Home | Contact ARP | Site Map | Search | Downloads
 

Social Infrastructure

 
FOCUS ON DELIVERY « previous page  
Sections in this site:
About Alexandra
Overview of the ARP
Projects & Progress
Community Interaction
Housing Developments
Urban Services
Economic Development
Social Infrastructure
Website Services
ARP photo sites: 
 ARP Photo Gallery
 Virtual Tour of Alex
Principals' sites: 
 Gauteng Housing
   City of Jo'burg
Alex-related sites: 
 Alexsan Kopano
 Alex Businesses

 

Social Infrastructure » table of contents

o Background information
o Feature articles

 

Background information:

 
 

Education Overview

Education plays a critical role in the success of the ARP. For long-term sustainable renewal it is essential that children be empowered through good education in amenable surroundings.
 
  Photographic overview
     

 

Health Overview

There is a great need for health care services at all levels within Alexandra. The ARP is addressing multi-disciplinary health care needs in cooperation with established agencies.
 
  Photos of Alex health care
     

 

Heritage Overview

This functional area strives to create a sustainable tourism industry that builds upon and promotes exposure for the rich cultural resources and artistic talents within the township.
 
  Alex Tourism
  Community-driven projects

 

Safety & Security Overview

One of the primary objectives of the ARP is to reduce levels of crime and violence in Alexandra. Since the start of the Project in 2001, serious crime has dropped by 40% in Alex.
 
  Alex Police Station
  ARP mobilises SAPS in Alex

 

Sports & Recreation Overview

Sports and recreational activities play an important role in enhancing the quality of life within this overcrowded township. Existing facilities are being upgraded and new facilities built.
 
  Sporting activities
  Recreational projects

 

Welfare Overview

The ARP's focus on Welfare addresses both broader issues of infrastructure and capacitation, as well as the needs of vulnerable individuals such as the handicapped or orphaned.
 
  Alex Welfare initiatives
     
 

Feature articles:

 
 

Alex is site of Football for Hope

July 2008 | Johannesburg News Agency

THE sprawling township of Alexandra will come alive in about a year from now when it hosts the Football for Hope Festival.
 
  FIFA
  streetfootballworld
  No. 3 Square

 

Alex's history is finally told

November 2008 | Johannesburg News Agency

The history of Alexandra, as told by its residents in 130 interviews, has been published & is called Alexandra: A history
 
   

 

     
     

 

Alex's Sheffield United victorious

May 2008 | ARP

Alex-based Sheffield United took on Wits University at Marks Park, and made their mark with a convincing 4-0 victory.
 
  Ridout Soccer Involvement

 

Gogos and Grannies

March 2008 | ARP

The ARP and the International Women's Rights Project honour grandmothers for International Women's Day.
   

 

Preparing for the Football for Hope Festival 2010

March 2008 | ARP

In July 2010, Alex will host the Football for Hope Festival, and ARP is developing a the new youth precinct at No. 3 Square.
 
  FIFA
  streetfootballworld
  No. 3 Square

 

Alexandra’s own Mama Afrika: Portia Mongake

February 2008 | ARP

One of the first Home-based Caregivers trained by the Alexandra Renewal Project was Portia Mongake.
 
  Clover's Mama Afrika
     

 

Football for Hope Festival 2010

December 2007 |FIFA

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, 32 teams from across the globe will converge on Alex for a very different football festival
 
  FIFA
  streetfootballworld

 

Local artists trained by world-class glass fusion master

October 2007 | ARP

Nine Alex artists have learnt the technique of glass fusing to produce stunning artworks for the Heritage Information Centre.
 
  Alex Glass Artists
  Frank van den Ham

 

The 2007/08 ARP & Ridout Group Soccer Tournament

October 2007 | The Ridout Group & ARP

Eight Alex-based clubs competed in the 2007/08 ARP & Ridout Group Soccer Tournament at the revamped Alexandra Stadium
 
  More event photos
  Alexandra Stadium
  Ridout Soccer Involvement

 

A new, asbestos-free, school rises in Alex

July 2007 | Johannesburg News Agency

A new school was opened in Alexandra in July 2007, to replace an asbestos structure built in 1960 as a "temporary solution".
 
 

Ekukhanisweni School

     
     

 

Bombani to shelter abused women

February 2007 |  Johannesburg News Agency

A new, purpose-built Bombani Safe House for abused women and their children is opening in Alexandra this month.
 
  Bombani development
  Bombani opening event
     

 

Two worlds meet at Ekukhanyisweni

January 2007 | ARP

Alex Tourism (an LED initiative) takes a group of American students to visit the new Ekukhanyisweni Primary School.
 
  Ekukhanisweni School
  Winning environment
  Elan Tour Blog

 

Bombani Safe House

Nov./Dec. 2006 | ARP

Built by the ARP, the new Bombani Safe House will provide refuge for victims of abuse and domestic violence.
 
  Bombani development
  Bombani opening event

 

New Emergency Shelter at Alexandra Transit Village

September 2006 | ARP

Whenever there is a disaster in Alex, such as fire or flood, displaced families urgently need alternative shelter.
 
  Alex Transit Village
     
     

 

What if a Bank really did give power to the people?

September 2006 | ARP

In an ingenious billboard advertising initiative, Nedbank is assisting a primary school in Alex by providing free electricity.
 
  Schools in Alexandra
  Nedbank Online

 

Winning environment for Alex school

August 2006 | ARP

In an amazing nine month turnaround, the ARP has demolished and entirely rebuilt the Ekukhanyisweni Primary School in Alex.
 
  Ekukhanisweni progress

  back to previous page   click to print this page  

  back to home page   back to top