By Kath
February 6 2014

LAND ROVER JOINS BHUBESI PRIDE FOUNDATION In a key strategic move for Bhubesi Pride Foundation, we are thrilled to officially announce today our partnership with Land Rover, which is arranged and managed through its sub-Sahara Africa division.

TEAM TRAINING AT MURRAYFIELD STADIUM, SUPPORTED BY SCOTTISH RUGBY

Over the last seven days, Bhubesi Pride's team members have been preparing for this year's project, 'Rugby in Africa 2014'. Thanks to both Scottish Rugby and The Bill McLaren Foundation, Bhubesi Pride was given the ideal platform of being able to utilise the fantastic facilities at Murrayfield.

Working with Scottish Rugby's Bosman du Plessis (who re-joins the group in two weeks time in Nairobi), the team engaged in both theoretical and practical sessions, developing existing knowledge and preparing each other for coaching in Africa.

Other sessions run involved expedition-specific safety, first aid work with Training Expertise and driver training, which took place yesterday.

Catch up with the team and all their pre-project preparation on our news blog

MEET THE TEAM AND CHECK OUT OUR 2014 SCHEDULE

We fly to Ethiopia today. This week and next will see 2014's coaching team building on the excellent work of 2012's and 2013's programmes, supporting rugby development and assisting sporting frameworks in Addis Ababa and Adama.

Our schedule through to July is as follows:

• Ethiopia: Addis Ababa and Adama, 5 – 14 February
• Kenya: Nairobi, 14 – 22 February
• Uganda: Jinja, 26 February – 8 March
• Rwanda: Kigali and Rulindo, 12 – 21 March
• Tanzania: Moshi, 24 – 28 March, Arusha, 28 March – 4 April and Dar es Salaam, 6 – 12 April
• Malawi: Lilongwe, 25 April – 4 May
• Zambia: Choma, 11 – 16 May
• Botswana: Gaborone, 21 – 28 May
• Namibia: Rehoboth, 1 – 7 June
• South Africa: Bloemfontein, 14 – 17 June and Port Elizabeth, 19 – 28 June
• End of project & expedition: Cape Town, 3 July

Meet the team and check out our 2014 project page



LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

We leave you with a final thought...

For the last four years Bhubesi Pride has been striving for exceptional delivery of rugby and community supporting activities in Africa. We've developed excellent partnerships and created an expansive network and stakeholder base in ten African countries.

To improve sustainability and to help generate funds for charity-specific projects, we are close to launching our new Leadership Development and Team Building courses. Offered mainly to businesses (though not exclusively), the opportunity is set to be truly unique, highly valuable and flexibly run. Should you wish to contribute any ideas at this stage or would like to find out more, feel free to drop us a line.

Kind regards,

Richard Bennett
Bhubesi Pride Foundation | Founder

Web: http://rugbyinafrica.org/

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