camp.
