South Coast Herald & South Coast Fever – July 26th, 2002. TEACHERS WITHOUT BORDERS – MATHS AND SCIENCE WORKSHOPS – A GREAT SUCCESS “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care” With these words, Dr Samson Nyawuza, KZNDEC: Port Shepstone, ended his keynote address at the civic function honouring 76…
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Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. With these words, Dr Samson Nyawuza, Port Shepstone Regional education director, ended his keynote address at the civic function honoring 76 district teachers of math and science attending the final workshop by Teachers Without Borders at Port Shepstone High School. (July 15…
Where do I begin? I have been working for the last several days trying to collect my thoughts onto paper about my experiences in South Africa. It’s actually rather daunting. For one thing, how do I put down in words something that is so beyond words? Emotions, feelings, this is where language fails us. First,…
Yunus C. Peer Punahou Baccalaureate Central Union Church May 26, 2002. It is a Small World Afterall. Good Evening, That I stand here before you this evening, feeling every bit a part of our extended Punahou family, is testament to the living idea of a common global community. That you would embrace me, the descendant…
To the People of Hawaii: c/o The Honolulu Advertiser July 28, 2001 Dear Editor, I am Speaker of the House in the Emfuleni District Council, a region in Gauteng Province , South Africa, that includes Sharpville, Sabokeng and Vereeniging (pop. 1.1 million). Our emerging democracy is on the threshold of an African renaissance and our…
The Honolulu Advertiser Dear Editor RE: PUNAHOU-PORT SHEPSTONE MATH PROJECT 2001 The Port Shepstone Region of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education and Culture has been singularly blessed by a math project that was sponsored by Punahou School and the brainchild of one of the members of its staff, Yunus Peer, a local man now living…
The Punahou-South Africa Math Project 2001 Punahou Bulletin Interview – Mike Pavich & Jim Clarke In July 2001, a team of four high school mathematics teachers, including two from Punahou School, traveled to South Africa to conduct two workshops for 96 grade 11 and 12 math teachers. Led by Punahou teacher Yunus Peer, formerly of…
Subject: Port Shepstone South Africa – Your Teacher / Training workshops Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 17:50:27 +0200 Dear Yunus, I am the President of the Port Shepstone Rotary club & I take this opportunity to thank you and the management of your school & your financial donors for the magnificent humanitarian gesture you &…
Steve Hanks Honoka’a High School Hawaii To: Jim Scott & Diane Anderson – Punahou School From: Steve Hanks – Honoka’a High School Re: Punahou-South Africa Math Project 2001 August 13, 2001 Dear Jim Scott and Diane Anderson, Aloha from Big Island! I just wanted to write a note to thank both of you, personally, and…
The following letters of support were received during the planning stages of the project in 2000. From: Mayor Y. Chamda Mayor – Metro Vaal, Gauteng, South Africa To: Faculty and Administrators – Punahou School October 2000 Dear Educators Allow me to briefly introduce myself to you. My name is Yunus Chamda, and I am currently…