KUSO’s Mandela Month campaign restores dignity to learners across seven schools
Kutlwano Social Organisation and its partners honoured Mandela Month by providing school shoes and dignity packs to learners from seven schools across Springs and surrounding areas.
Springs – Kutlwano Social Organisation (KUSO), in partnership with the Desperados Motorcycle Club, Tshipi Noto Funeral Home and Cooper Chicks, continued its Mandela Month outreach by distributing 350 school shoes and 50 dignity packs to learners from seven schools across Springs and neighbouring communities.
The annual outreach programme took place on July 26 at Laerskool Werda, where learners from seven beneficiary schools received much-needed support to remove barriers to education.
The beneficiary schools included Tlakula High School, Kenneth Masekela High School, Laerskool Komando, Laerskool Werda, Isaac Makau Primary School, Eureka High School and Olympia Park High School.
Addressing guests during the handover ceremony, KUSO chairperson Dali Mofokeng said the initiative reflected Nelson Mandela’s vision of education as a tool for changing lives.
“Mandela Day is about action. Through the support of Desperados Motorcycle Club, Tshipi Noto Funeral Home and Cooper Chicks, we were able to restore dignity to hundreds of learners.
“Proper school shoes and dignity packs remove daily barriers so that children can go to school with pride and focus on their education. This is how we honour Madiba’s legacy, through service,” he said.
The donated school shoes are intended to help learners attend school safely and confidently, while the dignity packs, containing essential toiletries and sanitary products, aim to promote health, hygiene and overall wellbeing.
KUSO thanked its partners, members, volunteers, school principals, educators, school governing bodies, parents and Laerskool Werda for their support in making the initiative a success.
The organisation said the outreach forms part of its ongoing Dignity in Education campaign, which seeks to address challenges that prevent learners in Ekurhuleni communities from reaching their full potential.
KUSO reaffirmed its commitment to working with partners to ensure that no learner is left behind, and encouraged organisations and community members to join hands to create opportunities that restore dignity and support education.
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