"IF a child does not learn to read he will not be able to read to learn."
SUMMER is in the wings. In a few weeks the curtain opens to one thing: the beach! Time to panic.
TWO Walmer Country Club coaches are dedicating their time and resources to introduce the exclusive game of golf to children who would not normally have the chance to play.
LESS than one-third of South African youth have a matric certificate, with a little more than a tenth having tertiary qualifications, according to the General Household Survey 2011.
THREE Port Elizabeth dog handlers have qualified to represent South Africa at the FCI World Agility Championships in Johannesburg in October.
THROUGH the magical art of puppetry, a Walmer Heights resident is teaching valuable life-skill messages to children.
"FAMILIES are the solution, not children's homes," Isithembiso Babies Home administrator Carmen Faragher says.
THREE hip-hop crews from a Walmer dance studio had all the right moves when they were awarded Eastern Province colours last month at the provincial trials.
THE Port Elizabeth Aikido Club may be small in size but it is big in stature - its members have progressed from junior ranks and become masters of aikido.
A VOLUNTEER movement is making a difference in the Bay by giving non-profit and charity organisations practical assistance.
"MOST people are unemployed and they don't get grants - they need help," said community leader Julia Mbambo from her soup kitchen in Walmer Township.
ONE man's trash is another man's treasure, so Cheshire Homes has opened a charity shop in Bloomingdales Shopping Centre to sell odds and ends in order to raise funds for the Cleary Estate Cheshire Homes.
A GROUP of Walmer High pupils are using the power of performing arts to get its message out on important issues in the community.
ST DOMINIC'S Priory Grade 8 pupil Payton Horton overcame a spate of injuries to win nine medals (six individual and three team) at the recent Cana Zone 3 & 4 swimming championships in Zambia.
THE Rover Motorcycle Club track is the sandiest in South Africa and that made life tough for the 50cc juniors, but by the end of the day two of the National MX Championship, the riders had improved tenfold.
A WALMER resident went from spectator to winner when she took first place in her age group in her very first Ironman South Africa event last month.
A PORT Elizabeth artist is planning a new stage in his career by staging an exhibition in other parts of Southern Africa in July.
WITH April being Autism Awareness Month, Autism Eastern Cape (AEC) hopes to enlighten and inform parents on the developmental disability so that they can deal with it as early as possible.
AUNTY Viv, who cooks up a storm on a daily basis to feed 125 children in Walmer Township, now has a new, fully-stocked kitchen to make her job a little easier.
HEARTBROKEN by seeing so many pets in the Bay without homes, two Animal Welfare Society (AWS) volunteers started a project to help match abandoned dogs and cats with their perfect family.
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