Drumming is known for team building and stress relief. It also has numerous educational benefits. Drum Tech kits enable learners to make their own high quality, affordable drum (ideal for D&T and AC) We also provide teacher training in drum making and drumming techniques. Drum Tech is run by Bonny (ex-teacher) and Neil (Music Therapist). Contact 083 609 8199 or e-mail drumtech@gam.co.za

The Organ Donor Foundation is a non-profit charity, which aims to address the critical shortage of organ and tissue donors in South Africa. Currently over 5,000 people are awaiting transplants. Tragically fewer than 500 will this year receive an organ transplant due to this critical shortage. In addition, there are nearly 3,000 people awaiting cornea transplants to restore their sight. To find out more about becoming an organ donor, log onto the website www.odf.org.za or call the Organ Donor Foundation Toll Free on 0800 22 66 11. If your school would like a speaker on the subject, contact mktpr@organdonor.org.za

THE READUCATE TRUST is a non-profit (section 18a) literacy and educational NGO. Its work is based on over seventy years' experience teaching children and adults a multi-dimensional approach to language/communication/reading/life skills. The Trust teaches HOW to

teach this unique approach through its Teacher Development and Prisoner Rehabilitation Courses. Visit their websites at www.teachingtoread.com and www.readucate.org or email: ostro@mweb.co.za

Funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation, Teachers Dream is an innovative web-based funding channel dedicated to the improvement of education in South Africa. The aim is to assist educators delivering outcomes-based education by connecting them to the generosity of the South African public and corporate sectors. Teachers Dream can be found at www.GreaterGoodSA.co.za. Submit your proposal! For further information call (021) 794-2239.

Hatha Yoga classes every Thursday evening from 5.45pm to 7.15pm at St Mary's Dominican Convent, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Kathy Barrable is available to give classes at other venues and times also, or for private classes. Phone her on 082 804 9128.

Cotlands Training has provided a service for educators for the past six years. The Programmes offered were customised and ranged from early learning to further education and training of learners and teachers. The programmes focus on HIV and AIDS and its implications in the school, HAART (Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy) and assisting children to cope with being infected or affected. Website: www.cotlands.org Email: jade@cotlands.org

African Voices www.africanvoices.co.za is a small language company that produces learning materials for African languages. Their Xhosa and Zulu CD-ROMs (with textbooks) have been given top marks by Yale University's software review panel and are used by many schools, organizations and individuals nationwide. They have just produced audio phrase CDs for Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and Tswana.

Ernst and Young sends out a free a bi-monthly e-newsletter "Know Fraud". If you would like to subscribe to this, send an e-mail to mailto:mario.fazekas@za.ey.com with the subject line "Subscribe Know Fraud.

Sisendleleni, an isiZulu language working group, meets at Sacred Heart College regularly. Its vision/purpose is to enable and promote effective teaching and learning of isiZulu as an additional language in secondary schools, to provide support to teachers of isiZulu as an additional language, and to identify and develop resources that support effective learning of isiZulu for this purpose. For more information, send your email address to Colin Northmore Head of Sacred Heart. Include in your header the word Sisendleleni and your name.

If you have ever thought of TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TEFL), there is free e-newsletter which gives information about upcoming courses, the TEFL industry, interesting English language websites and news from past trainees and where in the world they are working. The newsletter is produced by the organisation that provides the internationally recognised Cambridge CELTA (TEFL) course in IH Durban. Email Natanya van der Lingen or phone her on 031 261 9445.

"Foofie-sliding" above and sometimes through the canopy of an indigenous forest in Karkloof, just outside Howick KZN. Incredible! See www.karkloofcanopytour.co.za for more information.

In between doctors and hospitals and just trying to be a child, a life-threatening illness carries very little lightness of being. Reach For A Dream believes a little lightness can go a long way. The SAA Voyager Donation Programme was introduced as an opportunity for Voyager members to play a role in fulfilling the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses through the donation of their Voyager miles. To date, these donated miles have helped Reach for a Dream fulfil more than 465 children’s dreams to fly to the seaside, the Lost City, a flight to meet their hero or to simply experience flying in an aeroplane for the very first time! They continuously receive dreams that involve flying their children around the country, so please consider donating Voyager air miles – you can make a child’s dream come true! To donate your Voyager miles, please contact: Lisa Jarrett at Reach For A Dream.

Over the years, TOUGHLOVE has helped thousands of families around the country, to cope with unacceptable behaviour and to restore peace and tranquility in their homes. TOUGHLOVE is a loving solution for families that are being torn apart by unacceptable behaviour, whether it be drugs, alcohol, substance, verbal or physical abuse. If your family is in crisis and you don't know where to turn - turn to TOUGHLOVE for really effective, practical support. Contact : 011-886-3344 or info@toughlove.org.za or www.toughlove.org.za

New SA website assists educators to share class information with learners and parents. Contact James Johnston on 082 924 5712 or james@classnavigator.com for a free one month trial. Post notes, announcements, homework and marks for your learners on a ClassNavigator web-site customised for your school. Maximise the potential of the Internet for educating your learners - visit www.classnavigator.com

ACCOUNTING, BUS EC and EMS resources created by experienced IEB teacher, Barbara Williamson, are available on www.ezlearn.co.za at no cost. EZ Learn guides and games also available, from R 115. Email Barbara or phone her on 082 322 0005. See SUBJECT PAGES > Accounting etc for more information.