Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 is going to be a very important day in the quaint West Coast village of Darling when Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu visits to bless the new Darling Health, Sport and Education Centre. The Centre hosts an Early Childhood Development Centre, Art and Music Classes for children and literacy programmes. There are over 1500 young people in the town under the age of 18 years who have access to the Centre and to the swimming pool that opened on Reconciliation Day, 16 December 2009.
Amongst the VIP’s attending the event will be South Africa’s Most Famous White Woman and Darling’s very own Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout. Tannie Evita, as she is affectionately known to all, will pay tribute to the people of the town who worked so hard to raise funds, and especially to Sabina Plattner who as benefactor of the project, made it financially possible.
Archbishop Tutu is the Patron of the Darling Pool Project and The Darling Trust that was established in August 2003 by founding member, former trustee and present Patron, Pieter-Dirk Uys. The Trust assists the previously disadvantaged communities of Darling, aiming to empower individuals to help themselves, mainly through participation in the sectors of education, skills development and health.
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