ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE SOUTH AFRICA DISTRICT 9350 & DISTRICT 5960 Automatic Advance South Africa Slides Courtesy of Bruce Boyce, Waseca Rotary Club Power Point by Pat Greenwood, Owatonna Rotary Club

RFE SOUTH AFRICA

To South Africa- November 18-30, 2010 From South Africa to US- Summer 2011 For 8 Rotarians and/or Partners 12 Days Duration plus Travel Time 3 Host Cities Typically Hosts Provide Housing, In-home Meals Guests Pay for Travel, Meals Out, Entertainment The deadline for applications is April 30, Passports are required.

RFE SOUTH AFRICA The 4th RFE exchange for District 5960 is now arranged with Rotary District 9350 in the Cape Town, South Africa area. This is a district which covers a large part of the Southern African sub-continent, incorporating the whole of Angola and Namibia, and the western part of the Republic of South Africa. Its coast is washed by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and it's varied, natural beauty is unsurpassed in Southern Africa.

RFE DISTRICT 9350 ANGOLA NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA

THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGES TO BRAZIL, AUSTRALIA, AND SWEDEN RFE Outbound Team to Brazil Courtesy of Gorden Hedahl, River Falls Rotary Club

SOUTH AFRICA South Africa has over 471,000 square miles Population 49 million South Africa is both the 25 th largest and 25 th most populous nation in the world.

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE (around Cape Town) Most is within sandstone folded mountains ranging up to 7,000 feet in altitude. Fertile valleys lie between mountain ranges Coastal areas vary from sandy to rocky to mountainous Vegetation is extremely rich and diverse Temperate rain forest in many areas adjacent to the coast and along mountain ranges Cape Town has a Mediterranean climate November temperatures average a high of 75 and a low of 55 F November is the driest month in Cape Town Annual rainfall of only 20 inches, a little less than Minnesota and Wisconsin

RFE SOUTH AFRICA Courtesy of Bruce Boyce, Waseca Rotary Club

RFE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE Textiles and manufacture of clothing are the number one industry in the province. High-tech industries International call centers Fashion design Advertising TV production Tourism industry.

RFE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE Over half of the residents in the province speak Afrikaans at home Nearly one-quarter speak Xhosa Almost 20% speak English.

RFE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE In Western Cape Province over half of the people are “coloured” one-fourth are black nearly 20% are white 1% are Indian or Asian.

RFE SOUTH AFRICA Courtesy of Bruce Boyce, Waseca Rotary Club

RFE SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA North Cape Province and the country of Namibia are the middle part of the Rotary District Lightly populated areas North Cape Province is famous for its diamond mines and is a markedly Afrikaans part of the country.

RFE NAMIBIA Namibia has tourism, agriculture, herding, and mining industries English is the official language Afrikaans and German are spoken by more of the white population Predominantly Christian with nearly half of the population being Lutheran The ethnic majority is Bantu Whites of Dutch, German, Portuguese, and French ancestry making up about 7% of the population.

RFE NAMIBIA

RFE ANGOLA The most northern part of the Rotary District 9350 is the more populated Portuguese speaking nation of Angola. Oil production is driving Africa’s most rapidly growing economy--Angola. A Christian majority is over two-thirds Catholic.

RFE ANGOLA

RFE SOUTH AFRICA “A world of Rotary opportunities awaits you through the Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE) program. You can participate either by hosting guests on a team from another district or representing our district by being on an outbound RFE team. There is no better way to learn about other cultures and to make long- lasting international friendships. The more you know about this program, the more you will want to be a part of it!” --Newell Krogmann, Le Sueur, founder RFE in District 5960, District Governor

RFE SOUTH AFRICA For more information about the Rotary Friendship Exchange program if you are interested in hosting or being on a Friendship Exchange please contact Lonna Lysne RFE Chairperson by or phone: (HOME)

RFE SOUTH AFRICA Contacts: Lonna Lysne: Jingle Mahan: