During apartheid in South Africa an entire community of "coloured" residents (members of multiracial ethnic communities with ancestry from African, European, and Asian people) was removed from Cape Town and all its houses and buildings bulldozed to make way for new construction for the white population -- decades later, construction which never happened. Some of those displaced people formed the community of Atlantis. Past District 5040 Governor (PDG) and Rotary Club of Ladner member Chris Offer, while travelling with his wife PDG Penny in December 2024, visited the Rotary Club of Atlantis and its projects to feed and support children and adults in an impoverished community with 40% unemployment and where severe measures are needed to protect property from theft by desperate residents. Chris Offer is shown here with some children in Atlantis before Christmas.
Chris Offer, in a "president's shirt" made popular by former President of South Africa Nelson Mandella, speaks to Ladner Rotary members. |  |
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The District Six "coloured" community of Cape Town removed during apartheid, but never rebuilt for white residents as planned | Two Rotary Club of Atlantis members, both former school principals |
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With poverty and 40% unemployment in Atlantis, local schools need to be protected from some desperate residents | Bars and fences protect schools |
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Rotary Club of Atlantis members regularly feed local children and adults | The local Rotary club also provides toilets |
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| Members of the Rotary Club of Atlantis | President David Rushton and Simbarashe Basvi thank Penny and Chris Offer with a donation in their names to The Rotary Foundation campaign to rid the world of polio |